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Space Exploration Books
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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,276,716 ratings — published 2011
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,514 ratings — published 1979
A Man on the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,661 ratings — published 1994
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.39 — 10,221 ratings — published 1994
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.64 — 342 ratings — published 2023
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,178 ratings — published 2010
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,063,026 ratings — published 2021
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,468 ratings — published 2000
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,686 ratings — published 1974
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,843 ratings — published 2017
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 62,597 ratings — published 2013
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,947 ratings — published 1994
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,613 ratings — published 2005
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.53 — 11,705 ratings — published 2018
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.51 — 17,534 ratings — published 2024
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,805 ratings — published 2017
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.51 — 135,341 ratings — published 2023
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.27 — 121,850 ratings — published 2016
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.94 — 128,588 ratings — published 1970
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.12 — 183,301 ratings — published 1973
Riding Rockets (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,933 ratings — published 2006
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.01 — 7,420 ratings — published 2023
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 55,915 ratings — published 2019
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,514 ratings — published 2018
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,263 ratings — published 2015
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.30 — 171,530 ratings — published 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.18 — 335,156 ratings — published 1968
The Case for Mars (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,993 ratings — published 1996
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.69 — 322,285 ratings — published 2017
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.34 — 39,343 ratings — published 1994
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,764 ratings — published 1999
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.40 — 158,283 ratings — published 1980
Flight: My Life in Mission Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,165 ratings — published 2001
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.96 — 113,353 ratings — published 2016
Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings – The Forgotten History of Daring Exploration and Human Genius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 842 ratings — published 2021
Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,705 ratings — published 2015
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,339 ratings — published 2005
Apollo: The Race To The Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,966 ratings — published 1989
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.47 — 6,450 ratings — published 2021
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,016 ratings — published 2019
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.12 — 363,091 ratings — published 2017
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.53 — 5,200 ratings — published 2016
Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.28 — 581 ratings — published 2004
2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,721 ratings — published 1982
Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.22 — 816 ratings — published 2005
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 37,739 ratings — published 2018
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 183,485 ratings — published 2014
Starman: The Truth Behind The Legend Of Yuri Gagarin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,199 ratings — published 1998
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.09 — 335 ratings — published 2005
Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.84 — 695 ratings — published 2007
“A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each is strong where the other is weak. This is a marriage made in heaven - but one that has been surprisingly difficult to consummate.”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
