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What to read after The Planets by Nigel Henbest: 24 titles sharing themes of Planetary, Space Science, Astronomy, and Science, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Planets — Nigel Henbest

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Ancient Aliens on Mars — Mike Bara

Ancient Aliens on Mars

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Planetary Geoscience — Harry Y. McSween

Planetary Geoscience

Harry Y. McSween

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Jupiter Odyssey The Story of NASA’s Galileo Mission — David M. Harland

Jupiter Odyssey The Story of NASA’s Galileo Mission

David M. Harland

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Interstellar Age The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission — Jim Bell

The Interstellar Age The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Mars Making Contact — Rod Pyle

Mars Making Contact

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet — Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Worlds in Collision — Immanuel Velikovsky

Worlds in Collision

Immanuel Velikovsky

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

Moons of the Solar System, Revised Second Edition Incorporating the Latest Discoveries in Our Solar System as well as Suspected Exomoons — Thomas Wm. Hamilton

Moons of the Solar System, Revised Second Edition Incorporating the Latest Discoveries in Our Solar System as well as Suspected Exomoons

Thomas Wm. Hamilton

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

110 Things to See with a Telescope The World’s Most Famous Stargazing List — John A. Read

110 Things to See with a Telescope The World’s Most Famous Stargazing List

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Jupiter — Gregory Vogt

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Planets A Journey Through the Solar System — Giles Sparrow

The Planets A Journey Through the Solar System

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Is Pluto a Planet? A Historical Journey Through the Solar System — David Andrew Weintraub

Is Pluto a Planet? A Historical Journey Through the Solar System

David Andrew Weintraub

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Alien Earths The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos — Lisa Kaltenegger

Alien Earths The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Lisa Kaltenegger

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Solar System An Illustrated Guide to Our Home in Space — Tran, Dr. Vienna

The Solar System An Illustrated Guide to Our Home in Space

Tran, Dr. Vienna

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Secret Lives of Planets A User’s Guide to the Solar System — Paul Murdin

The Secret Lives of Planets A User’s Guide to the Solar System

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Mars at Last! — Mark Washburn

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

The Cambridge Planetary Handbook — Michael E. Bakich

The Cambridge Planetary Handbook

Michael E. Bakich

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Astronomy

Planetary Magick Invoking and Directing the Powers of the Planets — Melita Denning

Planetary Magick Invoking and Directing the Powers of the Planets

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Science

A City on Mars Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? — Kelly Weinersmith

A City on Mars Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

Kelly Weinersmith

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Science

Life on Mars A Study of NASA’s Mars Photos — Michael Hunter

Life on Mars A Study of NASA’s Mars Photos

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Science

Solar and Planetary Dynamos — P. C. Matthews

Solar and Planetary Dynamos

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Science

Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean — Knut Stamnes

Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean

Themes: Planetary • Space Science • Science

Fans of The Planets by Nigel Henbest will find 24 titles here, all united by Planetary, Space Science, Astronomy. Authors represented include Nigel Henbest, Mike Bara, Harry Y. McSween, David M. Harland, and others.

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