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Books like Space War Blues: 9 series to read next

Space War Blues is science fiction, 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.

Space War Blues is 6 books, 1972–1978.

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Forever War
Sun Eater
Old Man's War
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Known Space
Dune
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Azean Empire

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

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Sun EaterSeries

seriesChristopher Ruocchio36 books2018

Science fiction and space opera, dark in tone, about war, set in far future.

“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

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

“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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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Tense in tone, about robots and artificial intelligence.

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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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 →

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

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Azean EmpireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman2 books1987

Tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with In Conquest Born →

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 Space War Blues?: Forever War — the closest match to Space War Blues on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Space War Blues?: With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Space War Blues.
How big is Space War Blues?: Space War Blues is 6 books, 1972–1978.
Is Space War Blues finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1972–1978.

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