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Books like Minka Lesk: 9 series to read next

Minka Lesk is science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Minka Lesk is 7 books, 2017–2025.

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Dune
CoDominium
Forever War
Chaos Walking
The Hunger Games
Hammer's Slammers
Ender's Game
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Red Rising

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and 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

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Set in space.

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Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dystopia.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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Hammer's SlammersSeries

seriesDavid Drake & Larry Correia35 books1974

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

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Space opera, about robots and artificial intelligence, set in space.

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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia and space opera, about 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

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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 Minka Lesk?: Dune — the closest match to Minka Lesk on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Minka Lesk?: Cadia Stands. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Minka Lesk.
How big is Minka Lesk?: Minka Lesk is 7 books, 2017–2025.

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