Best astronomy and space books 2021

by BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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28 books
In each issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine we pick the best astronomy and space books that have caught our eye that month and send them out to our expert reviewers for full scrutiny.
Here, in no particular order, is our pick of some of the top space and astronomy books.
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See the source list and commentary at www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Best books on practical astronomy

Moongazing: Beginner’s guide to exploring the Moon

Royal Observatory Greenwich, Tom Kerss, 2018

The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Viewing The Cosmos

Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer
David Dickinson, 2018

The Disordered Cosmos

A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, 2021

Light in the Darkness

Black Holes, The Universe and Us
Heino Falcke, Jörg Römer, 2021

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

the final book from Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, 2018

Our Universe

An Astromer's Guide
Jo Dunkley, 2019

The End of Everything

Five Ways the Universe Might End (but Don't Panic)
Katie Mack, 2020

The Crowd and the Cosmos

Adventures in the Zooniverse
Chris Lintott, 2019

Space: 10 Things You Should Know

Rebecca Smethurst, 2019

Dark Matter and Dark Energy

The Hidden 95% of the Universe
Brian Clegg, 2019
Best books about spaceflight

Voyager

Photograph's from Humanity's Greatest Journey
teNeues, Simon Phillipson, Joel Meter, Delano Steenmeijer, 2020

Limitless: The Autobiography

The bestselling story of Britain’s inspirational astronaut
Tim Peake, 2020

Beyond

The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
Stephen Walker, 2021

Picturing Apollo 11

Rare Views and Undiscovered Moments
J. L. Pickering, John Bisney, 2019

Handprints on Hubble

An Astronaut's Story of Invention
Kathryn D. Sullivan, 2020

Space 2069

After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars ... and Beyond
David Whitehouse, 2020

Shuttle, Houston

My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
Paul Dye, 2020
Best books about history of astronomy
Best books about planets
Best astronomy books for kids