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message 1: by Lala (new)

Lala BooksandLala (booksandlala) | 28 comments Mod
space, galaxy, stars, moon, planet, earth, sun etc.

book list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

books I would recommend (and leave yours below!)
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) by Seanan McGuire The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward


message 3: by Maartje (new)

Maartje De Groot | 40 comments Girl made of stars and Skyward are my recommendations


Livshomelibrary | 1 comments The darkest star by Jennifer l armentrout is one that came to my mind right away!


message 5: by Savannah (last edited Dec 02, 2020 10:08AM) (new)

Savannah | 7 comments Books I've loved:
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah Stardust by Neil Gaiman Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep, #1) by Adrienne Young

Books I want to read:
The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse The Lord of Stariel (Stariel, #1) by A.J. Lancaster Woven in Moonlight (Woven in Moonlight, #1) by Isabel Ibañez The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4) by Sabaa Tahir


message 6: by Steph ✨ (new)

Steph ✨ (steph_loves) | 8 comments Girl made of stars
Starry eyes
Serious moonlight
The sound of stars
When stars are scattered


message 7: by Julia (last edited Dec 02, 2020 03:10PM) (new)

Julia | 4 comments on my TBR:
The Warmth of Other Suns The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Every Falling Star The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes


message 9: by Monica (new)

Monica (crazy_4_books) (monicamerle) THE STONE SKY
TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS
LUNA AND THE LIE


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message 12: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Hyer (nicnack) | 3 comments Ohh maybe I’ll add ‘To Sleep in a Sea of Stars’ this will give me. Reason to pick up this book


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message 15: by Chiara (new)

Chiara (thechiaraface) | 21 comments Recommend:
Moon Called - urban fantasy
A Thousand Splendid Suns - historical fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - sci-fi


message 16: by Queralt✨ (last edited Dec 14, 2020 09:16AM) (new)

Queralt✨ (qyeranbbang) | 28 comments To Hold Up the Sky by Liu Cixin The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James Earthlings by Sayaka Murata * Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson Collective Gravities by Chloe N. Clark To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) by Douglas Adams

(*aliens would call us earthlings, so I count it as a galaxy term?)


message 17: by Shelly (last edited Dec 14, 2020 10:36AM) (new)


message 18: by Amanda (new)

Amanda books_ergo_sum (amandabooksergosum) | 11 comments Because the second books in these two duologies come out in February and March, I'll be binging:
All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1) by Adalyn Grace Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim


message 19: by Amber (new)

Amber Adkins | 12 comments I am going to read When The Moon Was Ours.


message 20: by Katherine (last edited Mar 24, 2021 07:41AM) (new)


message 21: by Josh (last edited Dec 30, 2020 11:27PM) (new)

Josh Hedgepeth (jjosh_h) | 4 comments THIS is the month for me.
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) by N.K. Jemisin , The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) by Douglas Adams , The Broken Earth Trilogy The Fifth Season / The Obelisk Gate / The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin , Two Moons Stories by Krystal A. Smith , Remembrance of Earth's Past The Three-Body Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1-3) by Liu Cixin , Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente , The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers , Alien Sex 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy by Ellen Datlow , Dark Matter by Blake Crouch , Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King , 2001 A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke , The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin , The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury , When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore , Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn , The Warmth of Other Suns The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson , A Song Flung Up To Heaven by Maya Angelou

The Lady Astronauts Series by Mary Robinette Kowal
THIS SERIES WAS MADE FOR THIS BUZZWORD.
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut, #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal , The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal , The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal

pretty much anything by Dava Sobel (nonfiction science space history)
The Glass Universe How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel , The Planets by Dava Sobel , A More Perfect Heaven How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel ,

anything Carl Sagan, Sean Carroll, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, and Michio Kaku (nonfiction science)
Cosmos by Carl Sagan , Pale Blue Dot A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan , Comet by Carl Sagan ,
Death by Black Hole And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson , Origins Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson , Space Chronicles Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Elegant Universe Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene , The Fabric of the Cosmos Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene , The Hidden Reality Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene , Until the End of Time Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene ,
The Big Picture On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll , Something Deeply Hidden Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll , The Particle at the End of the Universe How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World by Sean Carroll ,
Hyperspace A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension by Michio Kaku , Parallel Worlds A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos by Michio Kaku ,
The 4% Universe Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek ,


message 22: by Leah (new)

Leah | 9 comments I'm planning to continue with the Hitchhiker's Guide series. I'm the on the third book; "universe" fits
Life, the Universe and Everything


message 23: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Fair (natalia1001) | 9 comments Planning on reading The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells


message 24: by BookWormBen (new)

BookWormBen (profben10) | 1 comments Two entries I'm considering:
-The Starless Sea
-The Lunar Chronicles (Books 2 & 3)

Do these count?


message 25: by Summer (new)

Summer (speaking_bookish) (speaking_bookish) | 27 comments I love this one because there are so many ways to interpret this- these are some books I recommend in this word group:

books I've read & enjoyed:
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood Even if the Sky Falls by Mia Garcia Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep, #1) by Adrienne Young When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden


message 26: by Tell me (new)

Tell me  a story (Emma) I recommend
Once and Future. Which is King Arthur set in space. The sequel Sword in the Stars may also work but its a sequel.

Or Hitch-hikers guide to the Galaxy

I will be reading 2001: A Space Odessy though.


message 27: by Tessa (new)

Tessa | 3 comments Miss Meteor


message 28: by Melissa (new)

Melissa My plan:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Where The Forest Meets The Stars


message 29: by Adrienne (new)

Adrienne Raw | 4 comments ProfBen10 wrote: "Two entries I'm considering:
-The Starless Sea
-The Lunar Chronicles (Books 2 & 3)

Do these count?"


I'm also planning to read The Lunar Chronicles (Book 1). I think it counts :)


message 30: by C.M. (new)

C.M. Stultz | 21 comments I'll be reading Sundiver by David Brin.


message 31: by Allison (new)

Allison Urban | 15 comments I'll be reading The Giver of Stars!


Amie (ReadwithAmie) (readwithamie) | 1 comments I'll be reading Daughter of Blood and Starlight, the second book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor.


message 33: by Susan (new)

Susan | 15 comments My choices are The Sun does Shine
and Killer of the Flowers Moon


message 34: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 6 comments I don't know if I will get to all 3, I already have 6 books on my list for this month lol. At least 2 of them though.

The Martian
Skyward
Morning Star


message 35: by Audrey (new)

Audrey Pérusse (daudeyartisterie) | 8 comments I have Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan Mcguire (3rd book of the Wayward children series). I was also interested in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Univers but it’s not available in my local bookstore I would have to order it so wéll der if it happens!! 🙈


message 36: by Kinsey Breland (new)

Kinsey Breland .: avid_midnight_reader :. (kitten_amos) | 13 comments Some of the books I am hoping to read soon that have words relating to space in the title are All the Animals on Earth by Mark Sampson, The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch, and The Moonlight Child by Karen McQuestion.


message 37: by Kristian (new)

Kristian Batten | 3 comments Black Sun
The Girl Who Drank The Moon
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy
The Scorched Earth
The Sun Is Also A Star


message 38: by Izzy23 (new)

Izzy23 | 12 comments I have 9 in my TBR, I hope to read 5 at least in the month.

Full Dark, No Stars
Bone Crier's Moon
Hunted by the Sky
It Came From the Sky
Skyward
The Quiet at the End of the World
The Other Side of the Sky
A Universe of Wishes
Black Sun


message 39: by Sayura (new)

Sayura | 2 comments Not sure which one I am going to go for, as I am a mood reader, but these are my options:

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell Skyward (Skyward, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper


Strange the Reader (strangethereader) | 7 comments I'm going to read These broken stars


message 41: by Julietta (new)

Julietta | 1 comments I'll be reading At the Edge of the Universe for this


message 42: by Laureen (last edited Mar 31, 2021 03:26PM) (new)


message 43: by Nita (new)

Nita James | 3 comments For April my options on my shelf:
skyward by Sanderson,
sky hunter by Marie Lu,
sky without stars by Brody,
to sleep in the sea of stars by Paolini,
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Saenz,
Sky behind the storm by Tahir (book 4)
The Starless Sea by Morgenstern
The Stone Sky (book 3) by N K Jemisin
Crescent City by Maas, and
the Space between words by Johnson.

I think I will chose Skyward by Sanderson . Part 2 is Stardust.


Nicole | bridge four books (chechomonster) | 4 comments I will be reading Becky Chamber's The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.


message 45: by Samantha (new)

Samantha Maise (samantha-reads) | 11 comments I'll be reading The Fault in our Stars, The Sun Is Also A Star, and The Girl In The Moon.


message 46: by Maren (new)

Maren Hovland (mahov) | 4 comments I'll be reading Everyone on the moon is essential personell by Julian K. I'm probably going to read more than just one book but I haven't decided on the other books yet.


message 47: by Amy (new)

Amy Hayes (ahayes) | 9 comments I’ll be reading The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes


message 48: by Mary (new)

Mary  (agirlabookamom) | 3 comments I am reading The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.


message 49: by Lexi (new)

Lexi Billick | 1 comments Girl Made of Stars, Twice in a Blue Moon


message 50: by Fasya (new)

Fasya (sistershelves) (sistershelves_fasya) | 16 comments I'm reading Supernova by Marissa Meyer
Supernova by Marissa Meyer


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