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Books like Thrawn: 9 series to read next

Thrawn is science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Thrawn is 4 books, 1991–2011.

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Vatta
Janissaries
Sten
Honorverse
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Foundation
Alliance-Union
RCN

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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StenSeries

seriesAllan Cole & Chris Bunch11 books1982

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

“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
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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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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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.”
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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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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RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

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

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
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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 Thrawn?: Vatta — the closest match to Thrawn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Thrawn?: Heir to the Empire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Thrawn.
How big is Thrawn?: Thrawn is 4 books, 1991–2011.

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