Terraforming Books

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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.86 — 88,881 ratings — published 1992
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.96 — 41,022 ratings — published 1993
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Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.95 — 33,265 ratings — published 1996
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A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1) A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.65 — 345 ratings — published 2023
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2312 2312 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.52 — 21,872 ratings — published 2012
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.30 — 176,277 ratings — published 2015
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The Terraformers The Terraformers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.33 — 7,384 ratings — published 2023
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Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.05 — 62,477 ratings — published 2019
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Seveneves Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.00 — 125,330 ratings — published 2015
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,294,610 ratings — published 2011
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Plutoshine Plutoshine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.84 — 513 ratings — published 2022
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The Ministry for the Future The Ministry for the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,634 ratings — published 2020
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.26 — 125,784 ratings — published 2016
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Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)
by (shelved 4 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.30 — 18,618 ratings — published 1998
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The Empress of Mars (The Company) The Empress of Mars (The Company)
by (shelved 4 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,111 ratings — published 2009
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Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.40 — 48 ratings — published
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X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.14 — 145 ratings — published
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The World as an Architectural Project The World as an Architectural Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published
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The Global Transformation of Time: 1870–1950 The Global Transformation of Time: 1870–1950 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.67 — 45 ratings — published 2015
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For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.37 — 73,990 ratings — published 2017
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The Martians (Mars Trilogy, #3.5) The Martians (Mars Trilogy, #3.5)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,338 ratings — published 1999
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Last and First Men Last and First Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,988 ratings — published 1930
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1) Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 3 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.94 — 129,150 ratings — published 1970
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Elder Race (Elder Race #1) Elder Race (Elder Race #1)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.09 — 24,948 ratings — published 2021
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Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World (Sexual Cultures, 53) Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World (Sexual Cultures, 53)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.44 — 165 ratings — published 2020
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Into the Extreme: U.S. Environmental Systems and Politics beyond Earth Into the Extreme: U.S. Environmental Systems and Politics beyond Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.89 — 18 ratings — published
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Intelligence and Spirit Intelligence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.17 — 157 ratings — published 2018
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Waste Tide Waste Tide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.32 — 2,961 ratings — published 2013
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Are We Human? Notes on an Archaeology of Design Are We Human? Notes on an Archaeology of Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.35 — 433 ratings — published
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The Anthrobscene The Anthrobscene (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.87 — 84 ratings — published 2014
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Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (Mit Press) Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (Mit Press)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.00 — 285 ratings — published 2011
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Genesis Redux: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Artificial Life Genesis Redux: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Artificial Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 2007
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The Collapse of Complex Societies The Collapse of Complex Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,503 ratings — published 1988
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Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds (Experimental Futures) Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds (Experimental Futures)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.90 — 58 ratings — published 2016
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God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.88 — 148,126 ratings — published 1981
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.05 — 95,510 ratings — published 2005
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.27 — 300,657 ratings — published 1989
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.31 — 320,802 ratings — published 2011
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.27 — 793,034 ratings — published 2014
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Building Harlequin's Moon Building Harlequin's Moon (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,471 ratings — published 2005
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House of Suns House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,807 ratings — published 2008
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Farmer in the Sky Farmer in the Sky (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,270 ratings — published 1950
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The Sands of Mars The Sands of Mars (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as terraforming)
avg rating 3.76 — 5,078 ratings — published 1951
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The Rainseekers The Rainseekers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as terraforming)
avg rating 3.93 — 29 ratings — published 2026
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Torn (Arcadia Book #1) Torn (Arcadia Book #1)
by (shelved 1 time as terraforming)
avg rating 4.36 — 50 ratings — published 2016
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The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as terraforming)
avg rating 3.59 — 10,067 ratings — published 2023
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The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as terraforming)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,184 ratings — published 2024
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Remnant Population Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as terraforming)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,522 ratings — published 1996
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
“This will be the first of a thousand worlds that we will give life to. For we are gods, and we are lonely, so we shall create.”
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

Rachel Bach
“The place had clearly been terraformed within an inch of its life; there was just no other way continents ended up perfectly square.”
Rachel Bach, Heaven's Queen

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