Every Book on the Shelf
All 204 books recommended across The War Shelf, A to Z. Each one links to its cards, where you see who recommends it and what's different.
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Ash: A Secret History
Mary Gentle · Standalone (published in four volumes in the US)On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman · StandaloneOn:Grimdark Fantasy BooksBooks Like The Black CompanyIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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The Black Company
Glen Cook · The Black Company, then Shadows Linger and The White RoseOn:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books
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The Black Prism
Brent Weeks · Lightbringer, book 1On:Flintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuideBooks Like Powder Mage
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The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie · The First Law trilogy, book 1On:Books Like Red RisingBooks Like The Poppy WarBooks Like Dungeon Crawler CarlBooks Like Powder MageBooks Like The Black Company
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The Cardinal's Blades
Pierre Pevel · The Cardinal's BladesOn:Flintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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Children of Earth and Sky
Guy Gavriel Kay · StandaloneOn:Flintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium
Sandy Mitchell · Omnibus of the first three novels: For the Emperor, Caves of Ice, The Traitor's HandMy pick
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Columbus Day
Craig Alanson · Expeditionary Force, book 1Indiescience fiction
On:Military Science Fiction Books: Where to StartBooks Like Dungeon Crawler Carl
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A Crown for Cold Silver
Alex Marshall · The Crimson Empire, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books
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The Dark Lands
Markus Heitz · Standalone in EnglishMy pick
On:Flintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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The Darkness That Comes Before
R. Scott Bakker · The Prince of Nothing, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy BooksBooks Like The Black Company
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Death's Angels
William King · Death's AngelsOn:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete Guide
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The Drawing of the Dark
Tim Powers · StandaloneOn:Flintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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Eisenhorn
Dan Abnett · Xenos, or Eisenhorn: The OmnibusMy pick Warhammer 40,000
On:Warhammer 40K Books: Where to StartIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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Empire of Silence
Christopher Ruocchio · The Sun Eater, book 1 (seven books, complete)science fiction
On:Books Like Red RisingBooks Like The Will of the ManyIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card · Ender's Game (the novel)On:Military Science Fiction Books: Where to StartBooks Like Red Rising
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The Faith of Beasts
James S. A. Corey · The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, book 1)science fiction
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First and Only
Dan Abnett · Gaunt's Ghosts, book 1 (16+ novels)My pick Warhammer 40,000
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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Gaunt's Ghosts
Dan Abnett · First and Only, or The Founding omnibus (First and Only, Ghostmaker, Necropolis)My pick
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Godblind
Anna Stephens · Godblind trilogy, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books
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The Grace of Kings
Ken Liu · The Dandelion Dynasty, book 1 (four books, complete)On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like Red RisingBooks Like The Poppy War
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Grimblades
Nick Kyme · Part of Black Library's series on the Empire's armies, later in The Empire omnibusMy pick
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The Guns Above
Robyn Bennis · The Guns AboveOn:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete Guide
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Guns of the Dawn
Adrian Tchaikovsky · StandaloneMy pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete Guide
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Hawkwood's Voyage
Paul Kearney · The Monarchies of God, book 1 (five novels)My pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie · The Heroes (standalone in the First Law world)On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like The Black Company
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His Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik · Temeraire, book 1My pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuideIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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Iron Company
Chris Wraight · Black Library, 2009My pick Warhammer Fantasy
On:Flintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuideWarhammer 40K Books: Where to Start
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Jade City
Fonda Lee · Jade City (trilogy complete)On:Books Like Red RisingBooks Like The Poppy WarIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames · The Band, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like Dungeon Crawler CarlBooks Like The Black Company
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Legend
David Gemmell · Legend (the first Drenai novel)On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like The Black Company
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Malazan Book of the Fallen
Steven Erikson · Gardens of the Moon (ten books, complete)On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books
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Malice
John Gwynne · The Faithful and the Fallen, book 1My pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like Red RisingBooks Like Powder Mage
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Old Man's War
John Scalzi · Old Man's WarOn:Military Science Fiction Books: Where to StartBooks Like Dungeon Crawler Carl
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On Basilisk Station
David Weber · Honor Harrington, book 1science fiction
On:Military Science Fiction Books: Where to StartIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang · The Poppy War trilogy, book 1 (complete)My pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy BooksBooks Like Red RisingBooks Like Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Promise of Blood
Brian McClellan · Powder Mage, book 1My pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete Guide
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The Rage of Dragons
Evan Winter · The Burning, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like Red RisingBooks Like The Poppy WarBooks Like The Will of the Many
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Red Rising
Pierce Brown · Red Rising (science fiction)My pick
On:Books Like The Poppy WarBooks Like The Will of the ManyBooks Like Dungeon Crawler Carl
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She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan · The Radiant Emperor, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like The Poppy War
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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
K. J. Parker · The Siege, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like The Black CompanyBooks Like The Tainted Cup
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A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin · A Game of ThronesOn:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books
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The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson · The Way of KingsMy pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartBooks Like The Will of the Many
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The Thousand Names
Django Wexler · The Shadow Campaigns, book 1My pick
On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuideBooks Like Powder MageIf You Like This Game or War Film, Read This Book
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The War Hound and the World's Pain
Michael Moorcock · the first von Bek novelOn:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartFlintlock Fantasy: The Complete GuidePike-and-Shot Fantasy Books
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We Are the Dead
Mike Shackle · The Last War, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books
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We Ride the Storm
Devin Madson · The Reborn Empire, book 1On:Military Fantasy Books: Where to StartGrimdark Fantasy Books