18 books like Starship Troopers

What to read after Starship Troopers — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Double Star Robert A. Heinlein · 1956 · ★ 3.9 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the… Shares Hugo Award Winner, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction

Infinity Engine (Transformation) Neal L. Asher Shares Space Warfare, Extraterrestrial beings, Science Fiction with this book.

Redshirts John Scalzi · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It's a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship's famous senior officers. Life couldn't be better...until Andrew begins to realize that 1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, 2)… Shares Hugo Award Winner, Space Warfare, Science Fiction

Wolf among the stars Steve White · 2011 · ★ 3.6 "A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien's human puppets. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaran empire teeters on the edge of a meltdown and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age. Captain Andrew Roark, the… Shares Space Warfare, Extraterrestrial beings, Science Fiction

A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine · 2021 · ★ 4.5 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Sequel to *A Memory Called Empire*. An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass—still reeling from the recent… Shares Hugo Award Winner, Extraterrestrial beings, Science Fiction

Armageddon 2419 AD Philip Francis Nowlan · 1962 · ★ 3.4 · 78p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

The moon metal Garrett Putman Serviss · 1900 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

Black Canaan Robert E. Howard · 1978 · ★ 3.6 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

Tarnsman of Gor John Norman · 1966 · ★ 3.5 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The first novel in the long-running sword-and-planet series set on a Counter-Earth, where warriors rise above the chaos of bondage and brutality. Tarl Cabot has always believed himself to be a citizen of Earth. He has no inkling that his destiny is far greater than the small planet he has inhabited for the first twenty-odd years of his life. One frosty winter night in the New England woods,… Shares Science Fiction

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Proposal Meg Cabot · 2016 · ★ 3.9 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Light The short story Mediator fans everywhere have been waiting years to read… a fun, fast-paced, never-before-read scene in which Suze Simon agrees to marry her no-longer-dead ghost boyfriend, Jesse de Silva!The last place Suze Simon expects to find herself during Valentine’s Day is a cemetery. But that’s what happens when you’re a mediator—cursed with the “gift” of communicating with the dead.That’s… Shares Romans

The People of the Crater Andre Norton · 2009 · ★ 3.2 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Light "Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from the Caves of Darkness." These were the tasks Garin must perform to fulfill the prophecy of the Ancient Ones . . . and establish his own destiny in this hidden land!Andre Norton's first work, originally published in 1947 under the pseudonym "Andrew North." Shares Science Fiction

Columbus of Space Garrett Putman Serviss · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group. Serviss’ reputation was such that his articles appeared in almost every major American magazine. Beginning in January of that year Frank Munsey’s All-Story magazine began the serialization of Serviss’ epic science fiction adventure A Columbus of Space. Just three months earlier the… Shares Science Fiction

Star Hunter Andre Norton · 1961 · ★ 4.0 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate On the unexplored jungle world of Jumala, former pilot turned safari guide Ras Hume schemes to collect the reward for finding a missing heir to a fortune. A busboy from local dive bar is brainwashed into believing he is the missing heir, but he soon begins to doubt his own memories. This standalone story was originally published in 1961 as part of a double title paperback by Ace Books along… Shares Science Fiction

Ringworld Larry Niven · 1970 · ★ 3.9 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a sun. The series is composed of four standalone science fiction novels, the original award-winning book and its three subsequent sequels: 1970: Ringworld 1980: The Ringworld Engineers 1996: The… Shares Hugo Award Winner, Space Warfare, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction

Children of the Mind Orson Scott Card · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once against the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania. Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the… Shares Space Warfare, Extraterrestrial beings, Science Fiction

The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 365p · ≈ 12h · Moderate What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of "The Calorie Man"( Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and "Yellow Card Man" (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to… Shares Hugo Award Winner, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Romans, Science Fiction

Childhood’s End Arthur C. Clarke · 1952 · ★ 3.9 · 225p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world government, and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Many questions are asked about the origins and mission of the aliens, but they avoid answering, preferring to remain in their… Shares Extraterrestrial beings, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction

Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Moderate After the defeat of the Mule by the Second Foundation, Terminus enjoys a period of prosperity and stability which is publicly attributed to the Seldon Plan, but which some feel is the work of the Second Foundation. A search is begun to determine if the Second Foundation still exists. Meanwhile, the Second Foundation finds that there is evidence of an independent force acting against the Mule to… Shares Hugo Award Winner, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction

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