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Books like Space Marine Legends: 9 series to read next

Space Marine Legends is set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Space Marine Legends is 4 books, 2016–2017.

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Ender's Game
Childe Cycle
Forever War
The Machineries of Empire
Sun Eater
Old Man's War
The Culture
Takeshi Kovacs
Dune

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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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction and science fiction, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction and science fiction, set in far future and space.

Start with The Forever War →

The Machineries of EmpireSeries

seriesYoon Ha Lee10 books2012

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics.”
from the catalogue description of Ninefox Gambit
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Ninefox Gambit →

Sun EaterSeries

seriesChristopher Ruocchio36 books2018

Space opera.

“The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky.”
from the catalogue description of Empire of Silence
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Empire of Silence →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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Takeshi KovacsSeries

seriesRichard Morgan3 books2002

Cyberpunk.

“Takeshi Kovacs is a former elite soldier turned freelance troubleshooter in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies, or sleeves, making death an inconvenience for those who can afford new ones.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Altered Carbon →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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

Start with Dune →

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 Space Marine Legends?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Space Marine Legends on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Space Marine Legends?: Azrael. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Space Marine Legends.
How big is Space Marine Legends?: Space Marine Legends is 4 books, 2016–2017.

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