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Books like The DarkTrench Saga: 9 series to read next

The DarkTrench Saga is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The DarkTrench Saga is 3 books, 2009–2011.

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Dune
Forever War
Confederation
Thousand Worlds
CoDominium
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Red Rising
Polity
Ender's Game

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

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

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ConfederationUniverse

universe19 books1991

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

“In the twenty-seventh century humanity has spilled across nearly nine hundred star systems and calls the loose weave that binds them the Confederation.”
from the catalogue description

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Thousand WorldsSeries

seriesGeorge R. R. Martin & Howard Waldrop24 books1971

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

“George R.R. Martin's Thousand Worlds is a loose future-history setting he used for several of his 1970s-80s stories and novels, encompassing human interstellar colonization and encounters with older, stranger civilizations.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

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

Tense in tone, about robots and artificial intelligence.

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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Tense in tone, 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

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PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

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

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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.

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What should I read after The DarkTrench Saga?: Dune — the closest match to The DarkTrench Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The DarkTrench Saga?: A Star Curiously Singing. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The DarkTrench Saga.
How big is The DarkTrench Saga?: The DarkTrench Saga is 3 books, 2009–2011.

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