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Books like Extinction Wars: 9 series to read next

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

Extinction Wars is 5 books, 2013–2018.

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Ender's Game
Known Space
Forever War
Halo
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Legion of the Damned

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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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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HaloUniverse

universe70 books2001

Science fiction and military 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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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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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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.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

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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Legion of the DamnedSeries

seriesWilliam C. Dietz14 books1993

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

“Beginning with the 1993 opener, the series follows the Legion across a nine-book run through alien threats, internal betrayal, and the empire's own political rot.”
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Why these

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Extinction Wars?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Extinction Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Extinction Wars?: Assault Troopers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Extinction Wars.
How big is Extinction Wars?: Extinction Wars is 5 books, 2013–2018.

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