Full Metal War Dogs
With bone-piercing bolts and mechanically enhanced strength, meat and metal convene in these books as our iron-bound protagonists engage in the next step in the evolution of battle.
This list includes novels, short stories, and mangas whose central plot features Powered Armor (including magically enhanced armor), Mechs, or more generally protagonists who have undergone any sort of marrying of metal and flesh.
Recommendations welcome! General rule: they have to battle.
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created by amanda_the_tangerine
last updated April, 2026
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Note: This list does not include full robot or android protagonists, but I do accept cyborgs and memory/soul transfusions into robot/android vessels!
List of standalone books:
- Rubicon by J.S. Dewes
- All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (it has a manga adaptation in two volumes, but the original light novel is a standalone)
- Armor by John Steakly
- Hard Reboot by Django Wexler
- Bolted to the Bone by Bart Carroll
- Body Armor: 2000 by Various Authors (short stories)
- Armored by Various Authors (short stories)
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
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