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Books like Council Wars: 9 series to read next

Council Wars is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about war, tense and adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Council Wars is 5 books, 2003–2006.

“In the future there is no want, no war, no disease or ill-timed death.”
from the catalogue description of There Will Be Dragons

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Tripods
The Hunger Games
Honorverse
Vatta
Janissaries
Ender's Game
Foundation
Dune
Known Space

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera and military science fiction, 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.”
from the catalogue description

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera and military science fiction, set in 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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JanissariesSeries

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

Military science fiction, about slavery, set in 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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Janissaries →

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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in 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

Start with Dune →

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.”
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 Council Wars?: Tripods — the closest match to Council Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Council Wars?: There Will Be Dragons. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Council Wars.
How big is Council Wars?: Council Wars is 5 books, 2003–2006.

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