The books listed below offer additional information about the planets and the solar system. They have been categorized according to age level for ease of use.
If you have a favorite book about space, the planets, or the solar system that you would like to recommend, please contact us with your suggestions.
Elementary
- 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System by David A. Aguilar
- Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide by Dinah L. Moche
- Hubble: Imaging Space and Time by David Devorkin and Robert Smith
- I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton
- Our Solar System by Seymour Simon
- The Planets: A Journey Through the Solar System by Giles Sparrow
- Planets: A Solar System Stickerbook by Ellen Hasbrouck
- The Planets in Our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley
- The Sun by Paulette Bourgeois
Middle/High School
- The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System by David Baker and Todd Ratcliff
- Astrophysics is Easy!: An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer by Michael D. Inglis
- The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide by Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer
- Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy by Edward E. Prather, Timothy F. Slater, Gina Brissenden, Jeffrey P. Adams, and Jack A. Dostal
- Space: From Earth to the Edge of the Universe by Carole Stott, Robert Dinwiddie, David Hughes and Giles Sparrow
- Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen
College
- Essential Cosmic Perspective by Jeffrey Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, and Mark Voit
- Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy by Thomas T. Arny and Stephen E. Schneider
- Introduction to Planetary Sciences by Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensing
- Planetary Sciences by Imke de Pater and Jack J. Lissauer
- The Planetary System by David Morrison and Tobias Owen