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Revision as of 23:21, 20 August 2019
| Title | Author | Year | Series and number | Summary | Settlement information |
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| A Princess of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1912 | Martian Tales #1 | A series of 10 novels with the main Character, John Carter and his adventures on Mars, or Barsoom in the local language. | Historical interest |
| The Gods of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1913 | Martian Tales #2 | ||
| The Warlord of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1913 | Martian Tales #3 | ||
| Thuvia, Maid of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1916 | Martian Tales #4 | ||
| The Chessmen of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1922 | Martian Tales #5 | ||
| The Master Mind of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1927 | Martian Tales #6 | ||
| A Fighting Man of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1930 | Martian Tales #7 | ||
| Swords of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1934 | Martian Tales #8 | ||
| Synthetic Men of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1938 | Martian Tales #9 | ||
| Llana of Gathol | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1941 | Martian Tales #10 | ||
| John Carter of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1941 | Martian Tales #11 | ||
| The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury | 1950 | Famous group of short stories set on Mars, exploration of an ancient civilisation. | Historical interest | |
| Warriors of Mars | Edward P. Bradbury | 1965 | Michael Kane #1 | ||
| We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Phillip K. Dick | 1966 | Inspiration for the Total Recall movies. | ||
| Welcome to Mars | James Blish | 1967 | |||
| Mars | Ben Bova | 1992 | |||
| Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1992 | Mars Trilogy #1 | Complete development of Mars terraformation. Best series on the subject, solid factual base. | |
| Green Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1992 | Mars Trilogy #2 | ||
| Moving Mars | Greg Bear | 1994 | |||
| Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1996 | Mars Trilogy #3 | ||
| The Martians | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1999 | |||
| White Mars | Brian Aldiss with Roger Penrose | 1999 | |||
| The Martian Race | Gregory Benford | 2000 | |||
| The Martian | Andrew Weir | 2012 | Good description of an early Martian exploration base. Famous use of potatoes. | ||
| Blades of Mars | Edward P. Bradbury | 1965 | Michael Kane #2 | ||
| Barbarians of Mars | Edward P. Bradbury | 1966 | Michael Kane #3 | ||
| The Sands of Mars | Arthur C. Clarke | 1951 | |||
| The Road to Mars | Eric Idle | 1999 | |||
| Podkayne of Mars | Robert A. Heinlein | 1963 | |||
| First Landing | Robert Zubrin | 2001 | |||
| The Mars Run | Chris Gerrib | 2006 | |||
| Red Dust | Paul J. McAuley | 1993 | |||
| The Greening of Mars | James Lovelock and Michael Allaby | 1984 | |||
| The Stone Canal | Ken Macleod | 2001 | The Fall Revolution #2 | ||
| Man Plus | Frederik Pohl | 1976 | |||
| Red Planet Blues | Robert J. Sawyer | 2013 | |||
| Red Thunder | Jon Varley | 2003 | Thunder and Lightning #1 | ||
| Red Lightning | Jon Varley | 2006 | Thunder and Lightning #2 | ||
| Rolling Thunder | Jon Varley | 2008 | Thunder and Lightning #3 | ||
| Dark Lightning | Jon Varley | 2014 | Thunder and Lightning #4 |
