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Books

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

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