9 Top space books like The Martian by Andy Weir

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The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s…

"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

If you liked the space plot in The Martian by Andy Weir , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor

1. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

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  • adventure
  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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2. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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3. The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

By: Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.96

Format: 695 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Legends of Dune:The Butlerian Jihad It began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"A winner has more skills than a loser," Vor said, "no matter how you define the competition."

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

"The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons."

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

"With few ambitions, most people allowed efficient machines to perform everyday tasks for them. Gradually, humans ceased to think, or dream... or truly live."

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

" Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary de…"

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

4. The Hobbit

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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5. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

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6. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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7. Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

8. Dark Matter

By: Blake Crouch

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abduc… read more

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9. Fahrenheit 451

By: Ray Bradbury

3.96

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenhe… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Are you happy?"

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"It was a pleasure to burn."

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"Those who don't build must burn."

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"The sun burnt every day. It burnt time."

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Cover of Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

10. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.31

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

11. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

By: Max Brooks

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of… read more

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12. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

By: George R.R. Martin

4.44

Format: 835 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land wh… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Winter is coming."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"Don’t call me Lord Snow."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"The things I do for love."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"If I look back I am lost."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

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13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

Cover of The Martian by Andy Weir

14. The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s… read more

Similar categories in Andy Weir's The Martian book and Andy Weir's The Martian

  • survival
  • adventure
  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

15. Ready Player One

By: Ernest Cline

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is … read more

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Cover of Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov

16. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

Cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

17. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

By: Douglas Adams

4.23

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked o… read more

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  • adventure
  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

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18. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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19. 1984

By: George Orwell

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment where war is peace freedom is slavery and Big Brother i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Power is not a means; it is an end."

-George Orwell, 1984

"To die hating them, that was freedom."

-George Orwell, 1984

"In the face of pain there are no heroes."

-George Orwell, 1984

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."

-George Orwell, 1984

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20. Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

By: Michael Crichton

4.11

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Welcome...to Jurassic Park!"

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"They are not free at all. They are essentially our prisoners."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

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21. Summary of The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir | Summary & Analysis

By: aBookaDay

4.70

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

Warning : This is an independent addition to The Martian , meant to enhance your experience of the … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook

18 best-selling fiction books like The Martian by Andy Weir

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Transform Your Habits

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.96

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

3.77

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28 Top fiction books like Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card

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Transform Your Habits

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

J.R.R. Tolkien , Brian Sibley , Ian Holm , Michael Hordern , Robert Stephens

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

3.92

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