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Books like The Merchant Princes: 9 series to read next

The Merchant Princes is science fantasy and alternate history, about political intrigue, set in parallel universe, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Merchant Princes is 14 books, 2004–2021.

“In the series, there exist a number of parallel worlds, all of which are on the same geographical Earth but with different societies at different points of development.”
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The Themis Files
Animorphs
The Blue Ant Trilogy
Richard Forthrast
The Curse Workers
Atlas (Olivie Blake)
Дозоры / Watch
Coraline
Johan Eschbach

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

About aliens and robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

About aliens and shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
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The Blue Ant TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson3 books2003

Techno-thriller, about surveillance, set in big city.

“Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols.”
from the catalogue description of Pattern Recognition
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Start with Pattern Recognition →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Urban fantasy, about curses.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

seriesOlivie Blake3 books2020

About magic schools.

“Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Atlas Six →

Дозоры / WatchSeries

seriesСергей Лукьяненко & Владимир Васильев6 books1998

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in eastern europe and big city.

“Each book follows the Night Watch magician Anton Gorodetsky through a case that keeps threatening to unbalance that truce for good.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Night Watch →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and horror, eerie in tone.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

Johan EschbachSeries

seriesL. E. Modesitt & Jr.3 books1994

Spy thriller, set in alternate earth.

“In this world, the Dutch never lost control of the Northeast, and France, Spain, and Chung Kao are today's superpowers, as is Columbia.”
from the catalogue description of Of Tangible Ghosts

Start with Of Tangible Ghosts →

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 Merchant Princes?: The Themis Files — the closest match to The Merchant Princes on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Merchant Princes?: The Family Trade. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Merchant Princes.
How big is The Merchant Princes?: The Merchant Princes is 14 books, 2004–2021.

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