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Books like Deadmen's War: 9 series to read next

Deadmen's War is science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Deadmen's War is 6 books, 2021–2023.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
Alliance-Union
The Lost Fleet
Forever War
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Halo
Honorverse

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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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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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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HaloUniverse

universe70 books2001

Set in 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

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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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 Deadmen's War?: Known Space — the closest match to Deadmen's War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Deadmen's War?: Sentinel. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Deadmen's War.
How big is Deadmen's War?: Deadmen's War is 6 books, 2021–2023.

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