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Books like Prelude to Dune: 9 series to read next

Prelude to Dune is science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Prelude to Dune is 5 books, 1999–2001.

“The trilogy builds the rivalries and schemes -- including Baron Harkonnen's vendetta against the Bene Gesserit -- that set up the original novel.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Foundation
Janissaries
The Kindom Trilogy
Honorverse
Vatta
Worldburner Suite
Azean Empire

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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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war and slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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The Kindom TrilogySeries

seriesBethany Jacobs3 books2023

Set in space.

“A star system away, preternaturally stoic Chono and brilliant hothead Esek - the two most brutal clerics of the Kindom - are tasked with hunting Jun down.”
from the catalogue description of These Burning Stars

Start with These Burning Stars →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction, set in space.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in space.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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Worldburner SuiteSeries

seriesJohan M. Dahlgren2 books2016

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

“When security expert Asher Perez is sent to find him, dark secrets about the rebel colony are exposed.”
from the catalogue description of Under a Dark Sky

Start with Under a Dark Sky →

Azean EmpireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman2 books1987

About war.

“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with In Conquest Born →

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 Prelude to Dune?: CoDominium — the closest match to Prelude to Dune on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Prelude to Dune?: House Atreides. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Prelude to Dune.
How big is Prelude to Dune?: Prelude to Dune is 5 books, 1999–2001.

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