What the title says, I’m tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe.
I’d like to read something different where we’re the more advanced ones (not necessarily the most advanced). As an example I quite enjoyed the Ender’s Game sequels and the angle of us being the more advanced ones was quite interesting.
Do you have any recommendations?
Academy series, by Jack McDevitt. Although there are more advanced species mentioned, they’ve all died off.
Alex Benedict series, by Jack McDevitt again. There’s only two species of intelligences in this series, and they’re of roughly equal status.