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Books like Mars (Kage Baker): 9 series to read next

Mars (Kage Baker) is science fiction, set in mars and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mars (Kage Baker) is 7 books, 2003–2024.

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Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Old Man's War
Lunar Chronicles
Known Space
Foundation
Cities in Flight
Earth Girl
Cytoverse
Ender's Game

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization, set in mars and far future.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Red Mars →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war, set in space and other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, set in other star systems.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in space and other star systems.

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

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

Set in space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with They Shall Have Stars →

Earth GirlUniverse

universe22 books2012

Science fiction, set in far future.

“One baby in a thousand is born wrong for the stars — an immune system that fails the instant it leaves Earth's air.”
from the catalogue description

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CytoverseUniverse

universe10 books2008

Set in other star systems and space.

“Detritus is a dead world buried under the wreckage of a hundred fallen starships, and the humans caverned beneath it live by one hard truth: to survive, you climb into a cockpit and you fight.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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 (Kage Baker)?: Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson) — the closest match to Mars (Kage Baker) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mars (Kage Baker)?: The Empress of Mars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mars (Kage Baker).
How big is Mars (Kage Baker)?: Mars (Kage Baker) is 7 books, 2003–2024.
Is Mars (Kage Baker) finished?: Yes — 7 books, 2003–2024.

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