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Books like Drop Trooper: 9 series to read next

Drop Trooper is military science fiction and 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.

Drop Trooper is 16 books, 2020–2024.

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Known Space
Forever War
Old Man's War
Ender's Game
Honorverse
Halo
CoDominium
Janissaries
Uplift

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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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.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

“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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HaloUniverse

universe70 books2001

Military science fiction and science fiction, set in far future and space.

“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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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.”
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JanissariesSeries

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

About political intrigue and slavery.

“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
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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 Drop Trooper?: Known Space — the closest match to Drop Trooper on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Drop Trooper?: Contact Front. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Drop Trooper.
How big is Drop Trooper?: Drop Trooper is 16 books, 2020–2024.

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