Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ringworld →

includes Man-Kzin Wars, Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds

Old Man's WarSeries

series16 books2005

Adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue

Start with Old Man's War →

Forever WarSeries

series10 books1972

Military science fiction and science fiction, set in space and far future.

Start with Hero →

Siobhan DunmooreSeries

series9 books2014

Military science fiction and science fiction, tense in tone, about war, set in space and far future.

“Eric Thomson's Siobhan Dunmoore novels follow the title character, a starship captain in a human interstellar navy, as she takes on progressively higher commands amid escalating war and political rot within her own military.”
from the catalogue

Start with No Honor in Death →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Set in other star systems.

“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 Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Manticore Ascendant, Wages of Sin, Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue

Start with Trading in Danger →

includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace

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