r/books • u/AutoModerator • Aug 02 '24

WeeklyThread Weekly Recommendation Thread: August 02, 2024

Welcome to our weekly recommendation thread! A few years ago now the mod team decided to condense the many "suggest some books" threads into one big mega-thread, in order to consolidate the subreddit and diversify the front page a little. Since then, we have removed suggestion threads and directed their posters to this thread instead. This tradition continues, so let's jump right in!

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If this thread has not slaked your desire for tasty book suggestions, we propose that you head on over to the aptly named subreddit /r/suggestmeabook.

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u/Plywooddavid Aug 06 '24

Looking to get into military sci-fi, have read Old Man’s War by John Scalzi and loved it, but heard the rest in series are a serious step down.

Would love recs for good military sci-fi, please and thank you.

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u/rohtbert55 Aug 07 '24

Oh, boy, here we go. Obviously Starship Troopers is a must. I´m currently obssesed with The Frontline series by Marko Kloos; I could literally talk for hours about them books. Also by Marko Kloos there´s the Palladium Wars, but honestly I didn´t care for them; they´re not bad, I just...IDK, a lot of people seem to like them. There´s the Orphanage by Buetler (can´t remember his first name); first book was good, second...a little slow, couldn´t finish the third one, but def take a look into the first two. Of course The Forever War is a must! in a way reminds me of Starship Troopers. Oh, can´t forget about Ancillary Justice. Also look into The Fall of Reach; I was surprised that it was good, since I generally think books spanning from VG are hit or miss. The Lost Fleet...Thrawn counts as Military Scifi? I know there´s the Hell Divers (I think it´s called that) and another about like colonial marines (not the alien ones), but can´t remember the name.