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Books like Front Lines: 9 series to read next

Front Lines is historical fiction and war & military, about war, set in early 20th century and europe. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Front Lines is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Oxford Time Travel
The War That Came Early
Empire of the Sun
Earth's Children
Todd Family
The Leviathan Trilogy
Days of Infamy
Between the Wars
How Few Remain Universe

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel, set in british isles.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

The War That Came EarlySeries

seriesHarry Turtledove6 books2009

About political intrigue.

“As is typical of Turtledove's alternate histories, the narrative follows a large cast of both fictional and historical characters.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Hitler's War →

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

Reflective in tone, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

Earth's ChildrenSeries

seriesJean M. Auel6 books1980

Set in prehistoric.

“Although Auel had previously mentioned in interviews that there would be a seventh novel, publicity announcements for the sixth confirmed that it would be the final book in the sequence.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Clan of the Cave Bear →

Todd FamilySeries

seriesKate Atkinson2 books2013

Literary & general, bittersweet in tone, about grief and loss, set in british isles.

“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Life After Life →

The Leviathan TrilogySeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2009

Steampunk and science fiction, adventurous in tone, about genetic engineering.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Leviathan →

Days of InfamySeries

seriesHarry Turtledove2 books2004

About colonialism, set in north america.

“Harry Turtledove's Days of Infamy duology reimagines the Pacific theater of World War II with an alternate outcome at Pearl Harbor: a Japanese invasion and occupation of Hawaii rather than a single carrier strike.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Days of Infamy →

Between the WarsSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1981

About identity.

“An elderly shopkeeper in London writes a memoir of his youth in Ukraine in the early 1900s and his experiences during WWI and the Russian Revolution.”
from the catalogue description of Byzantium Endures
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Byzantium Endures →

How Few Remain UniverseSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove11 books1997

About political intrigue, set in north america.

“How Few Remain opens Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory timeline, imagining a North America where the Confederacy won the Civil War.”
from the catalogue description

Start with How Few Remain →

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 Front Lines?: Oxford Time Travel — the closest match to Front Lines on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Front Lines?: Front Lines. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Front Lines.
How big is Front Lines?: Front Lines is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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