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series2 books2012

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
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Start with The Martian →

Farmer in the SkyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1950

Hard science fiction, about space colonization and coming of age, set in outer planets & moons.

“A family emigrates to the new colony on Ganymede, but the existing colonists do not have the resources to support a flood of immigrants.”
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Project Hail MaryNovel

Andy Weirstandalone novel2021

Hard science fiction and first contact, about aliens.

Mara / Raging EarthSeries

series4 books2002

About ecological collapse.

“Mara must think of a way to save herself, the other villagers and, most importantly, the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with Exodus →

TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

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

Z for ZachariahNovel

Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975

About coming of age and loneliness, set in north america and countryside & village.

“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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