Books like Starship Troopers
30 science fiction books to read after Starship Troopers, by Heinlein, Robert A., the closest match first.
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1. To The Moon
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
An award winning novel about a colony that rebels against the Lunar Authority that controls it.
Science fiction-roman.
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2. Stranger In A Strange Land
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
A Martian visits Earth and teaches humanity a few things--some believe it to be a guide to social change.
An expedition to Mars is lost. Twenty five years later, a second expedition finds there is one survivor of the first expedition, Valentine Michael Smith, who was raised by Martians....
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3. Farnham's Freehold
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
This novel was first published in 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation—a real apocalypse!—still fresh on people's minds. In this...
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4. The Door Into Summer
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
1970. A.D. Daniel Boone Davis is an inventor of household robots, who's been cheated out of his patents and company by a conniving friend and girlfriend, who stop just short...
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5. King David's Spaceship
by Jerry Pournelle
- On the same lists
Jerry Pournelle was one of the best-known writers of Military Science Fiction of the 1970s. His stories, both solo and with co-authors like Larry Niven and Steven Barnes, almost all...
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6. Texas-israeli War: 1999
by Howard Waldrop
- On the same lists
This title alone should draw you in, doesn’t it? Especially if you remember that this was a novel written in the 1970s, Jake Saunders and Howard Waldrop’s story of an...
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7. Forever Peace (1999)
by Haldeman, Joe
- On the same lists
In 2048, soldiers fight a war through remote-controlled robot bodies, and Julian Class, a physicist and a mechanic, operates one through a link wired into his skull. When his platoon...
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8. Into The Storm
by Taylor Anderson
- On the same lists
Two World War I destroyers are still in use during World War II, and being chased by the Japanese warship Amagi. This is bad news, made worse by the squall...
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9. Player Of Games
by Iain M. Banks
- On the same lists
Probably the best of Ian Bank's Culture novels. Strong characters and a light-hearted tone to the novel despite the "seriousness" of the actual plot make this an easy, addicting read....
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10. On Basilisk Station
by David Weber
- On the same lists
Commander Honor Harrington. It’s one of the most significant names in the history of military science fiction. Harrington’s first appearance in the series featuring more than a dozen novels is...
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11. Hammer’s Slammers
by Drake, David
- On the same lists
OK, maybe it’s not fair to put a collection of short stories on this list, but it’s a single idea collection, and it’s also one of the most incredible you’ll...
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12. Semper Mars
by Ian Douglas
- On the same lists
You step into Semper Mars, the first book in the Heritage Trilogy, and are pulled deeper and deeper with every page. Earth is mired in a struggle between the US...
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13. Empire Of Man
by David Weber
- On the same lists
David Drake and John Ringo are two of the most beloved authors you’ll find in the world of military science fiction. In Empire of Man, they’re working with some wonderful...
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14. The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
by Jack Campbell
- On the same lists
Jack Campbell is a fine author whose work calls back to his time in the US Navy. The Lost Fleet series is a long-running series of books that never fails...
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15. Once A Hero
by Moon, Elizabeth
- On the same lists
It is easy to love a hero who is not 100% they’re anything better than fairly lucky. That is the kind of character that Esmay Suiza represents. She’s not the...
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16. Uller Uprising
by H. Beam Piper
- On the same lists
H. Beam Piper was one of the most important authors of the 1940s and 50s. Before his suicide in 1964, he had published many important novels, especially in the Paratime...
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17. A Hymn Before Battle
by John Ringo
- On the same lists
John Ringo again! This is his debut novel in the Legacy of the Aldentata series, and one of the finest examples of the ‘who’s the real bad guy?’ idea that...
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18. The Peshawar Lancers
by S. M. Stirling
- On the same lists
S.M. Sterling’s Steampunk/Alternate History/Post-Apocalyptic novel The Peshawar Lancers has a lot of work to do! It tells a story of an Earth devastated by a massive meteor shower during the...
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19. Valor's Choice
by Huff, Tanya
- On the same lists
Canada’s finest practitioner of Military Science Fiction must be Tanya Huff. In Valor’s Choice, she presents us with Staff Sgt. Torin Kerr. She’s somewhere between a No-Nonsense Sargeant type and...
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20. The Stars Must Wait
by Keith Laumer
- On the same lists
Keith Laumer was one of the absolute masters of the 1960s and 70s, and one of his most important series was the BOLO family of novels and stories. In The...
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21. Rocket Ship Galileo
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
Three teenagers and an older scientist develop their own atomic rocket, solve their own space problems and blast off for the moon in spite of mysterious setbacks.
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22. Space Cadet
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
A young man reports for the final tests for appointment as a cadet in the Interplanetary Patrol, survives the tests, studies in the school ship, and goes on a regular...
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23. Red Planet
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists...
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24. Farmer In The Sky
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- Same author
A father and son leave an overpopulated Earth and become colonists on the third moon of Jupiter, Ganymede.
Farmer In The Sky is a 1950 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a teenaged boy who emigrates with his family to Jupiter's moon Ganymede, which is in...
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25. Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
- On the same lists
Geriatrics are transferred into healthier bodies and enhanced soldier bodies.
John Scalzi is one of the shining lights of today’s science fiction landscape. His first novel, Old Man’s War, was an incredible introduction, bringing Scalzi to international attention, as well...
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26. Anathem
by Stephenson, Neal
- On the same lists
Wow, what a ride from beginning to end. True to a Neal Stephenson tradition, it ties a number of completely different ideas and themes together into a (somehow) working thread....
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27. The Forever War (1976)
by Haldeman, Joe
- On the same lists
In this novel, time travel is a kind of side effect of space travel at near light speeds.
William Mandella is a physics student drafted into an elite force to fight an alien enemy on the far side of the galaxy. Travel between the front lines takes a...
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28. A Talent For War
by Mcdevitt, Jack
- On the same lists
Jack McDevitt’s wonderful science fiction mystery rides the line that defines Military Science Fiction very tight. The story, about Alex Benedict’s search for the nature of his uncle’s secret, takes...
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29. The Reality Dysfunction
by Iii, David R. George
- On the same lists
Space is not the only void... In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a...
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30. Ubik
by Dick, Philip K.
- On the same lists
What is a best science fiction list without the inclusion of one of the greatest science fiction writers ever? Yes, I'm talking about Philip K. Dick, a man ignored in...
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