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Books like Cobra War: 9 series to read next

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

Cobra War is 3 books, 2009–2012.

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Ender's Game
Dune
Old Man's War
Known Space
CoDominium
Vatta
Uplift
Halo
Honorverse

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.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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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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.”
from the catalogue description
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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

“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

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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.”
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 Cobra War?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Cobra War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cobra War?: Cobra Alliance. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cobra War.
How big is Cobra War?: Cobra War is 3 books, 2009–2012.

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