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Books like The Maxwell Saga: 9 series to read next

The Maxwell Saga 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 Maxwell Saga is 5 books, 2013–2016.

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Known Space
Uplift
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Dune
Alliance-Union
The Final Architecture
The Lost Fleet

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.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

About aliens.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Military science fiction.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Maxwell Saga?: Known Space — the closest match to The Maxwell Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Maxwell Saga?: Take the Star Road. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Maxwell Saga.
How big is The Maxwell Saga?: The Maxwell Saga is 5 books, 2013–2016.

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