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Books like Cobra: 9 series to read next

Cobra is science fiction and military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Cobra is 11 books across 4 series, 1982–2018.

“A Cobra is the weapon — lasers seated in the finger joints, servomotors strung along the bones, a nanocomputer wired into reflexes quicker than conscious thought.”
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Old Man's War
Honorverse
Janissaries
Vatta
Ender's Game
Known Space
Conquerors
Starfist
Dune

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

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

universe83 books1993

Science fiction 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.”
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JanissariesSeries

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

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

“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.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

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

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1994

First contact.

“Zahn alternates perspective between the human and alien chains of command, using the shifting viewpoints to slowly unpick why the conflict started in the first place.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Conquerors' Pride →

StarfistSeries

seriesDavid Sherman & Dan Cragg18 books1997

Science fiction and military science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“The novels are set in the 25th century and are written from the viewpoint of the men of the Confederation of Human Worlds Marine Corps 34th FIST.”
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Start with First to Fight →

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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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 Cobra?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Cobra on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Cobra?: Cobra is 11 books across 4 series, 1982–2018.

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