Series

Books like The Martian Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Martian Chronicles is science fiction, about space colonization, set in mars and near future, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Martian Chronicles is 30 books, 1946–1991.

The The Martian Chronicles page →Narrow this list →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Hainish
Man Plus
Spin / Hypotheticals
Helliconia
Rama
Manifold
Ender's Game
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Hard science fiction.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Mars →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

Man PlusSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & Thomas T. Thomas2 books1976

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Spin / HypotheticalsSeries

seriesRobert Charles Wilson3 books2005

Hard science fiction, set in other star systems.

“One night, the stars vanish behind an opaque membrane that has sealed off the Earth, and inside it time runs so much slower than the universe outside that billions of years pass beyond the barrier for every year lived on the ground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spin →

HelliconiaSeries

seriesBrian W. Aldiss4 books1982

Challenging in tone, set in other star systems.

Start with Helliconia Spring →

RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Set in space and spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

ManifoldSeries

seriesStephen Baxter8 books1997

Hard science fiction, challenging in tone, set in space.

“Stephen Baxter designed the trilogy to be read in any order, since it plays out across a multiverse rather than a single continuous timeline.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Time →

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

Reading order →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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 The Martian Chronicles?: Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson) — the closest match to The Martian Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Martian Chronicles?: The Million Year Picnic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Martian Chronicles.
How big is The Martian Chronicles?: The Martian Chronicles is 30 books, 1946–1991.
Is The Martian Chronicles finished?: Yes — 30 books, 1946–1991.

Books like The Martian Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Read next in The Martian Chronicles

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one