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Books like Worldburner Suite: 9 series to read next

Worldburner Suite is science fiction, about political intrigue, set in other star systems and far future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Worldburner Suite is 2 books, 2016–2021.

“When security expert Asher Perez is sent to find him, dark secrets about the rebel colony are exposed.”
from the catalogue description of Under a Dark Sky

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Dune
CoDominium
Janissaries
Safehold
Known Space
Old Man's War
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Red Rising
Alliance-Union

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

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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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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue description
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SafeholdSeries

seriesDavid Weber11 books2006

Science fiction, tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and other star systems.

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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

About robots and artificial intelligence.

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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia, 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

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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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 Worldburner Suite?: Dune — the closest match to Worldburner Suite on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Worldburner Suite?: Under a Dark Sky. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Worldburner Suite.
How big is Worldburner Suite?: Worldburner Suite is 2 books, 2016–2021.

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