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Books like Task Force Ombra: 9 series to read next

Task Force Ombra is science fiction and military science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Task Force Ombra is 4 books, 2014–2019.

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Forge of God
The 5th Wave
War Against the Chtorr
The Vampire Earth
Out of the Dark (David Weber)
Ship Breaker
War Dogs
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Tripods

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About ecological collapse.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Matter for Men →

The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, about vampires.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Way of the Wolf →

Out of the Dark (David Weber)Series

seriesDavid Weber & Chris Kennedy3 books2010

Science fiction and alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens and war, set in our world and north america.

“Out of the Dark begins when an overwhelming alien armada arrives to subjugate Earth, only for the invasion to run into unexpected resistance from an unlikely source within humanity itself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Out of the Dark →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

War DogsSeries

seriesGreg Bear3 books2014

Set in space.

“Greg Bear's trilogy opens with humanity fighting an entrenched, technologically superior alien presence across the Solar System, following a soldier drafted into a war whose true stakes he only gradually understands.”
from the catalogue description

Start with War Dogs →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Science fiction and 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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

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 Task Force Ombra?: Forge of God — the closest match to Task Force Ombra on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Task Force Ombra?: Grunt Life. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Task Force Ombra.
How big is Task Force Ombra?: Task Force Ombra is 4 books, 2014–2019.
Is Task Force Ombra finished?: Yes — 4 books, 2014–2019.

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