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Books like Kilo-Five Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Kilo-Five Trilogy is science fiction and military science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Kilo-Five Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2014.

“After a war on Earth, peace seems closer for the recruits of military group Kilo-Five as they struggle to secretly support a Sangheili civil war and help religious fanatics raise a rebellion.”
from the catalogue description of Glasslands

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Known Space
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Ender's Game
Janissaries
Dune
Forever War
Xan-Sskarn War
Death's Head (David Gunn)

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Adventurous in tone.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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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JanissariesSeries

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

Adventurous in tone, about slavery.

“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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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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

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

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Xan-Sskarn WarSeries

seriesPatrick A. Vanner1 book2010

About revenge.

“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
from the catalogue description of Ragnarok

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Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

seriesDavid Gunn3 books2007

Science fiction and military science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
from the catalogue description of Death's Head
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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 Kilo-Five Trilogy?: Known Space — the closest match to Kilo-Five Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kilo-Five Trilogy?: Glasslands. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kilo-Five Trilogy.
How big is Kilo-Five Trilogy?: Kilo-Five Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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