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HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Honor Harrington, Manticore Ascendant, Wages of Sin, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Expanded Honorverse
UnstoppableSeries
series4 books2021
About aliens.
Start with Victories Greater Than Death →
CytoverseUniverse
universe10 books2008
“Detritus is a dead world buried under the wreckage of a hundred fallen starships, and the humans caverned beneath it live by one hard truth: to survive, you climb into a cockpit and you fight.”
from the catalogue
Start with Skyward →
includes Skyward
Lily StarlingSeries
series3 books2025
Tense in tone.
“A young adult space opera about a teenager from Earth who joins the crew of an interstellar ship and discovers that courage and empathy can bridge even the widest distances.”
from the catalogue
Start with Lily Starling and the Voyage of the Salamander →
Starman JonesNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1953
Set in spaceship.
“Starman Jones, a 1953 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, features a farm boy who wants to go to the stars.”
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Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About identity and slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
from the catalogue