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series13 books1987

Set in other star systems.

“Alex Benedict is an antiques dealer and part-time interstellar investigator, generations removed from Earth's first starfaring age, who keeps stumbling into forgotten history through the objects and ruins he trades in.”
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Start with A Talent for War →

QuadrailSeries

series5 books2005

About aliens and political intrigue.

“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
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Start with Night Train to Rigel →

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Set in other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
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Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

TeixcalaanSeries

series2 books2019

Reflective in tone, about political intrigue and identity, set in other star systems.

“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →

Golden FleeceNovel

Robert J. Sawyerstandalone novel1990

Tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in spaceship.

“Controlled by a monumental computer named Jason, the Argo proceeds flawlessly... until death strikes its sleek decks with sudden and mysterious precision.”
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Secrets of StardeepNovel

John Jakesstandalone novel1969

About space exploration.

“Afraid that the disappearance of the space ship and crew commanded by his father will jeopardize his own career, Rob takes time off from space school to investigate the circumstances of the case.”
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