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Books like Star Wars: Darth Bane: 9 series to read next

Star Wars: Darth Bane is space opera and science fiction, about political intrigue, set in far future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Star Wars: Darth Bane is 3 books, 2006–2009.

“Drew Karpyshyn's trilogy tells the origin story of Darth Bane, the Sith lord who reshaped the order's entire philosophy after centuries of self-destructive infighting.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
Foundation
Azean Empire
Honorverse
Red Rising
CoDominium
The Machineries of Empire
Vatta
Sun Eater

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 →

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 →

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 →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction.

“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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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia, 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

Start with Red Rising →

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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The Machineries of EmpireSeries

seriesYoon Ha Lee10 books2012

Military science fiction, about war.

“Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics.”
from the catalogue description of Ninefox Gambit
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Ninefox Gambit →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction, 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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Sun EaterSeries

seriesChristopher Ruocchio36 books2018

About war.

“The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky.”
from the catalogue description of Empire of Silence
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Empire of Silence →

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 Star Wars: Darth Bane?: Dune — the closest match to Star Wars: Darth Bane on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Wars: Darth Bane?: Path of Destruction. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Wars: Darth Bane.
How big is Star Wars: Darth Bane?: Star Wars: Darth Bane is 3 books, 2006–2009.

Books like Star Wars: Darth Bane: 9 series to read next

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