Read-alikes and related books

Books like Cosmos

What to read after Cosmos by Carl Sagan: 24 titles sharing themes of Astronomy & Space Science, Cosmology, Environment, and Evolution, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to Cosmos

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Cosmos.

The Law of Complex Earth and Outer Space Systems The Cosmolegal Proposal

Elena Cirkovic

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Environment

Visual Astronomy with a Small Telescope

Sean G. Ryan

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

Zetetic Astronomy Earth Not a Globe

Samuel B Rowbotham

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

Meteorology; Or, Weather Explained — J G M’Pherson

J G M'Pherson

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Environment • Astronomy

The Pale Blue Data Point An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life

Jon Willis

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Evolution • Astronomy

How Science Works The Facts Visually Explained

Tom Jackson

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Astronomy • Earth Sciences

Lunar A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter

Matthew Shindell

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Astronomy • Earth Sciences

Clouds How to Identify Nature’s Most Fleeting Forms

Edward Graham

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Environment • Earth Sciences

A Brief History of Earth Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

Andrew H. Knoll

Themes: Cosmology • Evolution • Astronomy

#10

The Privileged Planet (20th Anniversary Edition) How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery

Guillermo Gonzalez

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Earth Sciences

#11

Dogs That Eat Gods The God Hallucination

Jd Fleming

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Evolution

#12

The Galactic Void Understanding Cosmic Voids and Intergalactic Space

D. A. NYBERG

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#13

Supermassive Black Holes at the Beginning and End of the Universe

James Trefil

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#14

The Universe Story From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era – a Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos

Brian Swimme

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#15

Painting the Cosmos How Art and Science Intersect to Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

Nia Imara

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#16

At Home in the Universe The Search for Laws of Self-organization and Complexity

Stuart A. Kauffman

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#17

Perfect Symmetry The Search for the Beginning of Time

Heinz R. Pagels

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Evolution

#18

Active Galaxies

Open University. S381 Course team

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#19

Facing Infinity Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

Jonas Enander

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#20

Starry Wonders Exploring the 25 Most Luminous Stars

Janine Bonham

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Astronomy

#21

Following Nature’s Lead Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World

M. D. Usher

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Cosmology • Environment

#22

Cosmos A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe

Alexander Von Humboldt

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Astronomy • Earth Sciences

#23

The Sand Dunes of Indiana; the Story of an American Wonderland Told by Camera and Pen

Eli Stillman Bailey

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Astronomy • Earth Sciences

#24

Science Explorer: Chemical Interactions All-in-One Teaching Resources

Michael J. Padilla

Themes: Astronomy & Space Science • Environment • Astronomy

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Astronomy & Space Science, Cosmology, Environment — the same threads that run through Cosmos by Carl Sagan. Among the authors featured: Elena Cirkovic, Sean G. Ryan, Samuel B Rowbotham, J G M'Pherson, and others.