Mars Science Fiction

Mars has long been a topic of interest for humans. Currently, NASA's Mars Exploration Program is working hard to learn more about the red planet. You can stay up to date on their work by visiting their website.

Space exploration meets imagination in this subset of our science fiction collection. Over the years, there have been many science fiction books published that are set on a futurist Mars, or are about humans reaching Mars, or are about alien life on Mars, or one of a million other premises. You're sure to find one that interests you! Here are a few of the Mars inspired science fiction books we have in our collection:

Series

Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson

Red Mars (1992)
Green Mars (1993)
Blue Mars (1996)
The Martians (1999) - A collection of short stories set in the same fictional universe as the original series

Barsoom Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars (1912)

The Gods of Mars (1913)

The Warlord of Mars (1914)

Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1916)

The Chessmen of Mars (1922)

The Master Mind of Mars (1927)

A Fighting Man of Mars (1930)

Swords of Mars (1934)

Synthetic Men of Mars (1939)

Llana of Gathol (1941)

John Carter of Mars (1964, stories from 1940-1943)

Mars Series by Ben Bova

Mars (1992)
Return to Mars (1999)
Mars Life (2008)

Stand Alone Books

Before Mars: a Planetfall Novel by Emma Newman
The Finches of Mars by Brian W. Aldiss

Mars Crossing by Geoffrey Landis

The Martian by Andy Weir

Mars One by Jonathan Maberry
Moving Mars by Greg Bear

Old Mars by George R. R. Martin

Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven

Winning Mars by Jason Stoddard

And if you have any young kids interested in Mars be sure to check out Life on Mars by Jon Agee, a gem of a picture book recently published in 2017.