I’m a big fan of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series. It’s not hard sci-fi. Earth is in the stories, but not the central location for hardly any of them.

I’m a big fan of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series. It’s not hard sci-fi. Earth is in the stories, but not the central location for hardly any of them. I recommend reading them in chronological order, rather than published order.