Genre
Story type
What it is about
- Astronauts
- Survival
- Chinese space program
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Spaceflight
- Colonization of Mars
Where it happens
- Mars (Planet)
- Earth
- Mars
- Acidalia Planitia
- Schiaparelli
- Arabia Terra
Kind of book
- Novel
Came out
- 2010s
Ages
- Ages 14+
- Adult
About this book
Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded alone on Mars after his crew evacuates believing him dead, with no way to signal Earth. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is set in Mars (Planet) and listed for ages 14 and up.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Common Sense Media · Publisher page
Books like this one
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Why: Both are science fiction books about survival.
What both books share
- science fiction
The Martian: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject)
The Hunger Games: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction literature" (WD genre) - survival
The Martian: "Survival" (OL subject); "Survival -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
The Hunger Games: "Survival" (OL subject); "Survival Stories" (OL subject); "Survival, fiction" (OL subject); "Survival Fiction" (OL subject)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books, set in Mars.
What both books share
- science fiction
The Martian: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject)
A Princess of Mars: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, science fiction" (OL subject) - Mars
The Martian: "Mars (Planet)" (OL place); "Mars" (WD narrative location); "Mars (Planet) -- Fiction" (LoC 651)
A Princess of Mars: "Mars (Planet)--Fiction" (OL subject); "Mars (Planet)" (OL place); "Mars" (WD narrative location); "Mars (Planet) -- Fiction." (LoC 651)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
The Martian: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject)
Dark Matter: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
- science fiction
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What they share, at a glance
The Martian next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Survival | Mars |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games | shared | shared | not shared |
| A Princess of Mars | shared | not shared | shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Station Eleven | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Jurassic Park | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Snow Crash | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Never Let Me Go | shared | not shared | not shared |
| World War Z | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Three-Body Problem | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Ready Player One | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Catching Fire | shared | shared | not shared |
| Mockingjay | shared | shared | not shared |
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The Martian: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 2011. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
The sources differ. Each value is shown with where it came from.The Library of Congress record of another edition, ISBN 9780804139021, is dated 2014. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780804139021 ... [2014]
- Another edition on record
- The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 369-page hardcover from Crown Publishers, ISBN 9780804139021. Source: Library of Congress, its record of another edition, checked November 6, 2026.
9780804139021 ... hardback ... 369 pages ... Crown Publishers
- Awards and honors
- It received the Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel in 2015. Source: Wikidata, citing aefcft.com, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work (2015) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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