Recs if you like Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos...

Heavily influenced by the picture of Christina Koch's braid floating zero-g as she smiled at the moon (2026, during the Atremis II mission). Nonfic on space from perspectives outside of white men! Space exploration, astronauts, astronomy, and the history in between it all!

I want this list to highlight women and gender minorities* who wrote about astrophysics/astronomy, or their experience studying it. I also included some biographies because a lot of the history of women+ in physics was (and still is) ignored, even though their contributions are phenomenal :)

I could change the list to include all of the branches of physics (instead of just astrophysics) but I only had astrophysics books in my personal library hehehehe

Looking at our universe through both a fictional and non-fictional lens; a blend of sci-fi, scientific theory, and even a few things in-between. For anyone looking to broaden their reading horizens and learn something along the way, this is all things space and aliens.

A mix of non-fiction and science fiction titles related to the cosmos and physics