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Books like Ender's Game
The best books like Ender's Game are Homage to Catalonia, A People's History of the United States, and The Art of War. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is about war and manipulation, childhood and agency, empathy and destruction. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell · Memoir
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's firsthand account of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, which he joined in late 1936 as a volunteer with the POUM militia — a Trotskyist revolutionary organization that was later suppressed by the Soviet-backed Stalinist wing of the Republican forces.
A kindred science fiction read.
Read the summary → - A People's History of the United States
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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn · History
Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, first published in 1980, retells American history from the perspective of those who rarely appear in conventional textbooks: Native Americans, enslaved people, industrial workers, women, immigrants, and dissidents of various kinds.
A kindred science fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Art of War
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Sun Tzu · Philosophy
The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a general and strategist believed to have lived in the fifth century BCE.
Both dig into leadership.
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- Extreme Ownership
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Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business
Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - A Promised Land
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Barack Obama · Memoir
A Promised Land is the first volume of Barack Obama's presidential memoirs, covering his 2008 campaign through the first two and a half years of his presidency, ending with the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Accelerate
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Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim · Business
Accelerate is the research-backed account of what actually makes software delivery teams fast without sacrificing stability.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - American Moonshot
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Douglas Brinkley · History
Douglas Brinkley's American Moonshot focuses less on the engineering triumph of Apollo 11 than on the political decision that made it possible: John F.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Behind the Cloud
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Marc Benioff · Business
Behind the Cloud is Marc Benioff's account of building Salesforce from a startup in his apartment to the first cloud computing company to reach $1 billion in revenue.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Beyond Entrepreneurship
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Jim Collins & William Lazier · Business
Beyond Entrepreneurship is Jim Collins's first major book, co-written with William Lazier and published in 1992, before the research that produced Built to Last and Good to Great.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Bossypants
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Tina Fey · Memoir
Bossypants is Tina Fey's memoir and comic essay collection about her upbringing in suburban Pennsylvania, her years doing improv comedy in Chicago, her time as a writer and head writer at Saturday Night Live, her creation of 30 Rock, and the experience of being a woman in charge in show business.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Brave New Work
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Aaron Dignan · Business
Brave New Work is Aaron Dignan's diagnosis of why most organizations are dysfunctional and a practical guide to building something better.
Both dig into leadership.
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Books like Ender's Game: quick answers
What are the best books like Ender's Game?
The best books like Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card are Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, A Promised Land by Barack Obama, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Ender's Game, such as war and manipulation, childhood and agency, empathy and destruction.
What should I read after Ender's Game?
A natural next read after Ender's Game is Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell. A kindred science fiction read. Other strong choices are A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.
What books are similar to Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card?
Ender's Game centers on war and manipulation, childhood and agency, empathy and destruction. Books with a similar feel include Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, A Promised Land by Barack Obama, Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
