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Story type
What it is about
- Space colonies
- Caste
- Justice
Where it happens
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Space colonies, Caste, Justice. It is book 1 of the Red Rising Trilogy series, set in Mars (Planet), and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Open Library subject
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Red Rising: "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
Project Hail Mary: "science-fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure" (OL subject)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Red Rising: "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
Dark Matter: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Red Rising: "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
Station Eleven: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- science fiction
Books like the Red Rising series
What they share, at a glance
Red Rising next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Space colonies |
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| Project Hail Mary | shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared |
| Station Eleven | shared | not shared |
| Jurassic Park | shared | not shared |
| Snow Crash | shared | not shared |
| Never Let Me Go | shared | not shared |
| World War Z | shared | not shared |
| The Three-Body Problem | shared | not shared |
| Ready Player One | shared | not shared |
| The Institute | shared | not shared |
| Zoe's Tale | shared | shared |
| Ender in Exile | shared | not shared |
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Red Rising: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on January 28, 2014. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Series
- It is book 1 of the Red Rising series. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Red Rising ... Red Rising
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is Golden Son. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Red Rising ... Golden Son
How Red Rising came to be
- Brown says the book grew out of the social anxiety of living in eight states before he finished high school. Interview: The Writer, January 25, 2018, checked November 6, 2026.
Adversity sparked Red Rising ... I lived in eight states before I graduated high school.
- He combined that feeling with the Greek play Antigone and The Count of Monte Cristo. Interview: The Writer, January 25, 2018, checked November 6, 2026.
- He always saw it as the start of a trilogy. Interview: The Writer, January 25, 2018, checked November 6, 2026.
It was always a trilogy in my mind.
Where does Red Rising sit in its series? See the reading order.
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