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Books like Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein: what to read next, and why.
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The Forever War
A famous reply to this book, which sees the same kind of war as exhausting and pointless.
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Old Man's War
A modern, funnier descendant with a similar soldier's-eye view of fighting aliens.
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Ender's Game
Another training-and-war story, with more emphasis on strategy and a much younger hero.