Books on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors & More
1. 
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
by:
Douglas Florian
4.09 avg rating — 595 ratings 2. 
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
by:
Riley Black
3.93 avg rating — 3,702 ratings 
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14 Fun Facts About The Kuiper Belt And The Oort Cloud (15-Minute Books Book 93)
by:
Jeannie Meekins
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings 5. 
The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror
by:
Edmond Hamilton
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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The Stairway to the Sun & Dance of the Comets: Four Fairy Tales of Home and One Astral Pantomime
by:
Paul Scheerbart
3.41 avg rating — 54 ratings 8. 
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going 4.17 avg rating — 3,528 ratings
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Comets and Asteroids in Action (An Augmented Reality Experience)
by:
Kevin Kurtz
2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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My Meteorite: Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing
by:
Harry Dodge
3.94 avg rating — 477 ratings 15. 
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
by:
Alan Stern
4.36 avg rating — 2,466 ratings 
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End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World: Asteroids, Super Volcanoes, Rogue Robots, and More
by:
Bryan Walsh
3.88 avg rating — 494 ratings 17. 
Numerical models of Oort Cloud formation and comet delivery.
by:
Nathan A Kaib
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 19. 
Killer Rocks from Outer Space: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
by:
Steven Koppes
3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings 20. 
Impact!: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World
by:
Elizabeth Rusch
3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings 
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When the Earth Had Two Moons: Cannibal Planets, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets, Dreadful Orbits, and the Origins of the Night Sky
by:
Erik Asphaug
3.85 avg rating — 537 ratings 
26. 
Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
by:
Gordon Dillow
3.96 avg rating — 189 ratings 
29. 
The Magic School Bus Presents: Our Solar System: A Nonfiction Companion to the Original Magic School Bus Series
by:
Tom Jackson
4.09 avg rating — 102 ratings 
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Solar System: A Visual Exploration of All the Planets, Moons and Other Heavenly Bodies that Orbit Our Sun
by:
Marcus Chown
4.32 avg rating — 184 ratings 
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My First Book of Planets: All About the Solar System for Kids
by:
Bruce Betts
4.32 avg rating — 545 ratings 
39. 
The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney
by:
Alice B. McGinty
4.09 avg rating — 468 ratings 40. 
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Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley's Comet
by:
James Gladstone
4.07 avg rating — 146 ratings 42. 
Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet: The Awesome Story of Comets
by:
Isaac Asimov
3.82 avg rating — 109 ratings 43. 
Why Did Halley's Comet Cross the Universe?: and Other Spaced-Out Riddles, Jokes and Knock-Knocks
by:
Mort Gerberg
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings 44. 
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
by:
Natalie Starkey
3.92 avg rating — 147 ratings 45. 
Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book)
by:
John S. Lewis
4.13 avg rating — 277 ratings 46. 
Rain Of Iron And Ice: The Very Real Threat Of Comet And Asteroid Bombardment
by:
John S. Lewis
4.29 avg rating — 48 ratings 
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Space Leftovers: A Book About Comets, Asteroids, And Meteoroids
by:
Dana Meachen Rau
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings 49. 
Fifty Years on the Space Frontier: Halo Orbits, Comets, Asteroids, and More really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Arthur and the Comet Crisis (Arthur Chapter Book, #27)
by:
Stephen Krensky
3.87 avg rating — 68 ratings 53. 
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The Meteor Hunt: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript
by:
Jules Verne
3.58 avg rating — 932 ratings 57. 
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Space Objects: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
by:
Steve Parker
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 60. 
There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System
by:
Tish Rabe
4.29 avg rating — 4,539 ratings 61. 
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An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More
by:
Bob McDonald
3.66 avg rating — 180 ratings 
65. 
Pluto: Dwarf Planet (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Space Science) 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Ceres: Pluto's little sister: The Dawn spacecraft over the volcanoes of a dwarf planet (Explorers of Minor Worlds)
by:
Codex Regius
3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings 67. 
The Nature of Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Space Objects
by:
Michael Anderson
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 
69. 
Dawn of Small Worlds: Dwarf Planets, Asteroids, Comets (Astronomers' Universe) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
70. 
The Little Asteroid: The tale of an Asteroid who looked for something important
by:
Nicolai Schümann
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
72. 
Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
by:
Gordon L. Dillow
3.96 avg rating — 189 ratings 73. 
Our Solar System: An Exploration of Planets, Moons, Asteroids, and Other Mysteries of Space
by:
Lisa Reichley
4.45 avg rating — 38 ratings 74. 
Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space
by:
Martin Elvis
4.16 avg rating — 67 ratings 75. 
Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy
by:
John S. Lewis
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 112 ratings 
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Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets
by:
Andrew May
3.90 avg rating — 68 ratings 80. 
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Asteroids: A History (Smithsonian History of Aviation & Spaceflight Series)
by:
Curtis Peebles
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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Io After Galileo: A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon (Springer Praxis Books) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity
by:
Elizabeth Rusch
4.21 avg rating — 324 ratings 98. 
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer
by:
Rob Manning
4.10 avg rating — 1,333 ratings 99. 
Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity
by:
Roger Wiens
3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings 100. 