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Books like Burn Cycle: 9 series to read next

Burn Cycle is 3 books, 2009–2013.

Alliance-Union
His Dark Materials
Dune
Majipoor
Cosmere
The Change / The Event
The Cinder Spires
Grishaverse
The Culture

universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“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 →

MajipoorSeries

seriesRobert Silverberg & Matthew J. Costello29 books1980

Science fantasy.

“The setting is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements.”
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Start with Lord Valentine's Castle →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

The Cinder SpiresSeries

seriesJim Butcher3 books2015

Steampunk, set in secondary world.

“Continuing with Warriorborn and The Olympian Affair, it marks a departure in setting from Butcher's contemporary-fantasy Dresden Files while keeping his fast-paced adventure style.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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What should I read after Burn Cycle?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Burn Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Burn Cycle?: Heart of Veridon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Burn Cycle.
How big is Burn Cycle?: Burn Cycle is 3 books, 2009–2013.

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