Our January 2024 book club selection was Ann Leckie’s award-winning debut novel, Ancillary Justice, which we first discussed at our book club at Main Point Books in 2014.
Now that you’ve finished this adult sci-fi novel, what should you read next?
Below, you can find our recommendations of next reads and companion reads for Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.
Finish the Imperial Radch Trilogy
Ancillary Justice is the first in a set of three novels that follow Breq’s story, so naturally our first recommendation after finishing the first novel is to pick up the next two. Ancillary Sword is the second installment of the series, and Ancillary Mercy is the conclusion.
Provenance by Ann Leckie
Ann Leckie’s first standalone novel after the completion of the Imperial Radch trilogy is set in a different part of the same universe, not long after the end of Ancillary Mercy.
In an attempt to impress her mother, Ingray Aughskold does something potentially very stupid: she pays to have a prisoner removed from the planet Compassionate Removal, where Hwae sends its criminals who are considered beyond reform. But removing the person believed to be Pahlad Budrakim sets off a chain of political events with the potential to change everything the Hwaeans have ever known.
You can read our review of Provenance from its 2017 release.
Translation State by Ann Leckie
The newest novel set in the Radch universe, released in 2023, brings readers to an entirely new part of the universe: the novel follows a translator for the mysterious Presger, a diplomat in search of a fugitive, and a mechanic with a mysterious past.
We recommend reading Translation State after finishing the Imperial Radch trilogy and Provenance, since it takes place chronologically after both.
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Arkady Martine’s 2019 debut sci-fi is an excellent next read when you’ve made your way through the Radch universe books.
Following a young diplomat entering a dangerously unstable political environment, A Memory Called Empire is a true spiritual successor to the Imperial Radch trilogy as an exploration of imperialism, both military and political, and how to reconcile loving the culture of those who would absorb us completely.
A Memory Called Empire was a 2022 Girls in Capes book club selection.
What do you plan to read next? Are there any recommended reads we missed?
