Space

The infinite mysteries of space and humanity's quest to understand them come alive through the words of pioneering scientists, visionary leaders, and brilliant minds who've shaped our cosmic journey. These compelling works explore everything from black holes and parallel universes to Mars missions and space innovation, illuminating both the technical marvels and profound questions about our place among the stars.

Space Book Summaries

Empire of Silence Summary

Empire of Silence

by Christopher Ruocchio 2018 753 pages

Science Fiction

A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke 1968 297 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

Ancillary Justice Summary

Ancillary Justice

by Ann Leckie 2013 386 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

by Christopher Paolini 2020 880 pages

Science Fiction

The Ghost Brigades Summary

The Ghost Brigades

by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages

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

Coming of Age in the Milky Way Summary

Coming of Age in the Milky Way

by Timothy Ferris 1988 512 pages

The Challenger Launch Decision Summary

The Challenger Launch Decision

Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA

by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages

Bad Astronomy Summary

by Philip Plait 2002 277 pages

In Search of the Multiverse Summary

In Search of the Multiverse

by John Gribbin 2009 250 pages

Stephen Hawking Summary

Stephen Hawking

A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages

Cibola Burn Summary

by James S.A. Corey 2014 581 pages

Science Fiction

The Day We Found the Universe Summary

The Day We Found the Universe

by Marcia Bartusiak 2009 368 pages

Abaddon’s Gate Summary

Abaddon’s Gate

by James S.A. Corey 2013 539 pages

Science Fiction

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

On the Origin of Time Summary

On the Origin of Time

Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

by Thomas Hertog 2023 352 pages

The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

by Jim Al-Khalili 2016 240 pages

Endurance Summary

A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

by Scott Kelly 2017 400 pages

The Space Barons Summary

The Space Barons

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

by Christian Davenport 2018 320 pages

Homecoming Summary

by Christie Golden 2003 262 pages

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

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

Reentry Summary

SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age

by Eric Berger 2024 450 pages

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

Pale Blue Dot Summary

A Vision of the Human Future in Space

by Carl Sagan 1994 384 pages

Back to Earth Summary

What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It

by Nicole Stott 2021 304 pages

Interstellar Summary

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

by Avi Loeb 2023 252 pages

Sanctuary Summary

by Caryn Lix 2018 480 pages

Science Fiction

Trading in Danger Summary

Trading in Danger

by Elizabeth Moon 2003 357 pages

Science Fiction

Astronomy For Dummies Summary

Astronomy For Dummies

by Stephen Maran 1999 318 pages

The Last Colony Summary

The Last Colony

by John Scalzi 2007 320 pages

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

Science Fiction

German Literature

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony Summary

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony

Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time

by Marcia Bartusiak 2000 272 pages

Black Holes Summary

A Very Short Introduction

by Katherine Blundell 2014 120 pages

The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There

by Garrett M. Graff 2023 544 pages

Stargazing for Dummies Summary

Stargazing for Dummies

by Steve Owens 2013 352 pages

Star Wars Summary

by John Jackson Miller 2011 372 pages

Science Fiction

To Infinity and Beyond Summary

To Infinity and Beyond

A Journey of Cosmic Discovery

by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2023 319 pages

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

Black Hole Survival Guide Summary

Black Hole Survival Guide

by Janna Levin 2020 160 pages

A Very Short Introduction

by Andrew R. King 2012 144 pages

Storm from the Shadows Summary

Storm from the Shadows

by David Weber 2009 755 pages

Science Fiction

Military Fiction

Skywave Summary

by K. Patrick Donoghue 2018 504 pages

Science Fiction

The End of Everything Summary

The End of Everything

by Katie Mack 2020 226 pages

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

Children of Time Summary

Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 608 pages

Science Fiction

Ignition! Summary

An informal history of liquid rocket propellants

by John Drury Clark 1972 214 pages

Double Share Summary

by Nathan Lowell 2008 308 pages

Science Fiction

172 Hours on the Moon Summary

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages

Science Fiction

The Apollo Murders Summary

The Apollo Murders

by Chris Hadfield 2021 480 pages

Science Fiction

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