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Books like Lest Darkness Fall: 9 series to read next

Lest Darkness Fall is science fiction and time travel, set in ancient world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lest Darkness Fall is 4 books, 1941–2011.

“David Drake's later novella To Bring the Light, sometimes packaged alongside it, borrows the same time-travel-to-Rome premise with a different protagonist.”
from the catalogue description

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Foundation
D. O. D. O. (Department of Diachronic Operations)
Belisarius
Galactic Milieu
Chronoplane Wars
Paratime Police
CoDominium
Ancient Egyptian
The Leviathan Trilogy

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“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 →

D. O. D. O. (Department of Diachronic Operations)Series

seriesNicole Galland & Neal Stephenson2 books2017

Historical fantasy.

“The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer.”
from the catalogue description of The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O.

Start with The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O. →

BelisariusSeries

seriesEric Flint & David Drake7 books1998

About war.

“In northern India the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil.”
from the catalogue description of An Oblique Approach

Start with An Oblique Approach →

Galactic MilieuSeries

seriesJulian May10 books1981

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and aliens.

“From the front flap of the Knopf first printing: The year is 2051.”
from the catalogue description of Jack the Bodiless
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Start with Jack the Bodiless →

Chronoplane WarsSeries

seriesCrawford Kilian3 books1978

Science fiction and time travel.

Start with The Empire of Time →

Paratime PoliceSeries

seriesJohn F. Carr, H. Beam Piper, Roland J. Green, Eric Fisher & Wolfgang Diehr33 books1948

Science fiction and alternate history, adventurous in tone.

“The protagonists of the stories are the Paratime Police, the organization that protects the secret of paratime travel.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with He Walked Around the Horses →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

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

Reading order →

Ancient EgyptianSeries

seriesWilbur Smith & Mark Chadbourn9 books1993

Historical fiction, set in middle east.

Start with River God →

The Leviathan TrilogySeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2009

Steampunk, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Leviathan →

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 Lest Darkness Fall?: Foundation — the closest match to Lest Darkness Fall on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lest Darkness Fall?: Lest Darkness Fall. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lest Darkness Fall.
How big is Lest Darkness Fall?: Lest Darkness Fall is 4 books, 1941–2011.

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