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Books like Worldwar Universe: 9 series to read next

Worldwar Universe is science fiction and alternate history, about aliens, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Worldwar Universe is 8 books, 1994–2005.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Tripods
Take Them to the Stars
Axis of Time
Animorphs
Lokaran / The Stars
Out of the Dark (David Weber)
Forge of God
The Themis Files

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Science fiction and 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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Take Them to the StarsSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2021

About space exploration.

Start with A History of What Comes Next →

Axis of TimeSeries

seriesJohn Birmingham7 books2004

Alternate history and science fiction, tense in tone, about war, set in mid 20th century.

“Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun.”
from the catalogue description of Weapons of Choice
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Start with Weapons of Choice →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

About shapeshifters, set in contemporary.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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Lokaran / The StarsSeries

seriesSteve White2 books2000

About rebellion and revolution.

“When the Lokaran suddenly appeared in the skies of Earth, America was enjoying victory in the off-and-on war that had occupied most of the 20th century.”
from the catalogue description of Eagle Against the Stars

Start with Eagle Against the Stars →

Out of the Dark (David Weber)Series

seriesDavid Weber & Chris Kennedy3 books2010

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 →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Mysterious in tone, about robots, 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 →

Why these

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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 Worldwar Universe?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Worldwar Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Worldwar Universe?: Worldwar Universe is 8 books, 1994–2005.

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