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Books like Three Against the Stars: 9 series to read next

Three Against the 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.

Three Against the Stars is 2 books, 2012–2018.

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CoDominium
Known Space
Uplift
Ender's Game
Thistledown
Humanx Commonwealth
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Heechee
Legion of Space

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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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“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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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

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

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Legion of Space →

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 Three Against the Stars?: CoDominium — the closest match to Three Against the Stars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Three Against the Stars?: Three Against the Stars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Three Against the Stars.
How big is Three Against the Stars?: Three Against the Stars is 2 books, 2012–2018.

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