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Books like Ghost Squadron: 9 series to read next

Ghost Squadron 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.

Ghost Squadron is 5 books, 2019–2024.

“With the Commonwealth increasingly unstable thanks to venal politicians, greedy financiers, and power-hungry revolutionaries, they don't lack for missions.”
from the catalogue description of We Dare

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Dune
Honorverse
Known Space
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Janissaries
Vatta
Old Man's War
Decker's War

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“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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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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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JanissariesSeries

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

Military science fiction and science fiction, tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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Decker's WarSeries

seriesEric Thomson7 books2014

Military science fiction and science fiction, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“Forced into early retirement, with a wife who left him long ago, no job, no friends and no future, the former sergeant crawled into a bottle and stayed there, moving from planet to planet, looking for some reason to keep on living.”
from the catalogue description of Death Comes But Once

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Ghost Squadron?: Dune — the closest match to Ghost Squadron on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ghost Squadron?: We Dare. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ghost Squadron.
How big is Ghost Squadron?: Ghost Squadron is 5 books, 2019–2024.

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