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Books like Alien War Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Alien War Trilogy is science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alien War Trilogy is 3 books, from 2016.

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Ender's Game
Known Space
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Old Man's War
Dune
Forever War
Halo
Vatta
Uplift

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.”
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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.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Space opera.

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera.

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

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

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HaloUniverse

universe70 books2001

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The shelf grows out of a 2001 video game, but it reads as its own body of military science fiction, built by many hands.”
from the catalogue description

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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 Alien War Trilogy?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Alien War Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alien War Trilogy?: Hoplite. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alien War Trilogy.
How big is Alien War Trilogy?: Alien War Trilogy is 3 books, from 2016.

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