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Books like The Lost Stars: 9 series to read next

The Lost Stars is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Lost Stars is 4 books, 2012–2016.

“The four novels form a continuous story set within the wider Lost Fleet universe.”
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Old Man's War
CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Known Space
Vatta
Janissaries
Hellhole
Ender's Game

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, set in far future and space.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

About slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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HellholeSeries

seriesBrian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson3 books2011

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“Hellhole: Awakening and Hellhole: Inferno escalate both the political revolt and the planet's own hidden nature.”
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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Lost Stars?: Old Man's War — the closest match to The Lost Stars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Lost Stars?: Tarnished Knight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Lost Stars.
How big is The Lost Stars?: The Lost Stars is 4 books, 2012–2016.

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