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Books like Imperial Radch: 9 series to read next

Imperial Radch is science fiction and space opera, about artificial intelligence and identity, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Imperial Radch is 7 books, 2012–2015.

“Breq's quest widens across the trilogy into a conflict with the empire's own fractured ruler, and the books use her alien difficulty perceiving gender to unsettle the space-opera conventions around her.”
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Teixcalaan
Dune
The Culture
Imperial Galaxy
CoDominium
Singularity Sky
Old Man's War
Ender's Game
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought

TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

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

“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Memory Called Empire →

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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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

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

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Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“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 →

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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Singularity SkySeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2003

About technological singularity.

“Charles Stross uses the setup for a mix of space opera, economics, and diplomatic intrigue.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

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.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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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 Imperial Radch?: Teixcalaan — the closest match to Imperial Radch on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Imperial Radch?: Ancillary Justice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Imperial Radch.
How big is Imperial Radch?: Imperial Radch is 7 books, 2012–2015.

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