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If you enjoyed “Ender’s Game,” you might also be
interested in some of these titles.
Titles Recommended by NoveList
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Joe Haldeman. The Forever War (1975)
When a spacecraft from Earth is destroyed, soldier William Mandella becomes part of an elite force that fights the exterrestrials from the planet Taurus. Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards.
Robert A. Heinlein. Starship Troopers (1959)
In this futuristic novel about war and political systems, a young recruit goes through the rigors of basic training. When war comes, this soldier joins in the fight against the insect-like enemy. Hugo Award.
Lois Lowry. The Giver (1993)
Jonas lives in a society where there is no pain, fear, or sorrow. When he reaches the age of twelve and receives the assignment to become the Receiver of Memory for his community, Jonas comes to understand the dark side of this seemingly perfect place. Newbery Medal, ALA Notable Children's Books, YALSA Best 100 Books (1950-2000)
Philip Pullman. The Golden Compass (1996)
Lyra is an orphan living in Oxford, England, when her friend Roger disappears. Her search for Roger leads Lyra to the top of the world and into the world of evil scientific experiments. This novel is the first in the His Dark Materials series. ALA Notable Children's Book, YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Shadow (1999)
Card has written several novels in a series following “Ender's Game,” but “Ender's Shadow” was written nearly 25 years later as a companion, rather than as a sequel. This is the same story as in “Ender's Game,” told from the point of view of a different character named Bean. Alex Award winner, Booklist Editors' Choice Award, Library Journal Best Books, School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults selection, YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
Titles Recommended by the Spokane Is Reading Program, Spokane, WA
Isaac Asimov. Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation
These three books comprise the classic science fiction series that details the decline and fall of the Galactic Empire. A handful of people are led by Hari Seldon, the developer of the science of “psychohistory.” Their aim is to establish foundations that will preserve human civilization and dramatically shorten the barbaric dark age that will follow the predicted end of the Empire. The original trilogy has won numerous awards.
David Brin. Startide Rising
The Terran exploration vessel Streaker has crashed on the uncharted water world of Kithrup, bearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history. Below, a handful of her human and dolphin crew battles a hostile planet to safeguard her secret—the fate of the Progenitors. Hugo and Nebula Award winner.
Arthur C Clark. Rendezvous With Rama
A mysterious celestial body is discovered heading toward the sun. It is named Rama by those on earth. Rama is a vast cylinder about 31 miles long and 12 miles across. The spaceship Endeavor lands on Rama and her crew has three weeks to explore its hollow interior. This is one of Clark’s finest novels and the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
Margaret Peterson Haddix. Among the Hidden
In a future, where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his parent’s farm, until another “Third” convinces him that the government is wrong.
Frank Herbert. Dune
Dune is the story of the desert planet Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle between two noble houses of an interstellar empire. Hugo and Nebula Award winner and one of the most highly regarded science fiction novels.
Robert Jordan. Eye of the World
The peaceful villagers of Edmond’s Field pay little attention to the rumors of war in the western lands until a savage attack by troll-like minions of the Dark One forces three young men to confront a destiny which has its origins in the time known as “The Breaking of the World.” This is the first book of the “Wheel of Time” series.
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. The Mote in God’s Eye
In the centuries that mankind has explored and colonized the galaxy, no other intelligent beings have been encountered. Then a light sail probe carrying a dead alien enters a star system occupied by humans. This is the intriguing story of how the source of the probe is traced and its ancient civilization, the “Moties” discovered. All seems peaceful on this first encounter, but the Moties have a dark secret.
Larry Niven. Ringworld
Two humans and two aliens are traveling to distant reaches of space to explore a recently discovered artifact—an intriguing “ringworld” with millions of times the livable area of Earth. The Ringworld is obviously the product of a species possessing a very advanced technology. The explorers crash land on the surface and encounter a number of alien groups while trying to puzzle out the Ringworld’s origin, secrets, and the fate of those who built it. Hugo Award and Nebula Award winner.
David Weber. Empire from the Ashes
This book compiles three earlier novels—“Mutineer’s Moon,” “Armageddon Inheritance,” and “Heirs of Empire.” What if Earth’s moon was not a natural satellite at all? What if the moon was a very, very, large spaceship that had been left in orbit around the Earth by an ancientand long lost interstellar empire? Could the technology of the old empire be used to save humanity from destruction by an alien race?
Bruce Catton. Mr. Lincoln’s Army
This is an account of the early years of the Civil War, when the dashing, but ultimately ineffectual General George B. McClellan was in command of the Army of the Potomac. Catton is renowned for his vivid and lyrical narratives. This book is the first volume in The Army of the Potomac trilogy.
Orson Scott Card. How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
Orson Scott Card has written an acclaimed work on the art and craft of writing science fiction and fantasy. Card provides invaluable advice for every science fiction and fantasy writer interested in constructing stories about people, worlds, and events that stretch the boundaries of the possible and the magical.
Stephen Crane. Red Badge of Courage
A true classic. You probably read it in high school, but did you really appreciate it? A young soldier named Henry Fleming goes off to war as a naïve boy and returns a man. It’s not as clichéd as it sounds. This is an insightful look at the Civil War from the perspective of an enlisted soldier. This book is worth a re-read.
John Hersey. The Child Buyer: A Novel in the form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare & Public Morality of a Certain State Senate, Investigating the Conspiracy of Mr. Wissey Jones, with Others, to Purchase a Male Child
The title says a lot! The child in question is to be acquired for some unspecified project to “aid the national defense.”
Sun Tzu. The Art of War
Sun Tzu wrote this classic work on warfare in the 6th century BC. Heavy on strategy, this book is still studied by military organizations today.
War Games [Videorecording]/VHS/DVD
Young electronics wizard David Lightman unwittingly hooks into America’s supersecret wargames computer and the world is suddenly threatened with nuclear annihilation.
