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Books like The Baroque Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Baroque Cycle is historical fiction, set in europe and renaissance and early modern. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Baroque Cycle is 11 books, 2003–2010.

“The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series, as they do in some of Stephenson's other works.”
from the catalogue description
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Roger Brook
Illuminatus
D. O. D. O. (Department of Diachronic Operations)
Dune
Ring of Fire (1632)
Assassin's Creed
The Conqueror's Trilogy
Between the Wars
Fool

Roger BrookSeries

seriesDennis Wheatley2 books1947

Historical fiction, set in europe.

Start with The Launching of Roger Brook →

IlluminatusSeries

seriesRobert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea8 books1975

Satire and postmodern.

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D. O. D. O. (Department of Diachronic Operations)Series

seriesNicole Galland & Neal Stephenson2 books2017

Time travel, set in our world.

“The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer.”
from the catalogue description of The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O.

Start with The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O. →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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 →

Ring of Fire (1632)Universe

universe687 books2000

Alternate history.

“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 →

Assassin's CreedUniverse

universe26 books2009

Historical fiction.

“The novels ride that device across eras, and many hands serve the one mythology.”
from the catalogue description

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The Conqueror's TrilogySeries

seriesKiersten White3 books2016

Dark and tense in tone, about sibling rivalry.

“Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival.”
from the catalogue description of And I Darken

Start with And I Darken →

Between the WarsSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1981

About identity and war, set in early 20th century.

“An elderly shopkeeper in London writes a memoir of his youth in Ukraine in the early 1900s and his experiences during WWI and the Russian Revolution.”
from the catalogue description of Byzantium Endures
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Start with Byzantium Endures →

FoolSeries

seriesChristopher Moore4 books2009

Humor, funny in tone.

Start with Fool →

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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.

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What should I read after The Baroque Cycle?: Roger Brook — the closest match to The Baroque Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is The Baroque Cycle?: The Baroque Cycle is 11 books, 2003–2010.

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