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Books like Anti-Ice: 9 series to read next

Anti-Ice is science fiction and alternate history, set in 19th century, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Anti-Ice is 5 books, 1993–2015.

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Oxford Time Travel
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Known Space
Mortal Engines
The Lost Regiment
Temeraire
The Leviathan Trilogy
Ender's Game
Honorverse

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Time travel.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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The Lost RegimentSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen9 books1990

Military science fiction, set in secondary world.

“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rally Cry →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Historical fantasy and fantasy, about dragons.

Start with Temeraire →

The Leviathan TrilogySeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2009

About genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Leviathan →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Anti-Ice?: Oxford Time Travel — the closest match to Anti-Ice on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Anti-Ice?: Anti-Ice. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Anti-Ice.
How big is Anti-Ice?: Anti-Ice is 5 books, 1993–2015.

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