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Books like Barsoom: 9 series to read next

Barsoom is science fiction and science fantasy, set in mars, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Barsoom is 53 books, 1917–2025.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
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Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universe
Narnia
Humanx Commonwealth
Acorna
WondLa
Legion of Space
Cluster
Known Space
Gaean

Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universeSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Geary Gravel, Matt Betts, Neal Romanek & Richard A. Lupoff14 books1933

Set in venus & inner planets.

Start with Skies of Venus →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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AcornaUniverse

universe16 books1997

Set in other star systems.

“A silver-horned child drifts alone in an escape pod, and three grizzled asteroid miners haul her aboard, not yet knowing they have adopted a legend.”
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WondLaSeries

seriesTony DiTerlizzi3 books2010

Set in other star systems.

“Tony DiTerlizzi's WondLa trilogy follows Eva Nine, a twelve-year-old girl raised in isolation underground by a robot guardian, who emerges onto a surface world populated by strange alien life and sets out to find others like herself.”
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Start with The Search for WondLa →

Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

Set in other star systems.

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
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Start with The Legion of Space →

ClusterSeries

seriesPiers Anthony9 books1977

Set in other star systems.

“Anthony originally conceived of and wrote the series as a trilogy but later added two additional volumes.”
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Start with Cluster →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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GaeanSeries

seriesJohn Varley3 books1979

Set in outer planets & moons.

“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
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Start with Titan →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Barsoom?: Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universe — the closest match to Barsoom on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Barsoom?: A Princess of Mars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Barsoom.
How big is Barsoom?: Barsoom is 53 books, 1917–2025.

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