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Explore the Worldwar books by Harry Turtledove in reading order, with short summaries to help you choose where to start and follow the series.

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Worldwar books in publication order

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1

In the Balance

by Harry Turtledove

1994

In the middle of World War II, technologically superior aliens invade Earth and overwhelm its divided nations. Longstanding enemies must consider cooperation across ideological and racial hatred while soldiers, civilians, and leaders struggle to resist conquest.

2

Tilting the Balance

by Harry Turtledove

1995

Earth's wartime rivals struggle against technologically superior alien invaders whose campaign divides America and devastates Europe. Guerrillas, scientists, and ordinary soldiers improvise resistance, but each adaptation brings harsher retaliation and raises the stakes from military defeat to human survival.

3

Striking the Balance

by Harry Turtledove

1996

Human nations answer alien conquest with nuclear weapons, but retaliation threatens to destroy the world both sides want to control. Divided allies fight on several fronts while seeking an escape from a war whose victory could mean annihilation.

4

Upsetting the Balance

by Harry Turtledove

1996

The nations fighting alien invaders begin developing nuclear weapons and increasingly inventive guerrilla tactics. But the enemy's devastating responses and humanity's own desperate measures leave civilians facing a widening question: whether anything will remain when the fighting ends.

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