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Books like Ultramarines: 9 series to read next

Ultramarines is military science fiction and science fiction, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ultramarines is 19 books, 2001–2021.

“Newly promoted Ultramarines Captain Uriel Ventris is assigned to investigate Pavonis, an Imperial planet plagued by civil disorder and renegade eldar raiders.”
from the catalogue description of Nightbringer

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Dune
Forever War
CoDominium
Ender's Game
Known Space
Halo
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Orphan Universe
Polity

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and 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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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, 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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, 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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HaloUniverse

universe70 books2001

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

“The shelf grows out of a 2001 video game, but it reads as its own body of military science fiction, built by many hands.”
from the catalogue description

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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

About robots and artificial intelligence.

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Orphan UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Buettner9 books2004

Military science fiction and science fiction, tense in tone, about war and aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

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PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

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

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
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 Ultramarines?: Dune — the closest match to Ultramarines on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ultramarines?: Nightbringer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ultramarines.
How big is Ultramarines?: Ultramarines is 19 books, 2001–2021.

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