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Books like Lucifer Box: 9 series to read next

Lucifer Box is spy thriller and historical fiction, about political intrigue, set in early 20th century, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lucifer Box is 3 books, 2004–2008.

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Bomb Light
Barney Custer
The War That Came Early
Small Change
The Milkweed Triptych
Oxford Time Travel
Christopher Family Chronicles
How Few Remain Universe
Knights Templar

Bomb LightSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson1 book2024

Set in eastern europe.

Start with Polostan →

Barney CusterSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs3 books1914

Thriller & suspense, adventurous in tone.

“Barney Custer is an American farmer from Nebraska who travels to the small European kingdom of Lutha only to discover he's the spitting image of its unstable ruler, King Leopold.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Mad King →

The War That Came EarlySeries

seriesHarry Turtledove6 books2009

Alternate history and war & military, about war.

“As is typical of Turtledove's alternate histories, the narrative follows a large cast of both fictional and historical characters.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Hitler's War →

Small ChangeSeries

seriesJo Walton4 books2006

Alternate history and science fiction, about totalitarianism, set in mid 20th century.

“As the series begins, Britain itself slides toward fascism.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Farthing →

The Milkweed TriptychSeries

seriesIan Tregillis3 books2010

Alternate history and historical fantasy, dark in tone, about war.

Start with Bitter Seeds →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel, about survival.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

Christopher Family ChroniclesSeries

seriesCharles McCarry8 books1973

Thriller & suspense.

Start with The Miernik Dossier →

How Few Remain UniverseSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove11 books1997

Alternate history, about war, set in north america.

“How Few Remain opens Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory timeline, imagining a North America where the Confederacy won the Civil War.”
from the catalogue description

Start with How Few Remain →

Knights TemplarSeries

seriesJack Whyte3 books2006

About faith and religion and war, set in medieval.

“A brother of the Order-a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond-Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God.”
from the catalogue description of Knights of the Black and White

Start with Knights of the Black and White →

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 Lucifer Box?: Bomb Light — the closest match to Lucifer Box on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lucifer Box?: The Vesuvius Club. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lucifer Box.
How big is Lucifer Box?: Lucifer Box is 3 books, 2004–2008.

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