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Books like Dinosaur Wars: 9 series to read next

Dinosaur Wars is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dinosaur Wars is 6 books, 2000–2017.

“Star Wars meets Jurassic Park as dinosaurs return to earth from space.”
from the catalogue description

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Ender's Game
Tripods
Known Space
Jumper
Out of the Dark (David Weber)
Uplift
Bronson Beta
Galactic Milieu

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about rebellion and revolution.

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

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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.”
from the catalogue description

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JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Out of the Dark (David Weber)Series

seriesDavid Weber & Chris Kennedy3 books2010

Alien invasion.

“Out of the Dark begins when an overwhelming alien armada arrives to subjugate Earth, only for the invasion to run into unexpected resistance from an unlikely source within humanity itself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Out of the Dark →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift, set in far future and other star systems.

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

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Bronson BetaSeries

seriesEdwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, Jeff Deischer & R. L. Helms5 books1933

Set in other star systems.

“The two novels form a self-contained disaster-and-survival duology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with When Worlds Collide →

Galactic MilieuSeries

seriesJulian May10 books1981

About psychic powers.

“From the front flap of the Knopf first printing: The year is 2051.”
from the catalogue description of Jack the Bodiless
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Start with Jack the Bodiless →

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.

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What should I read after Dinosaur Wars?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Dinosaur Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dinosaur Wars?: Dinosaur Wars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dinosaur Wars.
How big is Dinosaur Wars?: Dinosaur Wars is 6 books, 2000–2017.

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