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Books like Radchaai: 9 series to read next

Radchaai 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.

Radchaai is 11 books across 1 series, 2012–2026.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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The Culture
Dune
Teixcalaan
Hainish
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Foundation
Imperial Galaxy
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought

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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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

Start with Dune →

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.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

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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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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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

Start with Foundation →

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.”
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Start with A Confusion of Princes →

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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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 Radchaai?: The Culture — the closest match to Radchaai on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Radchaai?: Radchaai is 11 books across 1 series, 2012–2026.

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