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message 1: by Ryan (new)

Ryan Mercer (ryanmercer) | 2 comments 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


message 2: by Rick (new)

Rick Allen | 2 comments I noticed you have Mote in God's Eye on your list. I'm not familiar with much else on your list, but I would recommend more Niven to anyone. There's a sequel to Mote called The Gripping Hand, which is also excellent (one of the authors' daughter wrote another sequel called Outies, which is OK, but very different). After that, check out Niven's classic Ringworld series to really blow your mind, and the lesser-known Integral Trees.
You may also want to check out Alastair Reynolds' work, starting with the Revelation Space series. He writes a lot of space novels which don't allow faster-than-light travel, but still manage to be wide-spanning and exciting.


message 3: by Ryan (new)

Ryan Mercer (ryanmercer) | 2 comments I've read pretty much everything Niven and Pournelle have written (if not everything), all their stuff is great sadly it's mostly 1 or 2 book stories. I like stuff that drags out for 10-20 books.


message 4: by Charlie (new)

Charlie (cmcalpin) | 2 comments It's always risky to try to guess someone else's taste, but you may like:

the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown,
the Travis Chase trilogy by Patrick Lee, and/or
the Zones of Thought series by Verner Vinge.

I'm assuming you've read the Foundation series by Asimov, but if you haven't, you'd probably like it.


message 5: by Keith (new)

Keith | 2 comments Neal Stephenson ... Reamde, Cryptonomicon, Seveneves, Anathem

Ann Leckie ... Ancillary series

Ian McDonald ... Luna: New Moon and others

Paolo Bacigalupi ... The Windup Girl and others

Kim Stanley Robinson ... anything


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