Best Astronauts Books
3. 
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
by:
Scott Kelly
4.21 avg rating — 22,454 ratings 
7. 
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
by:
Gene Kranz
4.30 avg rating — 10,163 ratings 
9. 
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by:
Mary Roach
3.95 avg rating — 59,461 ratings 10. 
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
by:
Mike Massimino
4.53 avg rating — 5,110 ratings 
14. 
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
by:
Robert Kurson
4.53 avg rating — 11,265 ratings 15. 
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
by:
Buzz Aldrin
3.58 avg rating — 1,919 ratings 
17. 
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
by:
Eugene Cernan
4.29 avg rating — 2,728 ratings 
20. 
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
by:
Jeffrey Kluger
4.42 avg rating — 6,724 ratings 21. 
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
by:
Alan Shepard
4.16 avg rating — 3,860 ratings 
25. 
Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon
by:
James Harford
4.08 avg rating — 253 ratings 
29. 
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
by:
Craig Nelson
4.13 avg rating — 2,861 ratings 
31. 
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond
by:
Nancy Conrad
4.08 avg rating — 331 ratings 32. 
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
by:
Nathalia Holt
3.87 avg rating — 9,263 ratings 33. 
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station
by:
Chris Hadfield
4.29 avg rating — 2,190 ratings 34. 
35. 
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir 3.92 avg rating — 386 ratings
37. 
The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
by:
Martha Ackmann
3.98 avg rating — 972 ratings 38. 
The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds 3.86 avg rating — 219 ratings
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To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts
by:
Rebecca Siegel
4.07 avg rating — 137 ratings 41. 
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth
by:
Kate Greene
3.54 avg rating — 657 ratings 42. 
How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions: Apogee Books Space Series 46
by:
David M. Harland
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings 43. 
Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
Colin Burgess
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings 
49. 
Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard – America's First Spaceman
by:
Neal Thompson
4.16 avg rating — 480 ratings 
52. 
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
by:
George D. Morgan
3.86 avg rating — 1,138 ratings 
54. 
Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut (INDIANA BIOGRAPHY SERIES)
by:
Ray E. Boomhower
3.93 avg rating — 72 ratings 
57. 
Left Brains for the Right Stuff: Computers, Space, and History
by:
Hugh Blair-Smith
4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings 
57. 
We Reach the Moon: The New York Times Story of Man's Greatest Adventure 3.84 avg rating — 82 ratings
57. 
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster
by:
Kevin Cook
4.27 avg rating — 1,099 ratings 57. 
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
by:
Stephen Walker
4.57 avg rating — 1,654 ratings 65. 
Reflections from Earth Orbit (Apogee Books Space Series)
by:
Winston E. Scott
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 65. 
Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration 3.89 avg rating — 71 ratings
65. 
Moonshots: 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration Seen through Hasselblad Cameras
by:
Piers Bizony
4.41 avg rating — 58 ratings 65. 
The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel
by:
Meredith Bagby
4.58 avg rating — 429 ratings 69. 
The Rocket Men : Vostok and Voskhod, the First Soviet Manned Spaceflights
by:
Rex D. Hall
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings 
72. 
In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
by:
Francis French
4.41 avg rating — 259 ratings 
72. 
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
by:
Loren Grush
4.33 avg rating — 6,176 ratings 75. 
Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact
by:
Jennifer Swanson
4.31 avg rating — 81 ratings 76. 
NASA's Scientist-Astronauts (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
David J. Shayler
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings 77. 
The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives and Legacies (Springer Praxis Books)
by:
Colin Burgess
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings 78. 
Mission: An American Congressman's Voyage to Space
by:
Bill Nelson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
82. 
Hello, is this planet Earth?: My View from the International Space Station
by:
Tim Peake
4.44 avg rating — 694 ratings 
85. 
Apollo: an Eyewitness Account by Astronaut/Explorer Artist/Moonwalker Alan Bean
by:
Alan Bean
4.54 avg rating — 69 ratings 
86. 
Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel
by:
Michael Wall
3.79 avg rating — 713 ratings 
91. 
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
by:
Scott Carpenter
3.69 avg rating — 140 ratings 
94. 
Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon
by:
Mike Gray
4.43 avg rating — 185 ratings 95. 
Starman: The Truth Behind The Legend Of Yuri Gagarin
by:
Piers Bizony
4.07 avg rating — 1,182 ratings 
98. 
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon
by:
Al Worden
4.12 avg rating — 722 ratings 99. 
Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
by:
Rowland White
4.30 avg rating — 1,671 ratings 100. 
We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
by:
Richard Paul
3.95 avg rating — 193 ratings