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Books like The Orion War: 9 series to read next

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

The Orion War is 20 books, 2016–2020.

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Old Man's War
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Known Space
Ender's Game
Honorverse
Dune
Alliance-Union
CoDominium
The Culture

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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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Space opera and science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about war and aliens, set in far future and galactic scale.

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“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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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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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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera and science fiction, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera and science fiction, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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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.

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What should I read after The Orion War?: Old Man's War — the closest match to The Orion War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Orion War?: Set the Galaxy on Fire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Orion War.
How big is The Orion War?: The Orion War is 20 books, 2016–2020.

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