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Books like Faction Paradox: 9 series to read next

Faction Paradox is science fiction, about war and political intrigue. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Faction Paradox is 26 books, 2002–2015.

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Dune
The Culture
Foundation
The Machineries of Empire
Weapon Shops of Isher
Sun Eater
Childe Cycle
Red Rising
Malazan

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 →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in 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

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 →

The Machineries of EmpireSeries

seriesYoon Ha Lee10 books2012

Military science fiction.

“Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics.”
from the catalogue description of Ninefox Gambit
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Ninefox Gambit →

Weapon Shops of IsherSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1941

Science fiction, about political intrigue, set in far future.

Start with The Weapon Shops of Isher →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Empire of Silence →

Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction.

“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, 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 →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Faction Paradox?: Dune — the closest match to Faction Paradox on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Faction Paradox?: This Town Will Never Let Us Go. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Faction Paradox.
How big is Faction Paradox?: Faction Paradox is 26 books, 2002–2015.

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