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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 — 1,280,916 ratings — published 2011
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,569 ratings — published 1979
A Man on the Moon (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,672 ratings — published 1994
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,248 ratings — published 1994
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.64 — 343 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 — 60,235 ratings — published 2010
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,081,830 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 — 10,496 ratings — published 2000
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,696 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 — 6,856 ratings — published 2017
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 62,677 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 — 3,950 ratings — published 1994
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,617 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 — 11,728 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 — 17,764 ratings — published 2024
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.21 — 22,836 ratings — published 2017
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.50 — 137,897 ratings — published 2023
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.27 — 122,602 ratings — published 2016
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.94 — 128,683 ratings — published 1970
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.12 — 183,607 ratings — published 1973
Riding Rockets (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,936 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 — 7,507 ratings — published 2023
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.20 — 56,197 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 — 2,521 ratings — published 2018
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,267 ratings — published 2015
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.30 — 172,561 ratings — published 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.18 — 335,625 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 — 323,700 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 — 39,414 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 4.30 — 2,765 ratings — published 1999
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.40 — 158,551 ratings — published 1980
Flight: My Life in Mission Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,166 ratings — published 2001
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.96 — 113,483 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 — 844 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 4.31 — 1,708 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 — 1,970 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 — 6,469 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 — 2,020 ratings — published 2019
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.12 — 365,542 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 — 5,213 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 — 583 ratings — published 2004
2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,779 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 — 817 ratings — published 2005
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 3.95 — 37,795 ratings — published 2018
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-exploration)
avg rating 4.17 — 184,061 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
“Each Voyager is itself a message. In their exploratory intent, in the lofty ambition of their objectives, in their utter lack of intent to do harm, and in the brilliance of their design and performance, these robots speak eloquently for us.”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!”
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