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Books like Timewars: 9 series to read next

Timewars is time travel and science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Timewars is 12 books, 1984–1991.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason Thanou
Time's Tapestry
Known Space
Angel of the Revolution
Change War
Temeraire
Ender's Game
CoDominium

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 →

Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason ThanouSeries

seriesSteve White6 books2006

Time travel and science fiction, tense and adventurous 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 →

Time's TapestrySeries

seriesStephen Baxter4 books2006

Science fiction and time travel, set in our world.

“Emperor opens the sequence in Roman-era Britain, and the alternate timeline compounds across the following three novels before a concluding volume gathers the whole arc.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Emperor →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, 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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Angel of the RevolutionSeries

seriesGeorge Griffith2 books1893

Science fiction, about war.

Start with The Angel of the Revolution →

Change WarSeries

seriesFritz Leiber16 books1958

Science fiction and time travel.

“Leiber followed it with a string of shorter Change War stories, later gathered into collections such as Changewar, exploring other soldiers and other flashpoints in the same endless, mutable conflict.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Time →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Historical fantasy and fantasy, about dragons.

Start with Temeraire →

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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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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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 Timewars?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Timewars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Timewars?: The Ivanhoe Gambit. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Timewars.
How big is Timewars?: Timewars is 12 books, 1984–1991.

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