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Books like Bel Dame Apocrypha: 9 series to read next

Bel Dame Apocrypha is science fiction, set in far future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Bel Dame Apocrypha is 11 books, 2011–2018.

“Kameron Hurley's God's War opens the Bel Dame Apocrypha on a ravaged, contaminated planet where a centuries-old holy war grinds on, fought by mercenaries, magicians and conscripted soldiers.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
CoDominium
Known Space
Forever War
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Sun Eater
Old Man's War
Childe Cycle
Red Rising

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in space.

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

Reading order →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Set in space.

Start with The Forever War →

Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Space opera, about robots and artificial intelligence, set in space.

Start with Berserker →

Sun EaterSeries

seriesChristopher Ruocchio36 books2018

Space opera.

“The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky.”
from the catalogue description of Empire of Silence
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Start with Empire of Silence →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera, set in space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Science fiction and military science fiction, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia and space opera, about class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Red Rising →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Bel Dame Apocrypha?: Dune — the closest match to Bel Dame Apocrypha on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bel Dame Apocrypha?: God's War. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bel Dame Apocrypha.
How big is Bel Dame Apocrypha?: Bel Dame Apocrypha is 11 books, 2011–2018.

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