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Military Books

Old Man's War by John Scalzi book cover

Old Man's War

Author: John Scalzi

Year: 2005

Rating: 4.21

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-- and alien race…

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On Basilisk Station by David Weber book cover

On Basilisk Station

Author: David Weber

Year: 1992

Rating: 4.13

Honor Harrington in trouble: Having made him look the fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her. Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way p…

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Dauntless by Jack Campbell book cover

Dauntless

Author: Jack Campbell

Year: 2006

Rating: 3.96

The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century--and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized, be…

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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman book cover

The Forever War

Author: Joe Haldeman

Year: 1974

Rating: 4.14

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private Wi…

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