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Best Space Books and Sci-Fi: A Space.com Reading List
There are plenty of great books out there about space — so many, in fact, that it can feel a little overwhelming to figure out where to start, whether searching for a perfect holiday gift or your next engrossing read. So the editors and writers at Space.com have put together a list of their favorite books about the universe. These are the books that we love — the ones that informed us, entertained us and inspired us. We hope they'll do the same for you for this Black Friday and beyond!
We've divided the books into four categories,
1.Space Books for Kids
2.Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Space Photography
4. Science Fiction
1.
1 Books for Younger Readers
'Here We Are' (Philomel Books, 2017)
By Oliver Jeffers 4-7
2 A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars (Greenwillow Books, 2017)
By Seth Fishman, Illustrated by Isabel Greenberg
Age range: 4-8
3 The Darkest Dark' (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016)
By Chris Hadfield, Illustrated by the Fan Brothers
Age range: 4-8
2.
1 The Planet Factory' (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017)
By Elizabeth Tasker
2 'See It with a Small Telescope' (Ulysses, 2017)
By Will Kalif
3 '100 Things to See in the Night Sky' (Adams Media, 2017)
By Dean Regas
4 Planet Hunters' (Reaktion Books, 2017)
By Lucas Ellerbroek, translated by Andy Brown
3.
1 Spaceborne' (Press Syndication Group, 2016)
By Don Pettit
2 Abandoned in Place' (University of Mexico Press, 2016)
By Roland Miller
3 Infinite Worlds' (Simon & Schuster, 2014)
By Michael Soluri
4.
1 Provenance' (Orbit Books, 2017)
By Ann Leckie
Credit: Orbit Books
A young woman plots to find stolen artifacts in "Provenance," which takes place in the same universe as author Ann Leckie's award-winning "Ancillary" trilogy of books — but introduces readers to a new selection of future human cultures with a more straightforward and less high-concept adventure story. Don't let that fool you, though: The book's exploration of multiculture, multispecies conflict (with aliens called the Geck) works just as much intriguing worldbuilding into the mix as her previous books. Plus, there are mind-controlled robots, stolen alien ships and a society with three genders. ~Sarah Lewin
2 'Leviathan Wakes' (Orbit, 2011) and the other books in 'The Expanse' series
By James S.A. Corey
Credit: Hachette Book Group
200 years in the future, humanity has colonized the solar system and is split among three factions on the brink of conflict: Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt, which includes the spinning Ceres asteroid colony. As multiple viewpoint characters are ensnared in a system-wide mystery, the story's scope slowly broadens to reveal the full complexity of the novels' science fiction world. The books, co-written by Dan Abraham and Ty Franck, originally stemmed from a tabletop roleplaying game idea, and it shows through the detailed worldbuilding and exploration of a solar system remade in humanity's image. Plus, it's a fun, tightly-plotted set of spacefaring adventure stories.
3.'The Martian' (Random House, 2014)
By Andy Weir
Credit: Crown
"The Martian," by Andy Weir, is a truly great science fiction book that's heavy on the science. Weir tells the story of Mark Watney, a fictional NASA astronaut stranded on Mars, and his difficult mission to save himself from potential doom in the harsh Red Planet environment. Watney seems to have everything against him, yet Weir deftly explains not only what Watney's survival needs are but also how he goes about trying to make them work. "The Martian" also will be made into a movie, which is set for release in November 2015. The film stars Matt Damon as Watney and is directed by space movie veteran Ridley Scott. ~Miriam Kramer
The series is slated for nine books, and they've appeared steadily one per year from 2011-2015 for a total of five so far (plus some tie-in novellas). They're also the basis for Syfy's TV show "The Expanse," recently renewed for a 13-episode second season. Book six, "Babylon's Ashes," is slated for release December 2016.