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Books Like The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman · about this book

Loved The Forever War by Joe Haldeman? If its science fiction, classics and series hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Dark Forest, Dark Age and Ender's Game. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Forever War: Science Fiction · Classics · Series · Military Sci-Fi · Dark

1. 

   The Dark Forest

   Liu Cixin

   Military Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Far Future · Science Fiction · Bleak

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   Dark Age

   Pierce Brown

   Military Sci-Fi · Science Fiction · Bleak · Far Future · Soldiers and Warfare

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   Ender's Game

   Orson Scott Card

   Military Sci-Fi · Far Future · Classics · Science Fiction · Series

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   The Exiled Fleet

   J.S. Dewes

   Military Sci-Fi · Far Future · Science Fiction · Soldiers and Warfare · Series

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   World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

   Max Brooks

   Military Sci-Fi · War and Its Aftermath · Bleak · Science Fiction · Soldiers and Warfare

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   Shadows Upon Time

   Christopher Ruocchio

   Military Sci-Fi · Science Fiction · Far Future · Soldiers and Warfare · Series

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   Leviathan Falls

   James S.A. Corey

   Space Exploration · Military Sci-Fi · Far Future · Science Fiction · Series

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   Dune

   Frank Herbert

   Classics · Science Fiction · Far Future · Soldiers and Warfare · Series

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   River of Bones

   Taylor Anderson

   Military Sci-Fi · Science Fiction · War and Its Aftermath · Soldiers and Warfare · Series

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10. 

    Skyward Flight

    Brandon Sanderson

    Military Sci-Fi · Science Fiction · Soldiers and Warfare · Series · First Contact

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11. 

    A Dance with Dragons

    George R.R. Martin

    Bleak · War and Its Aftermath · Soldiers and Warfare · Classics · Series

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12. 

    Not Till We Are Lost

    Dennis E. Taylor

    Far Future · Space Exploration · Science Fiction · Series · First Contact

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13. 

    The Time Machine

    H. G. Wells

    Classics · Science Fiction · Bleak · Far Future · Dark

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14. 

    The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    Space Exploration · Classics · Science Fiction · Series · Male Lead

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15. 

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler

    Science Fiction · Classics · Bleak · Series · Dark

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16. 

    The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    Becky Chambers

    Space Exploration · Far Future · Science Fiction · Series · Belonging

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17. 

    The Toll

    Neal Shusterman

    Far Future · Space Exploration · Science Fiction · Series · Plot-Driven

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18. 

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Classics · Space Exploration · Science Fiction · Series · Plot-Driven

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19. 

    Roadside Picnic

    Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

    Classics · Science Fiction · Bleak · Dark · First Contact

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20. 

    The Return of the King

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    Classics · War and Its Aftermath · Soldiers and Warfare · Series · War Trauma

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