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Books like G.I. Joe: 9 series to read next

G.I. Joe is adventure, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

G.I. Joe is 39 books across 5 series, 1983–2011.

“Cobra is on the move again — a private army with a serpent for a flag and the whole world for a target — and the only thing standing in its way is a hand-picked strike team that answers to a single codename.”
from the catalogue description

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Shane Schofield
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
ゴジラ / Godzilla
Known Space
Animorphs
Tom Kelly
Dirk Pitt
Night
Ender's Game

Shane SchofieldSeries

seriesMatthew Reilly5 books1998

Thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

“Ice Station is Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly's second novel, released in 1998.”
from the catalogue description of Ice Station

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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 →

ゴジラ / GodzillaSeries

seriesMarc Cerasini, Greg Keyes, 香山滋, H. B. Gilmour, Greg Cox, Kimberly Weinberger, Scott Ciencin, Stephen Molstad & 山崎貴17 books1955

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

“While all set within the same continuity, each novel has its own plot and storyline, with Toho's kaiju featured as the stars.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Godzilla →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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.”
from the catalogue description

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AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about aliens and shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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Tom KellySeries

seriesDavid Drake2 books1983

Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about war.

“If you have a rough and dirty job you need done, you hire a man that has proven he has handled similar jobs with good results.”
from the catalogue description of Skyripper

Start with Skyripper →

Dirk PittSeries

seriesClive Cussler12 books1973

About expeditions.

“Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished.”
from the catalogue description of Pacific Vortex!

Start with Pacific Vortex! →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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 G.I. Joe?: Shane Schofield — the closest match to G.I. Joe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is G.I. Joe?: G.I. Joe is 39 books across 5 series, 1983–2011.

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