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Astronauts Books
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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,322,378 ratings — published 2011
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.17 — 63,383 ratings — published 2013
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.32 — 818,157 ratings — published 2025
The Astronaut Wives Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.35 — 28,673 ratings — published 2013
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.23 — 56,121 ratings — published 1979
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,500,789 ratings — published 2021
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.21 — 23,123 ratings — published 2017
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.48 — 154,970 ratings — published 2023
Riding Rockets (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,985 ratings — published 2006
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,856 ratings — published 1974
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,795 ratings — published 2010
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,554 ratings — published 1994
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,925 ratings — published 2009
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,602 ratings — published 2009
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,796 ratings — published 1999
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,721 ratings — published 2000
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.53 — 12,120 ratings — published 2018
Mae Among the Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,361 ratings — published 2018
The Darkest Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,713 ratings — published 2016
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,004 ratings — published 1994
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.13 — 736 ratings — published 2011
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,670 ratings — published 2005
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.50 — 21,178 ratings — published 2024
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.53 — 5,299 ratings — published 2016
Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story (The Mousetronaut Series)
by (shelved 9 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,258 ratings — published 2012
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.92 — 392 ratings — published 1999
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.91 — 19,958 ratings — published 2021
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,447 ratings — published 2018
John Glenn: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,249 ratings — published 2000
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,967 ratings — published 2009
Astronaut Handbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.09 — 411 ratings — published 2008
Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,293 ratings — published 2017
Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard – America's First Spaceman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.16 — 491 ratings — published 2004
Rama Revealed (Rama, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.83 — 18,010 ratings — published 1993
A Man on the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,783 ratings — published 1994
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,424 ratings — published 2023
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.26 — 15,756 ratings — published 2018
Life on Mars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,513 ratings — published 2017
The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.91 — 277 ratings — published 2015
Flight: My Life in Mission Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,181 ratings — published 2001
Eight Days Gone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.85 — 278 ratings — published 2012
I Want to Be an Astronaut: A Picture Book About NASA Astronauts for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.44 — 603 ratings — published 1988
Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.00 — 438 ratings — published 2012
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,920 ratings — published 2009
We Dream of Space (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,970 ratings — published 2020
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.19 — 58,722 ratings — published 2019
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.22 — 348 ratings — published 2019
Astronaut Annie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as astronauts)
avg rating 3.91 — 287 ratings — published 2018
I Love You, Michael Collins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as astronauts)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,627 ratings — published 2017
“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas that liquid nitrogen was in use at the high altitude astronomical facilities where I had worked.”
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“Worry is just a feeling, it will soon go away.
It's doing, not worrying, that truly saves the day.
So instead of being scared about what could be,
let's do something now — that's a better plan, you see!”
― Luna Heartstrong & the Spectacular Supernova
It's doing, not worrying, that truly saves the day.
So instead of being scared about what could be,
let's do something now — that's a better plan, you see!”
― Luna Heartstrong & the Spectacular Supernova













