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Books like Ravenor: 9 series to read next

Ravenor is science fiction and grimdark, about political intrigue, set in far future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ravenor is 5 books, 2004–2007.

“Ravenor follows Gideon Ravenor, an Inquisitor of the Imperium left disfigured and dependent on a hover-chair after an earlier mission, as he and his retinue investigate a heretical conspiracy tied to a dangerous, addictive substance.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
Vatta
Honorverse
Janissaries
Takeshi Kovacs
CoDominium
Death's Head (David Gunn)
Alliance-Union
Red Rising

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 →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Adventurous in tone.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

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

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JanissariesSeries

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

Adventurous in tone, about 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.”
from the catalogue description
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Takeshi KovacsSeries

seriesRichard Morgan3 books2002

Cyberpunk, about identity.

“Takeshi Kovacs is a former elite soldier turned freelance troubleshooter in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies, or sleeves, making death an inconvenience for those who can afford new ones.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Altered Carbon →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

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

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Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

seriesDavid Gunn3 books2007

Science fiction and military science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
from the catalogue description of Death's Head
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Start with Death's Head →

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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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and 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

Start with Red Rising →

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 Ravenor?: Dune — the closest match to Ravenor on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ravenor?: Ravenor. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ravenor.
How big is Ravenor?: Ravenor is 5 books, 2004–2007.

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