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Books like The Xenith Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Xenith Trilogy is science fiction and space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Xenith Trilogy is 3 books, 2017–2019.

“Kidnapped by the princess's head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found.”
from the catalogue description of Amid Stars and Darkness

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CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Known Space
The Chronicles of the Invaders
Janissaries
Dune
Foundation
Defy the Stars (Claudia Gray)
Imperial Galaxy

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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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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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The Chronicles of the InvadersSeries

seriesJennifer Ridyard & John Connolly3 books2013

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

“Earth has been invaded by the Illyri--a beautiful, civilized, yet ruthless alien race.”
from the catalogue description of Conquest

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JanissariesSeries

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

Military science fiction, 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.”
from the catalogue description
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, 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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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Defy the Stars (Claudia Gray)Series

seriesClaudia Gray3 books2017

About artificial intelligence.

“Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis.”
from the catalogue description of Defy the Stars

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Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About coming of age.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
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.

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What should I read after The Xenith Trilogy?: CoDominium — the closest match to The Xenith Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Xenith Trilogy?: Amid Stars and Darkness. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Xenith Trilogy.
How big is The Xenith Trilogy?: The Xenith Trilogy is 3 books, 2017–2019.

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