Recs if you like Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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Heavily influenced by the picture of Christina Koch's braid floating zero-g as she smiled at Earth from 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!

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

compliments and credit for this incredible idea go to @leshka.

has this ever happened to you? do you read a bunch of smutty smut and feel guilty bc it’s not “proper books”? well, do i have a answers for you!

find below a curated list of smutty smut titles paired with complimentary classics and/or nonfiction smarty books to make your brain bigger!*

*individual bigger brain results may vary

🚧this list is under construction🚧

Nonfiction about strange, outlandish, and/or macabre subjects (books that make you more or less go “wtf?!”)

Nonfiction that makes me think of The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.

On space travel and moon joy. 🌌 A mixture of non-fiction, historical fiction and hard science fiction.

non-fiction accounts of NASA, rocketry, aviation, and the space age

Space nonfiction focusing mainly on astronauts and their travels/discoveries/life journeys (I love space)

non-fiction books to read if you want to learn about an oddly specific topic

(or) books I read for my thesis on extraterrestrial habitation

Sea voyages, space missions, and exploration (colonialism, stage one) Suggestions welcome

Books that can be read on archive.org for free that look interesting - go and search up your tbr, this is only what I want to read so in no way a comprehensive list ☺️🌸 If you see this list after clicking on a book, you’ll know it’s available on archive.org Disclaimer: Some books are so hard to get tho because they are constantly borrowed

For when music just won't cut it and you need a new weird hyperfixation.

I own too many books

(still being curated!)