For many of us, our first encounter with Mars was though novels of science fiction or science fantasy. From dry dying civilizations to humid jungles, and back again to desert, Mars has been the home to aliens, transported humans, souls of the dead, and angels. The works below represent over 100 years of speculative writing about Mars, writing that can excite us as much as pictures from rovers on the surface of the planet itself.

Novels are organized 2 ways: first, by individual subjects and then the entire list by the author's last name.

Areophysics
Barsoom
Colonization
Criticism, Fiction
Cydonia Region
Deimos
Exobiology
Extrasolar Civilization on Mars
Genetic Engineering
Interplanetary War
Invasion, Martian
Invasion, Terran
Kasei Valley Region
Manned Mars Missions
Mars Exploration
Martian Civilization

Martian Colonization of Earth
Martian Political Independence
Martian Visitation
Observation from Earth
Olympus Mons
Phobos
Spiritualism
Terraforming
Terran Civilization on Mars
Terran Visitation
Tharsis Montes Region
Viking I Mission
Viking II Mission
War of the Worlds (book)
War of the Worlds (broadcast)
War on Mars
Water