Military Sci-Fi

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Starship Troopers
1.  Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
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  "Absolutely amazing book, and far superior to the film, featuring life in the Mobile Infantry."
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Ender's Game: Ender Series: Book One (The Ender saga)
2.  Ender's Game: Ender Series: Book One (The Ender saga) by Orson Scott Card
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  "The first in a series but a great stand-alone story about a boy recruited to fight an alien fleet."
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Ender's Shadow: Book One of The Shadow Trilogy (The Shadow Saga)
3.  Ender's Shadow: Book One of The Shadow Trilogy (The Shadow Saga) by Orson Scott Card
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  "The first in a series of stories that parallel the Ender stories.  A great book in its own right too."
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Old Man's War
4.  Old Man's War by John Scalzi
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  "The Colonial Defence Force only recruits 75-year-olds to fight and earn a chance at another lifetime."
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The Ghost Brigades
5.  The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
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  "Set after 'Old Man's War' but only loosely connected, featuring the special forces.  Just as well written."
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The Last Colony
6.  The Last Colony by John Scalzi
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  "The third in the 'Old Man' series.  The story is very clever and ties up the trilogy nicely."
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Brothers of the Snake (Warhammer 40, 000)
7.  Brothers of the Snake (Warhammer 40, 000) by Dan Abnett
The list author says:
  "Seven stories featuring a squad of space marines defending their corner of the universe against various alien species."
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First and Only (Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts)
8.  First and Only (Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts) by Dan Abnett
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  "First in a series of several books.  It helps if you know the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but solid military sci-fi anyway."
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Legion of the Damned
9.  Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz
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  "The French Foreign Legion in the far future, incorporating human and cyborg soldiers."
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Final Battle (Legion)
10.  Final Battle (Legion) by William C. Dietz
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  "Sequel to 'Legion of the Damned'.  Carries on the story well with a few new ideas and familiar characters."
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Orphanage
11.  Orphanage by Robert Buettner
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  "A poor man's 'Starship Troopers', but pretty good in its own right."
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Orphan's Destiny
12.  Orphan's Destiny by Robert Buettner
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  "A nice sequel following directly from 'Orphanage' featuring many of the same characters."
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Orphan's Journey (Jason Wander)
13.  Orphan's Journey (Jason Wander) by Robert Buettner
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  "Third book in the 'Orphanage' series.  This time a medieval style army fights the Slugs with some help from modern technology."
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Their Master's War
14.  Their Master's War by Mick Farren
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  "A decent story with some interesting elements and good action scenes."
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The Forever War (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
15.  The Forever War (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Joe Haldeman
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  "Life in the infantry from boot camp to battle.  The effects of relativistic starship travel cause long periods to pass on earth while the hero is away at war."
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Forever Peace (Remembering Tomorrow)
16.  Forever Peace (Remembering Tomorrow) by Joe Haldeman
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  "Not a sequel as such, but a good story about a one-sided war in the near future featuring remotely controlled warrior robots."
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Armor
17.  Armor by John Steakley
The list author says:
  "Brilliant account of soldier in exo-armour fighting insect-like aliens and surviving against the odds."
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Worldwar: In the Balance (New English library)
18.  Worldwar: In the Balance (New English library) by Harry Turtledove
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  "Part alternative history, part sci-fi and part war story.  Aliens invade Earth during WWII.  First in a series of four books, with additional spin-off novels."
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Embedded (Angry Robot)
19.  Embedded (Angry Robot) by Dan Abnett
The list author says:
  "Decent military sci-fi/thriller with some interesting ideas."
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Armored
20.  Armored by Dan Abnett
The list author says:
  "Nice collection of (mostly military) short stories about power armour."
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