19 ratings | 4 reviews | avg rating:4.37

Piers Horner’s Followers (5)

Piers’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (0)
read (19)
did-not-finish (0)

Piers’s Friends (19)

Carly Wiggins

166 books | 78 friends

Garth Simmons

788 books | 87 friends

Alex Marshman-Edwards

376 books | 40 friends

Helen

171 books | 24 friends

Sylvia Entwistle

1 book | 13 friends

Lydia

0 books | 5 friends

Sunny Kersyte

11 books | 24 friends

Ellen Jones

0 books | 4 friends

More friends…

Piers Horner

Goodreads Author

Born

in Cardiff, The United Kingdom

Genre

Nonfiction, Science, Ebooks

Influences

Julian Baggini, Carl Sagan, George Orwell, Philip Larkin, John Steinbe ...more

Member Since

January 2021

edit data

Piers Horner is a full-time impoverished non-fiction author living in Amsterdam.

Born in South Wales, Piers obtained a doctorate in astrophysics from Cardiff University before joining the UK Civil Service where he worked for eight years. After relocating to the Netherlands he completed his first book, 'Short Stories of Space', at the end of 2020. The second book in the Short Stories of Space series was published in 2025.

Piers also enjoys creative writing, photography and is *still* learning Dutch.

...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Piers Horner questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Piers Horner’s books

Average rating: 4.21 · 19 ratings · 11 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Short Stories of Space: Real-Life Tales of Astronomy and Science 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Stories of Space II 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Stories of Space Volume II by Dr Piers Horner, Piers Horner (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

rss
Piers’s Recent Updates

Piers Horner is now friends with Carly Wiggins
Sep 15, 2025 01:14PM · like
Piers Horner made a comment in the group Goodreads Authors/Readers — Author List topic " Hi everyone, great to be here. I write about space and astronomy. In 2020 I released my first book: 'Short Stories of Space', which was intended as the ...more "
Aug 23, 2025 02:47PM

More of Piers's books…

recent posts
Piers’s Groups

Goodreads Reviewers' Group — 13738 members — last activity 3 hours, 44 min ago
This group helps to bring Reviewers and Authors together! Reviewers can make their own thread to post their reviews in, or post their reviews in the r ...more

Science and Inquiry — 4531 members — last activity Jul 21, 2026 09:45PM
This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more

Support for Indie Authors — 16719 members — last activity Jul 23, 2026 03:13PM
Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!! Building and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and le ...more

Goodreads Authors/Readers — 57206 members — last activity 4 hours, 48 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Astronomy and Space exploration — 301 members — last activity Jun 24, 2026 07:00AM
This group is for Space lovers and and astronomy lovers .....Discussions about space and ideas about new technologies is carried out ...its a open gro ...more

Review Group — 5849 members — last activity 18 minutes ago
Reviews are very important for Self-Published (SP), and Indie authors, just as they are for others. Unfortunately, though, many SP/Indie books don't g ...more

Underground Knowledge — A discussion group — 25970 members — last activity 4 hours, 45 min ago
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more

Non Fiction Book Club — 5151 members — last activity 2 hours, 6 min ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more

Science and Natural History — 1137 members — last activity Sep 22, 2020 01:21PM
This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world. *** All books are chosen by group members *** ...more

Blooming Books: Reading for Growth (Self-Development Book Club) — 2104 members — last activity Jul 03, 2026 03:23AM
📚 #No.1 non-fiction group on Goodreads for self-development & growth! Do you read self‑development books but struggle to apply the ideas? 👋 Wel ...more

More of Piers’s groups…