Books like Ender's Game

1. 

   All Quiet on the Western Front

   Erich Maria Remarque · 1929

   Because shares tags: classics, war, coming of age.

   Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.

2. 

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Douglas Adams · 1979 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, space, classics.

   Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

3. 

   The Giver

   Lois Lowry · 1993 · The Giver #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics, coming of age.

   Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.

4. 

   Slaughterhouse-Five

   Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

   Because shares tags: classics, science fiction, war.

   Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

5. 

   War and Peace

   Leo Tolstoy · 1869

   Because shares tags: classics, war.

   Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

6. 

   Their Eyes Were Watching God

   Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

   Because shares tags: classics, coming of age.

   Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

7. 

   Saga, Volume 1

   Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples · 2012 · Saga #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, war.

   Alana and Marko flee a galaxy-wide war with baby Hazel, hunted by both sides.

8. 

   Neuromancer

   William Gibson · 1984 · Sprawl #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.

9. 

   I, Robot

   Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

10. 

    Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert · 1969 · Dune #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Emperor Paul faces jihad fallout as Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu plot with ghola Duncan to break him.

11. 

    A Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway · 1929

    Because shares tags: classics, war.

    Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.

12. 

    The Sun Also Rises

    Ernest Hemingway · 1926

    Because shares tags: classics, war.

    Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.

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