Books like The Martian Chronicles

If you liked The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. I, Robot

    Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, short stories, classics.

    Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

  2. Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury · 1953

    Because also by Ray Bradbury; shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 retold: Montag burns books, meets Clarisse, hides books, and follows the river to the readers.

  3. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892

    Because shares tags: classics, short stories.

    A young mother confined for her health fixates on yellow wallpaper, plus 39 other Gilman stories on marriage and work.

  4. The War of the Worlds

    H.G. Wells · 1898

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    A Surrey writer watches Martians land in cylinders, march on London in tripods, and fall to Earth's smallest life.

  5. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

    Douglas Adams · 1980 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Arthur Dent flees Vogons, dines at Milliways at the end of time, and strands on prehistoric Earth in Adams' sharp 1980 sequel.

  6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892 · Sherlock Holmes #3

    Because shares tags: classics, short stories.

    Twelve Strand cases from Irene Adler to the Copper Beeches, with Holmes at his sharpest and strangest.

  7. Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert A. Heinlein · 1961

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    A Mars-raised man lands on Earth, learns religion and love, and founds a church that shocks everyone.

  8. Golden Son

    Pierce Brown · 2015 · Red Rising Saga #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, mars.

    Darrow serves House Augustus as a Gold officer while plotting revolt, until a gala refusal, a duel with Cassius, and a Triumph betrayal…

  9. Neuromancer

    William Gibson · 1984 · Sprawl #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.

  10. Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert · 1969 · Dune #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Emperor Paul faces jihad fallout as Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu plot with ghola Duncan to break him.

  11. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick · 1968

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

  12. The Time Machine

    H.G. Wells · 1895

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Wells sends a Victorian inventor to the year 802,701, where idle Eloi and blind Morlocks share a dark human fate.

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