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Books like Darth Maul: 9 series to read next

Darth Maul is science fiction and space opera, about assassins, 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.

Darth Maul is 4 books, 2001–2014.

“Together they follow Maul across his training, missions for the Sith and later, brutal exploits, filling in his path around the events of the prequel films.”
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Dune
CoDominium
Vatta
Red Rising
Honorverse
Death's Head (David Gunn)
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Radchaai
Forbidden Borders

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

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and 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

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

seriesDavid Gunn3 books2007

Military science fiction.

“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

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

About robots and artificial intelligence.

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RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

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

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
from the catalogue description

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Forbidden BordersSeries

seriesW. Michael Gear3 books1991

Military science fiction.

“William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, is an American writer and archaeologist.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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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 Darth Maul?: Dune — the closest match to Darth Maul on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Darth Maul?: Darth Maul: Saboteur. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darth Maul.
How big is Darth Maul?: Darth Maul is 4 books, 2001–2014.

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