Series
Books like Mars: 9 series to read next
Mars is science fiction, set in far future and mars, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Mars is 20 books, 1948–2024.
“Leigh Brackett's Mars stories, part of her wider planetary-romance solar system, imagine a dying, desert Mars inhabited by ancient, decadent humanoid civilizations shaped by interplanetary trade and colonial conflict.”
from the catalogue description
- Barsoom
- Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universe
- Diadem
- Of Man and Manta
- Humanx Commonwealth
- Dumarest
- Hiero Desteen Universe
- Alliance-Union
- Pax / Astra
- BarsoomSeries
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917
Science fiction and science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in mars.
matchedadventurousscience fictionmarsscience fantasy
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Geary Gravel, Matt Betts, Neal Romanek & Richard A. Lupoff14 books1933
Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in far future and venus & inner planets.
matchedadventurousfar futurescience fantasyvenus & inner planets
- DiademUniverse
universe24 books1977
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedfar futurescience fictionother star systemsspace opera
- Of Man and MantaSeries
seriesPiers Anthony3 books1968
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedadventurousfar futurescience fictionother star systemsaliens
- Humanx CommonwealthUniverse
universe39 books1972
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedadventurousfar futurescience fictionother star systemsaliensspace
- DumarestSeries
seriesE. C. Tubb35 books1967
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedadventurousfar futurescience fictionother star systemsspace operaspace
- Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries
seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973
Post-apocalyptic.
matchedfar futuresurvivalscience fiction
- Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
matchedfar futurescience fiction
- Pax / AstraSeries
seriesAndre Norton2 books1954
Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.
matchedadventurousfar futuresurvivalscience fictiontense
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 Mars?
- Barsoom — the closest match to Mars on what it is about, not on what sells.
- How big is Mars?
- Mars is 20 books, 1948–2024.
- Is Mars finished?
- Yes — 20 books, 1948–2024.