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Books like The Never War: 9 series to read next

The Never War is science fiction and alternate history, set in early 20th century and europe, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Never War is 2 books, 2013–2014.

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The Leviathan Trilogy
Known Space
Barney Custer
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Worldwar Universe
Ender's Game
Eden (Harry Harrison)
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Oxford Time Travel

The Leviathan TrilogySeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2009

Steampunk, about genetic engineering.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Leviathan →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in far future and space.

“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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Barney CusterSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs3 books1914

About political intrigue.

“Barney Custer is an American farmer from Nebraska who travels to the small European kingdom of Lutha only to discover he's the spitting image of its unstable ruler, King Leopold.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Mad King →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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 →

Worldwar UniverseSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove8 books1994

Alien invasion, set in our world.

Reading order →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About survival, set in alternate earth and prehistoric.

“Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”
from the catalogue description

Start with West of Eden →

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Space opera, set in far future and galactic scale.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Time travel, about survival, set in british isles.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

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 The Never War?: The Leviathan Trilogy — the closest match to The Never War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Never War?: The Suicide Exhibition. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Never War.
How big is The Never War?: The Never War is 2 books, 2013–2014.
Is The Never War finished?: Yes — 2 books, 2013–2014.

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