Space Book Summaries

Empire of Silence Summary
Empire of Silence
by Christopher Ruocchio 2018 753 pages
4.01
31.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
2001 Summary
2001
A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke 1968 297 pages
4.17
328.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Ancillary Justice Summary
Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie 2013 386 pages
3.99
114.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini 2020 880 pages
3.80
66.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
91.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Military Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2015 256 pages
3.81
745 ratings
Science
Space
Business
Coming of Age in the Milky Way Summary
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
by Timothy Ferris 1988 512 pages
4.16
3.1K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.09
432 ratings
History
Science
Space
Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait 2002 277 pages
4.04
5.7K ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
In Search of the Multiverse Summary
In Search of the Multiverse
by John Gribbin 2009 250 pages
4.09
1.2K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.02
679 ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
Cibola Burn Summary
Cibola Burn
by James S.A. Corey 2014 581 pages
4.23
119.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
The Day We Found the Universe Summary
The Day We Found the Universe
by Marcia Bartusiak 2009 368 pages
4.13
1.2K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
Abaddon’s Gate Summary
Abaddon’s Gate
by James S.A. Corey 2013 539 pages
4.28
145.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Summary
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
by Stephen Webb 2002 304 pages
4.21
1.4K ratings
Science
Space
Philosophy
On the Origin of Time Summary
On the Origin of Time
Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Aliens Summary
Aliens
The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
by Jim Al-Khalili 2016 240 pages
3.78
1.3K ratings
Science
Space
Astronomy
Endurance Summary
Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages
4.21
22.3K ratings
Science
Biography
Space
The Space Barons Summary
The Space Barons
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
by Christian Davenport 2018 320 pages
4.10
4.1K ratings
Science
Space
Business
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming
by Christie Golden 2003 262 pages
3.92
3.0K ratings
Star Trek
Science Fiction
Star Trek Voyager
The Elegant Universe Summary
The Elegant Universe
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene 1999 464 pages
4.10
100.5K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Two Sides of the Moon Summary
Two Sides of the Moon
Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages
4.28
568 ratings
Space
History
Biography
Reentry Summary
Reentry
SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age
by Eric Berger 2024 450 pages
4.53
975 ratings
Space
Science
Business
The Science of Star Wars Summary
The Science of Star Wars
The Scientific Facts Behind the Force, Space Travel, and More!
by Mark Brake 2016 272 pages
3.44
394 ratings
Science
Star Wars
Space
Pale Blue Dot Summary
Pale Blue Dot
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan 1994 384 pages
4.34
38.4K ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Back to Earth Summary
Back to Earth
What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It
by Nicole Stott 2021 304 pages
3.90
200 ratings
Space
Science
Biography
Interstellar Summary
Interstellar
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
by Avi Loeb 2023 252 pages
3.51
504 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Sanctuary Summary
Sanctuary
by Caryn Lix 2018 480 pages
3.88
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Horror
Trading in Danger Summary
Trading in Danger
by Elizabeth Moon 2003 357 pages
4.00
16.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
Astronomy For Dummies Summary
Astronomy For Dummies
by Stephen Maran 1999 318 pages
3.84
616 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
The Last Colony Summary
The Last Colony
by John Scalzi 2007 320 pages
4.10
69.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Military Fiction
Paradox - On the Brink of Eternity Summary
Paradox - On the Brink of Eternity
by Phillip P. Peterson 2015 448 pages
4.09
2.8K ratings
Science Fiction
German Literature
Roman
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time
by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages
4.03
194 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Black Holes Summary
Black Holes
A Very Short Introduction
by Katherine Blundell 2014 120 pages
3.86
361 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
UFO Summary
UFO
The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
by Garrett M. Graff 2023 544 pages
3.69
934 ratings
History
Science
Paranormal
Stargazing for Dummies Summary
Stargazing for Dummies
by Steve Owens 2013 352 pages
4.06
151 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Knight Errant
by John Jackson Miller 2011 372 pages
3.62
3.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
To Infinity and Beyond Summary
To Infinity and Beyond
A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 pages
4.33
1.6K ratings
Science
Space
Physics
Dispatches from Planet 3 Summary
Dispatches from Planet 3
Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
by Marcia Bartusiak 2018 320 pages
4.11
157 ratings
Science
Astronomy
History
Black Hole Survival Guide Summary
Black Hole Survival Guide
by Janna Levin 2020 160 pages
4.00
1.8K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Stars Summary
Stars
A Very Short Introduction
by Andrew R. King 2012 144 pages
3.88
193 ratings
Science
Astronomy
Physics
Storm from the Shadows Summary
Storm from the Shadows
by David Weber 2009 755 pages
4.15
5.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Military Fiction
Skywave Summary
Skywave
by K. Patrick Donoghue 2018 504 pages
4.34
1.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Aliens
Thriller
The End of Everything Summary
The End of Everything
by Katie Mack 2020 226 pages
4.26
11.9K ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Way of the Explorer Summary
The Way of the Explorer
An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
by Edgar D. Mitchell 1996 240 pages
3.87
217 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Memoir
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 608 pages
4.30
154.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Ignition! Summary
Ignition!
An informal history of liquid rocket propellants
by John Drury Clark 1972 214 pages
4.13
2.7K ratings
Science
History
Space
Double Share Summary
Double Share
by Nathan Lowell 2008 308 pages
4.34
6.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Space
172 Hours on the Moon Summary
172 Hours on the Moon
by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages
3.53
14.5K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Apollo Murders Summary
The Apollo Murders
by Chris Hadfield 2021 480 pages
3.92
17.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
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