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Books like Valor: 9 series to read next

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

Valor is 3 books, 2019–2020.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Thistledown
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Uplift
Forever War
Central Control
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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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

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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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Space opera.

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens.

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

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

Start with The Forever War →

Central ControlSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1953

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

“Andre Norton's Central Control novels are a loose future history that sketches the rise of a galactic empire through events echoing Norton's own reading of Terran history rather than following one continuing cast.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Star Rangers →

The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Space opera.

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

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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 Valor?: Known Space — the closest match to Valor on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Valor?: Edge of Valor. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Valor.
How big is Valor?: Valor is 3 books, 2019–2020.

Books like Valor: 9 series to read next

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