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Books like The Midsolar Murders: 9 series to read next

The Midsolar Murders is science fiction and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in far future, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Midsolar Murders is 3 books, 2022–2025.

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Quadrail
Known Space
Bureau of Special Investigations
The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti
Alex Benedict
Teixcalaan
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Heechee

QuadrailSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn5 books2005

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Night Train to Rigel →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

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Bureau of Special InvestigationsSeries

seriesRoger MacBride Allen3 books2006

About political intrigue.

“Mendez and Wolfson must find a way to untangle the web of Pavlavian intrigue obscuring the case and sort out what's really going on.”
from the catalogue description of The Cause of Death

Start with The Cause of Death →

The Investigations of Mossa and PleitiSeries

seriesMalka Older3 books2023

Science fiction and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in far future and space station.

Start with The Mimicking of Known Successes →

Alex BenedictSeries

seriesJack McDevitt13 books1987

Science fiction and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, set in far future and space.

“Alex Benedict is an antiques dealer and part-time interstellar investigator, generations removed from Earth's first starfaring age, who keeps stumbling into forgotten history through the objects and ruins he trades in.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Talent for War →

TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

Space opera, reflective in tone, about political intrigue and identity.

“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 →

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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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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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

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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 Midsolar Murders?: Quadrail — the closest match to The Midsolar Murders on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Midsolar Murders?: Station Eternity. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Midsolar Murders.
How big is The Midsolar Murders?: The Midsolar Murders is 3 books, 2022–2025.

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