Recs if you like A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?...
A Braid in Space
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!
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none house, with left grief
Nonfiction that makes me think of The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.
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Royal Society Science Book Prize Winners
“The Booker Prize of science writing”
One of the world’s most prestigious science book prizes, awarded by the Royal Society to excellent and accessible works of science nonfiction written for a non-specialist audience — spanning all fields of science or technology.
(winners listed oldest to newest, from 2009)
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Stories in STEM!
This list focuses on nonfiction books that describe different topics in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This list tends to prioritize books that focus more on the whys/hows something works, but occasionally dive into the history of subjects too!
Happy reading! As always open to suggestions!! 🤠🌱
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Non-boring non-fiction
As someone who voraciously reads fiction, getting interested in non-fic is a bit of a slog. Does that describe you? Fantastic! Here are non-fic books that I found page-turning, compelling, and interesting.
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exploring the universe through books!
this list is for everyone who wants to learn more about our big home— the universe 🪐 i love learning about the cosmos, the planets, and the different galaxies and constellations that surround us. this list includes books that open the door to that universe. i hope you like it!! 💖
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On Martian Habitation
(or) books I read for my thesis on extraterrestrial habitation
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