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Books like Mars Year One: 9 series to read next

Mars Year One is science fiction, set in mars and near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mars Year One is 3 books, 2004–2005.

“The year is 2085, and a new teen has arrived at Mars Experimental Station One, a colony built to test humans' ability to live self-sufficiently in an alien and hostile environment.”
from the catalogue description of Marooned!

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The Martian
Man Plus
Tripods
Shade's Children milieu
Ready Player One
Maze Runner
Ender's Game
The Final Six
Unwind Dystology

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hard science fiction, hopeful in tone, about space exploration.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

Man PlusSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & Thomas T. Thomas2 books1976

About robots.

“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Man Plus →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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The Final SixSeries

seriesAlexandra Monir2 books2018

About space exploration, set in space.

“When Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, and Naomi, an Iranian-American science genius from California, are two of the twenty-four teens drafted into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever altered.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Six →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and genetic engineering, set in north america.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

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 Year One?: The Martian — the closest match to Mars Year One on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mars Year One?: Marooned!. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mars Year One.
How big is Mars Year One?: Mars Year One is 3 books, 2004–2005.

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