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Books like Tarthian Empire: 9 series to read next

Tarthian Empire is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Tarthian Empire is 15 books across 6 series, 2005–2022.

“Around them turns the Tarthian Empire — a far-future sprawl of star systems, thieves' guilds, and imperial intrigue where Kayelle Allen threads space opera through the steady pulse of romance.”
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Future History
Lunar Chronicles
Vorkosigan
Ender's Game
The Talents
Commonwealth
Dune
Hainish
Kricket

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
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Start with Life-Line →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, about political intrigue.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
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Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Honor →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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 →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

KricketSeries

seriesAmy A. Bartol3 books2014

Science fiction, set in other star systems.

“As her eighteenth birthday approaches, she now eagerly anticipates the day she'll stop running and finally find her place in the world.”
from the catalogue description of Under Different Stars

Start with Under Different Stars →

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What should I read after Tarthian Empire?: Future History — the closest match to Tarthian Empire on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Tarthian Empire?: Tarthian Empire is 15 books across 6 series, 2005–2022.

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