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Books like Brutal Response: 9 series to read next

Brutal Response is military science fiction, set in space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Brutal Response is 9 books, 2022–2023.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
The Lost Fleet
CoDominium
Nicholas Seafort
RCN
Honorverse
Siobhan Dunmoore
Alliance-Union

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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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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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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Military science fiction and science fiction, set in far future and space.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Nicholas SeafortSeries

seriesDavid Feintuch7 books1994

“Additionally, Children of Hope is narrated by Randy Carr, the son of a close friend of Seafort.”
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Start with Midshipman's Hope →

RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

About political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
from the catalogue description

Start with With the Lightnings →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Set in 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.”
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Siobhan DunmooreSeries

seriesEric Thomson9 books2014

Military science fiction and science fiction, tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Eric Thomson's Siobhan Dunmoore novels follow the title character, a starship captain in a human interstellar navy, as she takes on progressively higher commands amid escalating war and political rot within her own military.”
from the catalogue description

Start with No Honor in Death →

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.”
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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 Brutal Response?: Known Space — the closest match to Brutal Response on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Brutal Response?: Topgun: Requiem. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Brutal Response.
How big is Brutal Response?: Brutal Response is 9 books, 2022–2023.

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