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Books like Gil Hamilton: 9 series to read next

Gil Hamilton is science fiction and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in near future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Gil Hamilton is 8 books, 1969–2022.

“Niven revisited the character decades later with Steven Barnes for further Known Space material.”
from the catalogue description

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Greg Mandel
Lock In
Moon Base Alpha
The Jackpot Trilogy
Halting State
Realtime
In Death
The Big Sheep
The Midsolar Murders

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Set in british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

Lock InSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2014

Police procedural, set in north america.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lock In →

Moon Base AlphaSeries

seriesStuart Gibbs3 books2014

About space colonization.

“Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.”
from the catalogue description of Space Case

Start with Space Case →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

About surveillance, set in north america.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence and surveillance.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halting State →

RealtimeSeries

seriesVernor Vinge3 books1984

About survival.

“Vernor Vinge's The Peace War introduces Paul Hoehler, inventor of the 'bobble' — an impenetrable force-field technology seized by the authoritarian Peace Authority to enforce global dominance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Peace War →

In DeathSeries

seriesNora Roberts77 books1995

Police procedural, set in north america.

“Set in a mid-21st-century New York City, they feature NYPSD lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Naked in Death →

The Big SheepSeries

seriesRobert Kroese2 books2016

About political intrigue, set in north america.

“After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within the borders of the city.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Sheep →

The Midsolar MurdersSeries

seriesMur Lafferty3 books2022

Set in space and space station.

Start with Station Eternity →

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.

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What should I read after Gil Hamilton?: Greg Mandel — the closest match to Gil Hamilton on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gil Hamilton?: Death by Ecstasy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gil Hamilton.
How big is Gil Hamilton?: Gil Hamilton is 8 books, 1969–2022.

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