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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,389,300 ratings — published 2011
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,909,686 ratings — published 2021
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,083,997 ratings — published 1979
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,507,465 ratings — published 1985
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.23 — 164,910 ratings — published 2015
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,719,221 ratings — published 1965
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.67 — 369,365 ratings — published 2017
These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.89 — 72,126 ratings — published 2013
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.16 — 199,056 ratings — published 2014
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.10 — 414,649 ratings — published 2017
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.77 — 119,742 ratings — published 2011
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,006,176 ratings — published 2014
Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.43 — 83,211 ratings — published 2016
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.51 — 626,565 ratings — published 2015
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,070,504 ratings — published 2025
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.31 — 341,116 ratings — published 2011
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.24 — 238,658 ratings — published 2018
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.09 — 76,097 ratings — published 2019
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.44 — 59,354 ratings — published 2018
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
by (shelved 20 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.41 — 321,724 ratings — published 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.18 — 345,016 ratings — published 1968
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.39 — 415,869 ratings — published 2014
A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.01 — 55,347 ratings — published 2012
Life on Mars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,555 ratings — published 2017
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.19 — 326,398 ratings — published 1980
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,317 ratings — published 2019
Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.15 — 372,393 ratings — published 2012
Shades of Earth (Across the Universe, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,699 ratings — published 2013
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.36 — 168,200 ratings — published 2018
Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.61 — 223,965 ratings — published 2015
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.16 — 257,034 ratings — published 1982
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.23 — 191,047 ratings — published 2018
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.55 — 509,273 ratings — published 2016
This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,585 ratings — published 2014
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.23 — 473,839 ratings — published 2013
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,978 ratings — published 2013
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,038,448 ratings — published 2012
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.17 — 618,091 ratings — published 1951
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.46 — 140,853 ratings — published 2020
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.83 — 83,048 ratings — published 2015
Caliban’s War (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.39 — 195,156 ratings — published 2012
Starflight (Starflight, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.85 — 13,741 ratings — published 2016
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
by (shelved 12 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.08 — 190,231 ratings — published 1984
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.47 — 173,594 ratings — published 2023
Skyward (Skyward, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.46 — 174,951 ratings — published 2018
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.80 — 73,988 ratings — published 2020
Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.24 — 41,900 ratings — published 2020
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.08 — 217,954 ratings — published 2017
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 4.12 — 278,574 ratings — published 1986
Redshirts (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as outer-space)
avg rating 3.87 — 121,973 ratings — published 2012
“Light takes eight minutes to travel from the sun to Earth, so if you look at it one way there’s a grace period between when the star stops burning and when the light runs out. But if you look at the first moment without light as the first possible information heralding the end of the star, there’s no time in between the star’s collapse and the light running out. The eight minutes carry the moment of collapse on their backs.”
― Singer Distance
― Singer Distance
“There is nothing particularly special about that location of the centre of mass. If you were to find yourself at the precise spot that is the centre of mass of the earth-moon system, the only thing unusual that you would notice is that there would be one thousand miles of rock on top of your head.
Pluto is only about twice the size of Charon, so if you put Pluto and Charon on the cosmic seesaw you would find that the balance point is a little bit outside Pluto, rather than inside it. Again, there is nothing particularly special going on there. If you were to find yourself at that precise spot, you would only notice that you were very, very cold and could no longer breathe.”
― How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Pluto is only about twice the size of Charon, so if you put Pluto and Charon on the cosmic seesaw you would find that the balance point is a little bit outside Pluto, rather than inside it. Again, there is nothing particularly special going on there. If you were to find yourself at that precise spot, you would only notice that you were very, very cold and could no longer breathe.”
― How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
