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The intent of this list is to provide a recommended list of non-fiction books that will provide an introduction to the high level hierarchy of categories in [[Marspedia Specific Hierarchy|Marspedia]]: Mars Planetary Science, Mars Spacecraft/Robotic Missions, Mars Human Exploration (plans), Mars Human Settement (plans), Mars Outreach, and Mars Arts and Literature. 

To that end there are several references<ref>[https://space.nss.org/settling-mars/ National] Space Society/Settling [[Mars]]</ref><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/46291.Best_Popular_Science_Books_About_Mars_Exploration Goodreads]/Best Popular Books about Mars
</ref><ref>Top Books about Mars [https://www.thoughtco.com/great-mars-books-3073202]</ref> that have been used to establish the table of recommended books that appear on this page. Because the factual data regarding Mars is growing exponentially in recent years the reader may find the ability to list the table by year of publication most useful in establishing a list of priority in reading about Mars physical properties, geography, geology, orbital surveyors, surface rovers, or recommendations for future missions of humans to Mars.

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!Author
!Year
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! class="unsortable" |Comment
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|The  Atlas of Mars: Mapping Its Geography and Geology
|Kenneth S. Coles, Kenneth L.  Tanaka, Philip R. Christensen
|2019
|978-1107036291
|The most current atlas of Mars.  Map quadrangles are at 1:10,000,000 scale
|-
|Dynamic  Mars: Recent and Current Landscape Evolution of the Red Planet
|Richard J. Soare, Susan J. Conway, Stephen  M. Clifford
|2018
|978-0128130186
|Explanations of geological  change at the surface or near-surface of Mars
|-
|Next  Stop Mars: The Why, How, and When of Human Missions
|Giancarlo Genta
|2017
|978-3319443102
|Historic and future human  mission plans and design
|-
|The  Atmosphere and Climate of Mars
|Robert M. Haberle, R. Todd Clancy, François  Forget, Michael D. Smith, Richard W. Zurek
|2017
|978-1107016187
|This book brings together the  many new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system of Mars
|-
|Mars  Direct
|Robert Zubrin
|2016
|978-0974144351
|The author describes his  relatively simple plan, called Mars Direct, that could feasibly have humans  on the surface of Mars within a decade
|-
|Mars:  Our Future on the Red Planet
|Leonard David
|2016
|978-1426217586
|A companion piece to a National  Geographic series
|-
|The  International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 2, 2004 to 2014: From Spirit  to Curiosity
|Phillip J. Stooke
|2016
|978-1107030930
|2nd volume of atlas  that   continues the story of Mars exploration through 2016
|-
|Mission  to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration
|Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David
|2015
|978-1426214684
|This Moon astronaut presents his  vision for near future space exploratoin
|-
|How  We'll Live on Mars (TED Books)
|Stephen Petranek
|2015
|978-1476784762
|Making the case that living on  Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity
|-
|Mars  Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
|Rob Manning, William L. Simon
|2014
|978-1588344731
|A behind-the-scenes account as  told by the Chief Engineer
|-
|Mars Up  Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission
|Marc Kaufman
|2014
|978-1426212789
|A National Geographic  publication on the Curiosity Mission
|-
|The  International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 1, 1953 to 2003: The First  Five Decades
|Phillip J. Stooke
|2012
|978-0521765534
|Atlas covering the first five  decades of the exploration of Mars
|-
|Exploring  Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery
|Scott Hubbard
|2012
|978-0816528967
|A NASA manage r"follows the  water" in orbit and on Mars' surface in a series of missions
|-
|Colonizing  Mars The Human Mission to the Red Planet
|Robert Zubrin, Joel Levin, Paul  Davies
|2012
|978-0971644526
|A roadmap to Mars. How it can be  done, what it would be like, and how the mission can be paid for
|-
|Working  on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration  Rovers
|William J. Clancey
|2012
|978-0262017756
|A story of the JPL team that  remotely operated the Mars Exploration Rovers
|-
|The Case  for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
|Robert Zubrin
|2011
|978-1451608113
|Revised edition of the classic  (1996) book on the Mars Direct plan to explore and settle Mars
|-
|Postcards  from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
|Jim Bell
|2010
|978-0452296749
|from the photography team lead  on the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions
|-
|Packing  for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
|Mary Roach
|2010
|978-0393339918
|A human perspective of what  space travel will be like
|-
|Human  Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0 - Addendum
|Bert G. Drake
|2009
|NASA/SP–2009–566-ADD
|Addendum to The systems and  operations that would be used for the first three missions to explore the  surface of Mars by humans
|-
|Human  Exploration of Mars: Design Reference Architecture 5.0
|Bert G. Drake
|2009
|NASA-SP-2009-566
|The systems and operations that  would be used for the first three missions to explore the surface of Mars by  humans
|-
|Human  Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet
|Donald Rapp
|2008
|978-3642092015
|Requirements for human missions  to Mars from an engineering perspective
|-
|How to  Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet
|Robert Zubrin
|2008
|978-0307407184
|The practicalities of your  average Mars settler.
|-
|The Geology of Mars: Evidence from Earth-based Analogs
|Edited by Mary Chapman
|2007
|978-0-521-83292-2
|Overview of Martian geology and a discussion of hard to explain land forms
|-
|The Rock  from Mars: A Detective Story on Two Planets
|Kathy Sawyer
|2006
|978-1400060108
|The story of ALH84001, the Mars  meteorite found in Antarctica
|-
|Geology  of Mars
|James W. Head
|2006
|<nowiki>http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/2949.pdf</nowiki>
|A multi-referenced review of the  evolving understanding of geology on Mars
|-
|Roving  Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet
|Steven Squyres
|2005
|978-1623658564
|A chief scientist's view of the  planning and execution of the Spirit and Opportunity missions to Mars
|-
|On to  Mars 2: Exploring and Settling a New World
|Frank Crossman and Robert Zubrin
|2005
|978-1894959308
|130 papers and essays from the  annual conferences of the Mars Society
|-
|Mars: A Warmer Wetter Planet
|Jeffrey S. Kargel
|2004
|1-85233-568-8
|Made a very strong argument that Liquid water was common on Mars in the past.
|-
|Sojourner:  An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission
|Andrew Mishkin
|2004
|978-0425198391
|An insider's view of the JPL led  Mars Pathfinder mission
|-
|Going to  Mars: The Stories of the people Behind NASA's Mars Missions Past, Present,  and Future
|Garfield Reeves-Steven, Judith  Reeves-Stevens), Brian Muirhead
|2004
|978-0671027964
|A JPL scientist traces the  history of Mars exploration and projects the future directions of expeditions  to Mars
|-
|Mapping  Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World
|Oliver Morton
|2003
|978-0312422615
|The story of how we are able to  map Mars in some ways better than Earth itself.
|-
|A  Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet
|William K. Hartmann
|2003
|978-0761126065
|A traveler's guide to the  evolution of Mars geology from a member of the Mars Global Surveyor science  team
|-
|Magnificent  Mars
|Ken Croswell
|2003
|978-0743226011
|a synthesis of the latest  research on Mars, accompanied with full-color images
|-
|On to  Mars: Colonizing a New World
|Robert Zubrin and Frank Crossman
|2002
|978-1896522906
|A compendium of papers from the  annual conferences of the Mars Society
|-
|The  Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars
|Arthur C. Clarke
|1994
|978-0575063228
|The author presents his vision  of the colonization of Mars and shows what humans could do to make it  inhabitable
|-
|The  Geology of Mars
|Thomas A. Mutch, R Arvidson
|1977
|978-0691081731
|An encyclopedic book on Mars  geology
|-
|Mars,  the Red Planet
|Iaaac Asimov
|1977
|978-0688418120
|A study of Mars from the  earliest discoveries of its distance, size, and satellites to recent data  gathered during the Viking probes
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