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Barsoom Books in Order

by Edgar Rice BurroughsScience Fiction & Fantasy

7 books and 1 novella from John Carter in 'A Princess of Mars' (2001) to A Fighting Man of Mars (2023). Rated 4.4 across 9,590 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. John Carter in 'A Princess of Mars'

    Book 1 2001 4.4 (5.4k)

    Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom.

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  2. John Carter in The Gods of Mars

    Book 2 2001 4.5 (2k)

    Soldier and adventurer John Carter tells the story of how he returns to the planet Mars to be reunited with his love, the Martian princess Dejah Thoris.

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  3. John Carter in The Warlord of Mars

    Book 3 2001 4.6 (1.5k)

    For six long Martian months, John Carter has haunted the terrifying Temple of the Sun. Inside the walls of this mysterious revolving tower is his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris, the beautiful princess of Barsoom.

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  4. Thuvia, Maid of Mars

    Book 4 1916 4.2 (421)

    This is the fourth audiobook in the "Mars Series"....

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  5. The Chessmen of Mars

    Book 5 1922 4.1 (313)

    Impetuous and headstrong, Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter, defies the elements by flying into a rare, fierce Martian storm.

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  6. The Master Mind of Mars

    Book 6 2023 4.3 (9)

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  7. A Fighting Man of Mars

    Book 7 2023 4.4 (9)

    Under the double moons of Barsoom, an invisible flier sped to the mysterious city of Jahar where Sanoma Tora, the kidnapped princess of Helium, had been taken.

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  8. John Carter and the Giant of Mars

    Novella 11.5 2013 4.3 (56)

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Barsoom is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (11.5 comes after book 11). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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