10 books for fans of Red Mars
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Morning Star
Red Rising • Book 3
by Pierce Brown
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Darrow leads the final rebellion against the Gold overlords who hanged his wife and enslaved his people in this devastating conclusion to his revolutionary war.
★ 4.55 Goodreads (414.3K ratings) - 2
Defiance of the Fall 2
Defiance of the Fall • Book 2
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Zac has secured his island and grown incredibly powerful, but his strength attracts dangerous attention from natives, aliens, and the System itself. This LitRPG sequel balances character development with relentless progression mechanics.
★ 4.52 Goodreads (12.1K ratings) - 3
The Dark Forest
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 2
by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen
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If the universe is a dark forest full of hidden predators, humanity just revealed its location to the Trisolaran fleet.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (224.9K ratings) - 4
Calibans Krieg
The Expanse • Book 2
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Der zweite Band der Expanse-Saga eskaliert die Spannungen zwischen Erde und Mars, während das Protomolekül neue Bedrohungen auf Ganymed schafft. Corey erweitert das Universum um neue Charaktere und politische Komplexitäten.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (185.8K ratings) - 5
Persepolis Rising
The Expanse • Book 7
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Thirty years after the ring gates opened, the Rocinante crew faces their biggest challenge yet when Laconia emerges with overwhelming alien-enhanced power.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (88.5K ratings) - 6
A Deepness in the Sky
Zones of Thought • Book 2
by Vernor Vinge
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Vinge alternates between human traders orbiting an alien world and the spider civilization below, building toward a collision between species as the arachnids develop technology and space flight.
★ 4.32 Goodreads (35.3K ratings) - 7
Leviathan Wakes
The Expanse • Book 1
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Ice hauler Jim Holden and cynical detective Miller stumble onto a conspiracy that threatens the fragile peace between Earth, Mars, and the asteroid Belt colonies. Corey launches their space opera with realistic physics, complex politics, and a mystery that escalates into system-wide warfare.
★ 4.31 Goodreads (324.2K ratings) - 8
Sector 64 Box Set
Sector 64 • Book 1
by Dean M. Cole
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Cole's trilogy explores the unintended consequences of human advancement: our attempt at species uplift draws hostile alien attention. Fighter pilots become humanity's unlikely heroes in a war we never saw coming.
★ 5.00 Goodreads (1 ratings) - 9
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Exploration: A Litrpg Apocalypse
Welcome to the Multiverse • Book 10
by Sean Oswald, Joshua Mason
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Transported across the multiverse to medieval Aerth, Silas confronts the Order—a powerful faction that cloaks control and oppression in the language of righteousness.
★ 4.68 Goodreads (635 ratings)