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Books like Succession: 9 series to read next

Succession is science fiction and space opera, about war, 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.

Succession is 3 books, 2003–2005.

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Dune
Honorverse
Vatta
The Machineries of Empire
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Azean Empire
Red Rising
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Forbidden Borders

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 →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“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

Reading order →

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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The Machineries of EmpireSeries

seriesYoon Ha Lee10 books2012

Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future.

“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 →

Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about war and artificial intelligence, set in far future and space.

Start with Berserker →

Azean EmpireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman2 books1987

Science fiction and space opera, tense and dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future.

“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 →

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 →

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Adventurous in tone, about aliens.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

Forbidden BordersSeries

seriesW. Michael Gear3 books1991

Science fiction and space opera, tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, is an American writer and archaeologist.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Requiem for the Conqueror →

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 Succession?: Dune — the closest match to Succession on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Succession?: The Risen Empire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Succession.
How big is Succession?: Succession is 3 books, 2003–2005.

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