Known Space Series

18 primary works • 34 total works
A series of short stories and novels charting the expansion of mankind through space over millenia.

Although the Known Space universe has a well defined chronology, most of the stories can be read independently. The major exception being the Ringworld and Fleet of Worlds sub-series, which are best read in order.

Also, Fate of Worlds is the fifth …
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton
3.91
· 4057 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 1976 · 19 editions
ARMED FOR DEATH
Gil Hamilton was more than an opera…
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The Patchwork Girl
3.64
· 1232 Ratings · 51 Reviews · published 1980 · 14 editions
Only one person could have been on the lunar surfa…
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Flatlander
3.99
· 3848 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 1995 · 22 editions
Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operativ…
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The World of Ptavvs
3.80
· 3498 Ratings · 140 Reviews · published 1965 · 55 editions
Larry Greenberg's telepathic tendencies had been t…
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Protector
4.06
· 11111 Ratings · 327 Reviews · published 1973 · 63 editions
A classic novel of known space

Phssthpok the Pak ha…
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Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven
4.19
· 6003 Ratings · 85 Reviews · published 1975 · 19 editions
Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these i…
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Neutron Star
4.13
· 13031 Ratings · 180 Reviews · published 1966 · 43 editions
Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the na…
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A Gift from Earth
3.82
· 3574 Ratings · 123 Reviews · published 1968 · 48 editions
A solitary mountain rises from the searing, toxic …
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Crashlander
3.93
· 2028 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1994 · 8 editions
Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of …
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Ringworld
3.94
· 128587 Ratings · 4987 Reviews · published 1970 · 164 editions
The artefact is a circular ribbon of matter six hu…
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The Ringworld Engineers
3.88
· 33812 Ratings · 772 Reviews · published 1979 · 93 editions
The sequel to "Ringworld". Louis Wu, Speaker-to-An…
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The Ringworld Throne
3.55
· 11720 Ratings · 361 Reviews · published 1996 · 51 editions
Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonish…
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Ringworld's Children
3.77
· 9569 Ratings · 217 Reviews · published 2004 · 2 editions
Welcome to a world like no other.The a landmark en…
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Fleet of Worlds
3.86
· 4031 Ratings · 228 Reviews · published 2007 · 21 editions
Fleet of Worlds marks Larry Niven's first full nov…
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Juggler of Worlds
3.86
· 2849 Ratings · 148 Reviews · published 2008 · 27 editions
For too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the f…
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Destroyer of Worlds
4.01
· 2556 Ratings · 102 Reviews · published 2009 · 25 editions
The scariest aliens in the galaxy follow a simple …
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Betrayer of Worlds
3.99
· 2246 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 2010 · 30 editions
Fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galact…
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Fate of Worlds
3.96
· 2598 Ratings · 134 Reviews · published 2018 · 26 editions
This is the fifth and last novel in Larry Niven's …
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The Man-Kzin Wars
3.72
· 4593 Ratings · 116 Reviews · published 1988 · 16 editions
Once upon a time, in the earliest days of interpla…
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The Man-Kzin Wars II
3.67
· 1635 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1989 · 11 editions
Born and bred to hunting, they had never encounter…
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Man-Kzin Wars 3
3.74
· 1595 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1990 · 5 editions
IT'S HOWLING TIME IN KNOWN SPACE

Those war-crazed f…
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Man-Kzin Wars IV
3.74
· 1178 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1991 · 6 editions
A WINNING TRADITION...

Welcome to the hottest pocke…
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Man-Kzin Wars V
3.79
· 1076 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1992 · 4 editions
After losing three significant battles to the huma…
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Man-Kzin Wars VI
3.73
· 658 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1994 · 8 editions
JUMP QUICK, MONKEY BOY

After two unpleasant defeats…
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Man-Kzin Wars 7
3.81
· 526 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1995 · 5 editions
The man-killing cats from Kzin are back in short n…
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A Darker Geometry
3.81
· 127 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1996 · 3 editions
Fans of the Man-Kzin Wars series are offered hard-…
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Choosing Names
3.95
· 560 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1998 · 7 editions
ROUND EIGHT, MONKEY BOYS!

In a new story, Larry Niv…
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Man-Kzin Wars 9
3.95
· 989 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2001 · 6 editions
THOSE KZIN DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE LICKED (AND MAY…
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Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War
4.07
· 378 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
The first colonists from Earth named the planet Wu…
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Man-Kzin Wars 11
3.93
· 496 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2005 · 3 editions
In the latest installment in the series created by…
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Destiny's Forge
4.12
· 302 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2006 · 4 editions
For fifty thousand years the Kzinti Patriarchy thr…
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Man-Kzin Wars 12
3.99
· 403 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
The kzin, formerly invincible conquerors of all th…
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L'Anneau-Monde, Intégrale
3.55
· 11 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
L'Anneau-Monde
Les Ingénieurs de l'Anneau-Monde
Le T…
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Espace connu - Le monde des Ptavvs ; Protecteur ; Un cadeau de la Terre
Avec Le Monde des ptavvs, premier roman écrit par …
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