17 must-read science books like Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet by Larry Crumpler

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Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet

By: Larry Crumpler

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Missions to Mars is a vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to t…

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1. Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

By: Ken Abraham , Buzz Aldrin

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on … read more

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  • science
Cover of Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her by Rowland White, Richard Truly

2. Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her

By: Rowland White , Richard Truly

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

The real-life techno-thriller from a bestselling author and aviation expert that recaptures the his… read more

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  • space
  • science
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3. Glide Path

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

During World War II, as an RAF officer, Arthur C. Clarke was in charge of the first radar 'talk-dow… read more

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4. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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5. The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

By: Richard Dawkins

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehe… read more

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6. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

By: Mike Mullane

3.12

Format: 56 pages,

On February 1, 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, twenty-nine men and six women, we… read more

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7. Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration

By: Buzz Aldrin , Leonard David

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

"Any time an Apollo-era astronaut steps forward with ideas for our future in space, it's time to st… read more

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8. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny

By: Bob Newhart

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book ever from an icon of American comedy--a hilarious combination of stories from his ca… read more

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9. Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances

By: None

3.78

Format: None pages, ebook

In this revelatory and moving memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his pers… read more

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10. The Romanovs: 1613-1918

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

3.17

Format: None pages,

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more

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11. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

By: Simon Winchester

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more

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12. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more

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13. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

By: Arkady Martine

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more

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"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

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14. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

By: Andrew H. Knoll

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more

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Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

15. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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16. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

By: Mel Brooks

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more

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"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."

-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

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17. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

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  • space
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

18. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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19. Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity

By: Nicklas Brendborg

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" … read more

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  • science
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20. Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past

By: Sarah Parcak

3.72

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of Archaeological Institute of America's Felicia A. Holton Book Award • Winner of the Phi Be… read more

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  • space
  • science
Cover of Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings by Earl Swift

21. Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings

By: Earl Swift

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem, Earl Swift redisco… read more

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  • space
  • science
Cover of The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport

22. The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

By: Matthew J. Davenport

4.03

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Matthew J. Davenport’s The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and… read more

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Cover of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

23. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By: Douglas Brinkley

4.17

Format: 576 pages, ebook

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more

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  • science
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24. The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

By: Emily M. Levesque

4.14

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

The story of the people who see beyond the stars Humans from the earliest civilizations were spe… read more

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  • science
"Why do we study the universe? Why do we look at the sky and ask questions, build telescopes, travel to the very limits of our planet to answer them? Why do we stargaze? We don't know exactly why, but…"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

"In a community that so deeply values the planet we're on, the summits we visit, and the human curiosity we bring to the skies, I have to hope we can find a way to respect and share our own humanity, …"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

"An astoundingly perfect black void sat where the sun had been, surrounded by a jagged white nimbus of light that nearly brought me to tears. This was the solar corona, the hot outer edges of the sun'…"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

"Dinner on Kitt Peak wrapped up in time for everyone to head outside and watch the sunset together before scattering to the telescope, a time-honored tradition of astronomers everywhere. If asked, we …"

-Emily M. Levesque, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

Cover of Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age by Lori Garver

25. Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age

By: Lori Garver

3.84

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The inside look at how the battle of the space billionaires began and why it matters, Escaping Grav… read more

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  • space
  • science
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26. Last Chapter

By: Ernie Pyle

4.53

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

The Battle of Okinawa was the very last pitched battle of the Second World War, and it was here, at… read more

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Cover of Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything by Robert M. Hazen

27. Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything

By: Robert M. Hazen

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting biography of the most resonant— and most necessary—chemical element on Earth. Carb… read more

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  • science
Cover of Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Clive Oppenheimer

28. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

By: Clive Oppenheimer

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind.  … read more

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29. Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet

By: Larry Crumpler

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Missions to Mars is a vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to t… read more

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Cover of Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet by William Sheehan

30. Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet

By: William Sheehan

4.36

Format: 744 pages, Hardcover

For millenia humans have considered Mars the most fascinating planet in our solar system. We’ve wat… read more

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  • science
Cover of The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond by Peter Lee

31. The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond

By: Peter Lee

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

AI is about to transform medicine. Here's what you need to know right now. ''The development of AI … read more

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10 Best space books like Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet by Larry Crumpler

Transform Your Habits

Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

Ken Abraham , Buzz Aldrin

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her

Rowland White , Richard Truly

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past

Sarah Parcak

3.72

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19 Best audiobook books like The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily M. Levesque

Transform Your Habits

A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

Becky Smethurst

4.38

Transform Your Habits

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack

4.26

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