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Books like Carve the Mark: 9 series to read next

Carve the Mark is science fiction, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Carve the Mark is 2 books, 2017–2018.

“Veronica Roth's Carve the Mark follows Akos and Cyra, two young people from rival civilizations whose fates become entangled by circumstances beyond their control.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
Ender's Game
Foundation
Vorkosigan
Lunar Chronicles
Skolian Empire Universe
The Talents
The Xenith Trilogy
Imperial Galaxy

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, 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 →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Honor →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

Skolian Empire UniverseSeries

seriesCatherine Asaro36 books1994

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The tale of how and WHY Althor ended war on Dalvador as a 16-year old.”
from the catalogue description of The Wages of Honor

Start with The Wages of Honor →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Xenith TrilogySeries

seriesChani Lynn Feener3 books2017

Romance, about aliens.

“Kidnapped by the princess's head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found.”
from the catalogue description of Amid Stars and Darkness

Start with Amid Stars and Darkness →

Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About identity.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

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 Carve the Mark?: Dune — the closest match to Carve the Mark on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Carve the Mark?: Carve the Mark. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Carve the Mark.
How big is Carve the Mark?: Carve the Mark is 2 books, 2017–2018.

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