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Books like Warbots: 9 series to read next

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

Warbots is 12 books, 1988–1992.

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Forever War
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Known Space
Childe Cycle
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Foundation
The Themis Files
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Set in space.

Start with The Forever War →

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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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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Science fiction and military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems and far future.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Act of Creation →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Space opera, about aliens, set in 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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Warbots?: Forever War — the closest match to Warbots on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Warbots?: Warbots. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Warbots.
How big is Warbots?: Warbots is 12 books, 1988–1992.
Is Warbots finished?: Yes — 12 books, 1988–1992.

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