Looking for recommendations based on reading history

[Ryan]

So I've been reading lists/blog posts/other people liked this on amazon & goodreads etc trying to find some series to read that are similar to some of my more recently read (past 5 years or so) favorites. Here's what I've really liked:

Nathan Lowell: Trader Tales

Mike Luoma: Vatican Assassin

Mike Luoma: Alibi Jones

Peter F. Hamilton: Commonwealth Saga

Peter F. Hamilton: Void Trilogy

John Ringo: Looking Glass

John Ringo: Troy Rising

John Ringo: Legacy of the Aldenata

Daniel Suarez: Daemon/Freedom (TM)

Robert Charles Wilson: Spin series

B.V. Larson: Lost Colonies

B.V. Larson: Undying Mercenaries

B.V. Larson: Star Force

Greg Bear: The Way

Niven & Pournelle: Mote in God's Eye

Michael McCollum: Antares

Michael McCollum: Makers

Michael McCollum: Gibraltar Earth

Wylie & Balmer: Worlds Collide

Jack Campbell: Stark's War

Jack Campbell: Lost Fleet & related series

Joshua Dalzelle: Omega Force

Tanya Huff: Confederation

Christopher G. Nuttal: Ark Royal

John Scalzi: Old Man's War

Joel Shepherd: Cassandra Kresnov

Mike Shepherd: Kris Longknife

Stuff I did not like:

B.V. Larson's Mech

Mike Shepherd: Vicky Peterwald

[V.W.]

Have you tried works by David Drake, such as his Hammer's Slammers series?

Or

Chris Bunch's The Last Legion series.

William H. Keith Jr.'s Bolo Brigade and other Bolo novels.

David Weber's Mutineers' Moon and the rest of the Dahak series.

David Weber's March Upcountry and the rest of the Prince Roger series

Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding which is also a series, all based in the Warhammer 40,000 world.

Chris Bunch's Sten series.

[Krzysztof]

my few favorite series you already did read
here are two more that I really like:
Man of War series
Frontlines series

[Ryan]

Thanks, I'll have to check all these out!

[L.E.]

The Ian Douglas Star Carrier series,

And I just saw today that Jack Campbell has out a new series but it may not be space opera.

David Weber's Honer Harrington?

And David Drake's Captain Leery series

Star Trek's X-wing series

Books by R. M. Meluch

[Ryan]

"David Weber's Honer Harrington?"

I'm actually starting those once I finish the Old Man's War series sometime in the next week. Been sick and pretty miserable so haven't felt like reading for a week or so heh.

[Ronnie]

The "Orphanage" series by Robert Buetnner.

The "Axis of Time" trilogy, the "After America" trilogy, and the "Dave vs. the Monsters" tilogy, all by John Birmingham.

The "Space Captain Smith" series by Toby Frost.

The "Far Called" sequence by Stephen Hunt.

[F.D.]

I second the Honor Harrington series but you might also like his Safehold series. Ian Douglas has a number of trilogies out all military SF, and I'll add Mark L Van Name and his Lobo series. With what has been presented it should keep you going for a long time - enjoy.

[Ryan]

Thanks guys!

[Ronnie]

Chris Wooding, the "Tales of the Ketty Jay" series.

[Jessica]

For space opera The Witches of Karres is a fun read. I also liked Renegades: Origins. Everyone else here has some good suggestions as well.

[Ronnie]

If you're into time travel stories, then I recommend the "Time Wars" series by Simon Hawke.

[M. Blake]

The fairly new Red Rising series by Pierce brown is phenomenal. It is slightly YA but with tones and writing which deserves better than stereotype. For a classic I would take a look at the John Carter of mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

[C. John]

The only current stuff I am reading is by Harry Turtledove starting with American Front which is set during WWI with the CSA allied to the British and French and the USA allied with German and Austria. There are I believe 10 books in all with the first sequence covering the war years, the third one a second war between the USA and CSA and the second the years in between. I am currently in the second sequence but the book I am reading went missing when we moved.

[Conal]

You also might try some of the older writers listed below.

David Brin (Uplift series)
Julian May (Pliocene and Milieu series)
F. M. Busby (Rissa and Holzien series)
Steve Perry (Matador series)
Tim Zahn (lots of stuff)
Mike Resnick (Starship, Penelope Bailey, Santiago, Widowmaker series)
L.E. Modesitt (Forever Hero trilogy)
Anne McCaffrey (Talent and Crystal Singer series)
James P. Hogan (Giants series)
Alan Dean Foster (Pip and Flinx series)
Gordon Dickson (Childe cycle)
Juanita Coulson (Children of the Stars series)
Jack Chalker (Well World and Four Lords of the Diamond)

[Aaron]

Poor Man's Fight by Elliott Kay.(2 more books in the series)

[V.W.]

Conal wrote: "You also might try some of the older writers listed below.

David Brin (Uplift series)
Julian May (Pliocene and Milieu series)
F. M. Busby (Rissa and Holzien series)
Steve Perry (Matador series)
Ti..."

The Giants series is excellent.

[C. John]

Conal wrote: "You also might try some of the older writers listed below.

David Brin (Uplift series)
Julian May (Pliocene and Milieu series)
F. M. Busby (Rissa and Holzien series)
Steve Perry (Matador series)
Ti..."

Oh man when I see a list like that referred to as older writers I really feel old. I am not sure any of them were active when I started reading SF.

[C. John]

I actually went through the list and discovered four of them had published sci-fi stories before the mid-sixties. I should have remembered Gordon R. Dickson was active as I have some early Hoka stories he did with Poul Anderson. The others were Julian May who had published a few things before then but wasn't writing SF at that time. Anne McCaffrey and Juanita Coulson were writing at that time. F.M. Busby was acitve but more in fan related areas than the professional area. I guess the years are creeping up on me.

[Conal]

John wrote: "Oh man when I see a list like that referred to as older writers I really feel old. I am not sure any of them were active when I started reading SF"

I guess we are all getting older :-) I didn't start reading SF until my early 20's and these were several of the current writers at the time (or a few I have enjoyed since). I love the classics writers too but like to recommend this group (70's/80's) as well.

[Rion]

Based on the list of books you posted here without looking at your catelog, I'd suggest Into the Black and the Odyssesy One series.

[Micah]

Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion.

That's only based on your Commonwealth Saga like, which means you can handle complexity and a lot of characters.

I think the Hyperion series ... or at least the first two books ... is the very best of SF.

[Jonathan]

Polity Series by Neal Asher, beginning with though I began with and absolutely loved it.

[Matthew]

Micah wrote: "I think the Hyperion series ... or at least the first two books ... is the very best of SF."

Heartily agreed.

[Gaines]

Protector and A World Out of Time by Larry Niven