Space Exploration
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This list blends fiction and non-fiction titles, covering topics ranging from historic astronauts and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to the cutting-edge world of space robotics. Dive into thought-provoking reads on the ethics of space colonization, the search for extraterrestrial life, and the mysteries surrounding the origins of life on Earth. The selection also includes award-winning fiction authors such as Nnedi Okorafor, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Samantha Harvey, Emily St. John Mandel, and Andy Weir.
Alien oceans : the search for life in the depths of space by Call Number: QB54 .H36 2020ISBN: 9780691179513Publication Date: 2020-04-07
Asteroids : how love, fear, and greed will determine our future in space by Call Number: QB651 .E48 2021Publication Date: 2021-06-08
The Atlas of Mars : mapping its geography and geology by Call Number: G1000.5.M3 C6 2019Publication Date: 2019-08-22
Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space by Call Number: TL867 .H54 2024Publication Date: 2024-05-14Awards: Kirkus Prize, Nonfiction, 2024
A city on Mars : can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? by Call Number: TL795.7 .W45 2023Publication Date: 2023-11-07
The end of astronauts : why robots are the future of exploration by Call Number: TL1097 .G647 2022Publication Date: 2022-04-19
Extraterrestrial : the first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth by Call Number: QB54 .L63 2021Publication Date: 2021-01-26Massachusetts Book Awards Must-Read Book (Nonfiction), 2022
Interstellar : the search for extraterrestrial life and our future in the stars by Call Number: QB54 .L632Publication Date: 2023-08-29
The new guys : the historic class of astronauts that broke barriers and changed the face of space travel by Call Number: TL789.85.A1 B34 2023Publication Date: 2023-02-07
Off-Earth : ethical questions and quandaries for living in outer space by Call Number: TL795.7 .N47 2023Publication Date: 2023-03-07
The secret life of the universe : an astrobiologist's search for the origins and frontiers of life by Call Number: QH326 .C34 2024Publication Date: 2024-08-13
The sirens of Mars : searching for life on another world by Call Number: QB641 .J64 2020Publication Date: 2020-07-07
Spacefarers : how humans will settle the Moon, Mars, and beyond by Call Number: CB440 .W36 2020Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Fiction Titles
Ancillary Justice by Call Number: PS3612.E3353 A83 2013Awards: Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2013.
Awards: BSFA Award for Best Novel, 2013.
Awards: Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2014.
Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2014.
Awards: Locus Award for Best First Novel, 2014.
Binti: Home by Call Number: PS3615.K67 B56 2017The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards.
The Calculating Stars by Call Number: PS3611.O74948 C35 2018Publication Date: 2018-07-03Lady Astronaut novels, bk. 1
Winner 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Winner 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Winner 2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The Fated Sky by Call Number: PS3611.O74948 F38 2018Publication Date: 2018-08-21Lady Astronaut novels, bk. 2
Orbital : a novel by Call Number: PR6108.A7875 O73 2023Publication Date: 2023-12-05Awards: Booker Prize, 2024
The Terraformers : a novel by Call Number: PS3614.E588 T47 2023
