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Books like Roma Eterna: 9 series to read next

Roma Eterna is alternate history, set in alternate earth. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Roma Eterna is 11 books, 1989–2003.

“Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna imagines an alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell and endures into the present day, tracing its long, uneven survival through a sequence of pivotal moments across two millennia.”
from the catalogue description

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Pavane
Hainish
The Culture
Belisarius
Ring of Fire (1632)
Lost Continent of Atlantis
Foundation
Yukon Confederacy
Radchaai

PavaneSeries

seriesKeith Roberts9 books1966

About faith and religion, set in british isles.

“The interconnected stories follow different Dorset families across generations as long-suppressed dissent against Church rule begins to stir.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brother John →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and 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

Reading order →

BelisariusSeries

seriesEric Flint & David Drake7 books1998

Alternate history and science fiction, about war, set in ancient world.

“In northern India the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil.”
from the catalogue description of An Oblique Approach

Start with An Oblique Approach →

Ring of Fire (1632)Universe

universe687 books2000

Alternate history, set in europe.

“Somewhere in the spring of 1631, the sky over a stretch of Thuringian farmland cracks open, and when it closes a piece of the year 2000 is sitting in the middle of the Thirty Years' War.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 1632 →

Lost Continent of AtlantisSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove5 books2005

Set in 19th century.

“The point of divergence occurs around 85 million years ago when the eastern portion of the North American continent splits off from the rest of the continent and forms Atlantis, a separate continent farther east in the Atlantic Ocean.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Opening Atlantis →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“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 →

Yukon ConfederacySeries

seriesTheodore Judson2 books2004

Alternate history and science fiction, about war.

“Gone are the United States and Canada, replaced by the socially rigid, authoritarian Confederacy of the Yukon.”
from the catalogue description of Fitzpatrick's War

Start with Fitzpatrick's War →

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Roma Eterna?: Pavane — the closest match to Roma Eterna on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Roma Eterna?: Tales from the Venia Woods. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Roma Eterna.
How big is Roma Eterna?: Roma Eterna is 11 books, 1989–2003.

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