16 Best space books like The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5) by John Scalzi

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The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

By: John Scalzi

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the u…

If you liked the space plot in The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5) by John Scalzi , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

By: Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor

4.37

Format: 311 pages, Audible Audio

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was… read more

Similar categories in Ray Porter's For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"What does kaheerakah mean?"

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

"I always wanted to be a bad influence."

-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)

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2. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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3. Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)

By: Jack Campbell

3.77

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century--and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippl… read more

Similar categories in Jack Campbell's Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • space
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4. The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

By: John Scalzi

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the u… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook

5. Forever Peace (The Forever War, #2)

By: Joe Haldeman

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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6. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more

Similar categories in Joe Haldeman's The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

7. Forever Free (The Forever War, #3)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

You can't lose for winning--especially, it would seem, if you're Joe Haldeman. Suffering the same f… read more

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8. All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.57

Format: 140 pages,

Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for alm… read more

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9. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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10. The Polymorph

By: Max Nowaz

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Polymorph book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

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11. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

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12. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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13. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)

By: Ann Leckie

3.65

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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14. Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

3.68

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenchi… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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15. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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16. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

17. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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18. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.87

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) by Dennis E. Taylor

19. Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.29

Format: 17 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 16 hours and 57 minutes Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, ep… read more

Similar categories in Dennis E. Taylor's Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Subtlety: I no haz it."

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions or justify them or compromise on them. The simple tactic being that if you repeated your assertion oft…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"We'd gotten onto the concept or morality and Frida had just asked Theresa how she could have any sense of morality without a deity to define what was or was not moral. [...] "What deities give you ar…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

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20. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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21. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and John Scalzi's The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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4.28

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