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Books like Planets

Across Planetary, Space Science, Astronomy, and Science & Nature — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Planets by Nigel Henbest.

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Top related books to Planets

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Jupiter — Gregory Vogt

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Neptune Voyager’s Final Target — Franklyn Mansfield Branley

Neptune Voyager’s Final Target

Franklyn Mansfield Branley

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Planets — Nigel Henbest

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Dwarf Planets — Betsy Rathburn

The Dwarf Planets

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Solar System for Kids A Junior Scientist’s Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun — Hilary Statum

Solar System for Kids A Junior Scientist’s Guide to Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Everything Circling Our Sun

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Space — Harriet Brundle

Harriet Brundle

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

There Are 101 Things to Find in Space — Campbell Books

There Are 101 Things to Find in Space

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Mysteries of Deep Space Black Holes, Pulsars, and Quasars — Isaac Asimov

Mysteries of Deep Space Black Holes, Pulsars, and Quasars

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Venus — Marysa Storm

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

My First Space Words in English and Spanish — Zaida Hernández

My First Space Words in English and Spanish

Zaida Hernández

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Seeing Stars — James Muirden

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Solstice Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day — Jen Breach

Solstice Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

StarFinder for Beginners — Maggie Aderin-Pocock

StarFinder for Beginners

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

My First 100 Space Words — Chris Ferrie

My First 100 Space Words

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Astronomy — Robert Dinwiddie

Robert Dinwiddie

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

The Adventures of Sojourner The Mission to Mars that Thrilled the World — Susi Trautmann Wunsch

The Adventures of Sojourner The Mission to Mars that Thrilled the World

Susi Trautmann Wunsch

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Space Exploration — Carole Stott

Space Exploration

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

The Amicus Book of Earth — Isobel Lundie

The Amicus Book of Earth

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

What If We Lived on Another Planet? — Olive MacDonald

What If We Lived on Another Planet?

Olive MacDonald

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

My Book of Stars and Planets — Parshati Patel

My Book of Stars and Planets

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Galaxy Explore the Universe, Planets and Stars — Richard Happer

Galaxy Explore the Universe, Planets and Stars

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy — Jay M. Pasachoff

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy

Jay M. Pasachoff

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

The Future of the Universe — Raman Prinja

The Future of the Universe

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

Learn about Venus! — Danielle Haynes

Learn about Venus!

Danielle Haynes

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Nature

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Planetary, Space Science, Astronomy — the same threads that run through Planets by Nigel Henbest. Among the authors featured: Gregory Vogt, Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Nigel Henbest, Betsy Rathburn, and others.

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