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Books like The Locked Tomb: 9 series to read next

The Locked Tomb is science fantasy, about undead and identity, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Locked Tomb is 6 books, 2019–2023.

“Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth follows Gideon Nav, an indentured swordswoman raised among nuns and skeletons in the Ninth House, who is drafted into a deadly imperial trial by Harrowhark, the necromancer she can't stand.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
Solar Cycle
Radchaai
Ender's Game
Vorkosigan
The Culture
Teixcalaan
The Machineries of Empire
Imperial Galaxy

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 →

Solar CycleSeries

seriesGene Wolfe18 books1980

Science fantasy and science fiction, set in far future.

Start with The Cat →

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.”
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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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 →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

Reflective and tense 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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Memory Called Empire →

The Machineries of EmpireSeries

seriesYoon Ha Lee10 books2012

Military science fiction, tense in tone, about war.

“Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics.”
from the catalogue description of Ninefox Gambit
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Start with Ninefox Gambit →

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 →

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 The Locked Tomb?: Dune — the closest match to The Locked Tomb on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Locked Tomb?: Gideon the Ninth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Locked Tomb.
How big is The Locked Tomb?: The Locked Tomb is 6 books, 2019–2023.

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