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Books like The Zone: 9 series to read next

The Zone is 10 books, 1980–2007.

“Amazon: Across the hellish strip of Western Europe known as The Zone, super tanks armed with tactical nuclear weapons, lethal chemicals, and fiercely accurate missiles roam the germ-infested terrain.”
from the catalogue description of Hard Target

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Ender's Game
Forever War
CoDominium
The Last Brigade
War Dogs
Nicholas Seafort
War Against the Chtorr
Out of the Dark (David Weber)

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 →

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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Set in far future and space.

Start with The Forever War →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in other star systems and far future.

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

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The Last BrigadeUniverse

universe52 books2016

Science fiction.

“The economy gutted, the cities burning, the flag hauled down by warlords — and one last card left face-down in a desert vault.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Nicholas SeafortSeries

seriesDavid Feintuch7 books1994

Space opera, set in far future and space.

“Additionally, Children of Hope is narrated by Randy Carr, the son of a close friend of Seafort.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Midshipman's Hope →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and ecological collapse, set in north america.

“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 →

Out of the Dark (David Weber)Series

seriesDavid Weber & Chris Kennedy3 books2010

Alien invasion, about aliens, set in 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 →

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.

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What should I read after The Zone?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to The Zone on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Zone?: Hard Target. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Zone.
How big is The Zone?: The Zone is 10 books, 1980–2007.

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