*first 3 are omnibus book
- Cherryh, C. J. The Pride of Chanur, DAW Books, 1981.
- Cherryh, C. J. Chanur’s Venture, DAW Books, 1984.
- Cherryh, C. J. The Kif Strike Back, DAW Books, 1985.
- Cherryh, C. J. Chanur’s Homecoming, DAW Books, 1986.
- Cherryh, C. J. Chanur’s Legacy, DAW Books, 1992.
The Chanur novels are written as unusually realistic space opera , with much less ship-to-ship shooting than coercion, manipulation, politics, pride contests, and clashing economic interests interspersed with species-to-species miscommunication and misunderstanding.