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Books like Eisenhorn: 9 series to read next

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

Eisenhorn is 10 books, 2001–2018.

“The Inquisition moves amongst mankind like an avenging shadow, striking down the enemies of humanity with complete ruthlessness.”
from the catalogue description of Xenos

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Sun Eater
Azean Empire
Dune
Foundation
The Hunger Games
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Takeshi Kovacs
Red Rising
Death's Head (David Gunn)

Sun EaterSeries

seriesChristopher Ruocchio36 books2018

Science fiction and space opera, dark in tone, about war, set in far future.

“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 →

Azean EmpireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman2 books1987

Science fiction and space opera, dark and tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future.

“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with In Conquest Born →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Set in 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 →

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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

Takeshi KovacsSeries

seriesRichard Morgan3 books2002

Cyberpunk, about identity, set in other star systems.

“Takeshi Kovacs is a former elite soldier turned freelance troubleshooter in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies, or sleeves, making death an inconvenience for those who can afford new ones.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Altered Carbon →

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

Start with Red Rising →

Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

seriesDavid Gunn3 books2007

Science fiction and military science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“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.”
from the catalogue description of Death's Head
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Death's Head →

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 Eisenhorn?: Sun Eater — the closest match to Eisenhorn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Eisenhorn?: Xenos. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Eisenhorn.
How big is Eisenhorn?: Eisenhorn is 10 books, 2001–2018.

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