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Books like Takeshi Kovacs: 9 series to read next

Takeshi Kovacs is science fiction and cyberpunk, about identity, 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.

Takeshi Kovacs is 3 books, 2002–2005.

“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.”
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The Hunger Games
Dune
Chaos Walking
Teixcalaan
Old Man's War
Red Rising
Death's Head (David Gunn)
Radchaai
Sun Eater

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and survival, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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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

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Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

Reflective in tone.

“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 →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Adventurous in tone.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

About rebellion and revolution.

“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.”
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Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

seriesDavid Gunn3 books2007

Science fiction and military science fiction, dark and tense 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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RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Science fiction and space opera, about identity and political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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Sun EaterSeries

seriesChristopher Ruocchio36 books2018

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

“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
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Why these

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Takeshi Kovacs?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Takeshi Kovacs on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Takeshi Kovacs?: Altered Carbon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Takeshi Kovacs.
How big is Takeshi Kovacs?: Takeshi Kovacs is 3 books, 2002–2005.

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