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Books like Mars [2]: 9 series to read next

Mars [2] is science fiction, set in mars and far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mars [2] is 7 books, 1948–1967.

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Barsoom
Heechee
Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universe
Humanx Commonwealth
Pax / Astra
Space Beagle
Uplift
Catteni Sequence
Alliance-Union

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.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About space exploration, set in space and other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

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 →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in other star systems and space.

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

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Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Tense in tone.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Tense in tone, about space exploration, set in spaceship and space.

Start with Black Destroyer →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift, set in other star systems and space.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery, set in other star systems.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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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 [2]?: Barsoom — the closest match to Mars [2] on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mars [2]?: The Beast-Jewel of Mars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mars [2].
How big is Mars [2]?: Mars [2] is 7 books, 1948–1967.
Is Mars [2] finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1948–1967.

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