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Books like Epic Failure: 9 series to read next

Epic Failure is 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.

Epic Failure is 3 books, 2016–2019.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Honorverse
Forever War
Halo
Alliance-Union
The Lost Fleet

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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in 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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Set in other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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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.”
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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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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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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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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 Epic Failure?: Known Space — the closest match to Epic Failure on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Epic Failure?: Mechanical Failure. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Epic Failure.
How big is Epic Failure?: Epic Failure is 3 books, 2016–2019.

Books like Epic Failure: 9 series to read next

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