Lists for Adults & Seniors

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Fiction
Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Mars Crossing by Geoffrey Landis

Code to Zero by Ken Follett

Jupiter by Ben Bova

Foreigner: A Novel of First Contact by C. J. Cherryh

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen

First Contact by Carl Sagan

Nonfiction
Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel by Robert Zimmerman

The Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky by Mark Chartrand

New England Starwatch: The Essential Guide to Our Night Sky by Mike Lynch

The 50 Best Sights in Astronomy and How to See Them: Observing Eclipses, Bright Comets, Meteor Showers, and Other Celestial Wonders by Fred Schaaf

40 Nights to Knowing the Sky: A Night-by-Night Skywatching Primer by Fred Schaaf

365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year by Chet Raymo

Field Guide to the Stars and Planets by Jay Pasachoff

Lives of the Planets: A Natural History of the Solar System by R. M. Corfield

The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene

The Handy Astronomy Answer Book by Charles Liu

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