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Books like The Diabolic: 9 series to read next

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

The Diabolic is 3 books, 2016–2020.

“Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager and the galaxy's most deadly weapon, who masquerades as Sidonia, a senator's daughter, and becomes a hostage of the galactic court.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
The Hunger Games
Red Rising
Foundation
Takeshi Kovacs
Imperial Galaxy
Chaos Walking
CoDominium
Azean Empire

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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About 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.”
from the catalogue description

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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

About 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 →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Takeshi KovacsSeries

seriesRichard Morgan3 books2002

Cyberpunk.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Altered Carbon →

Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Science fiction and dystopia, tense and dark in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

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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Azean EmpireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman2 books1987

About war.

“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 →

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 The Diabolic?: Dune — the closest match to The Diabolic on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Diabolic?: The Diabolic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Diabolic.
How big is The Diabolic?: The Diabolic is 3 books, 2016–2020.

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