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Books like Timeline Wars: 9 series to read next

Timeline Wars is science fiction and alternate history. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Timeline Wars is 3 books, from 1997.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Eden (Harry Harrison)
Known Space
Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason Thanou
Ender's Game
Old Man's War
CoDominium
The Talents
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe

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 →

Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About survival, set in 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 →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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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Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason ThanouSeries

seriesSteve White6 books2006

Science fiction and time travel, adventurous and tense in tone.

“Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority had about had it with nursemaiding parties of ivory-tower academics through Earth's blood-drenched history, keeping them alive as they sought evidence for their pet theories.”
from the catalogue description of Blood of the Heroes

Start with Blood of the Heroes →

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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Old Man's War →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, 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 TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Space opera, set in far future and galactic scale.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

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 Timeline Wars?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Timeline Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Timeline Wars?: Patton's Spaceship. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Timeline Wars.
How big is Timeline Wars?: Timeline Wars is 3 books, from 1997.

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