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series3 books2016

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about aliens and forbidden love, set in far future and other star systems.

“Set on a planet where humans and a humanoid native species are in violent conflict, the books include action, forbidden romance, political intrigue, and queer themes.”
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Start with Beyond the Red →

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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Start with Heavy Time →

includes Chanur, Mri Wars, Company Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Unionside, Era of Rapprochement, Age of Exploration

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

ConquerorsSeries

series3 books1994

First contact and military science fiction, about war, set in space.

“Zahn alternates perspective between the human and alien chains of command, using the shifting viewpoints to slowly unpick why the conflict started in the first place.”
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Start with Conquerors' Pride →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dark in tone, about survival and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

WolflingNovel

Gordon R. Dicksonstandalone novel1969

Space opera, about class conflict, set in space.

“Jim was just another wolfling to Afuan - a lesser being from a backward colony world.”
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