Here are 25 recommended (mostly backlist) titles to read this summer from a diverse range of authors. Some may challenge what you know or believe. Others may take you to parts of the globe never imagined. While others still may give you a whole different perspective. A couple books for young readers are included to keep your kids sharp while school is out for summer.
Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from my Life by Mae Jemison
The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
The Future of Humanity: Our Destiny in the Universe by Michio Kaku
Why Science Does Not Disprove God by Amir Aczel
The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor by Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown
Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter by Nancy Baron
Lab Coats and Lace: The Lives and Legacies of Inspiring Irish Women Scientists and Pioneers by Mary Mulvihill
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Proving Einstein Right: The Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe by James Gates
Dream Big: an Irishwoman’s Space Odyssey by Niamh Shaw
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don’t) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherford
From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India’s Space Journey by V. P. Balagangadharan
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Kitchen Science Cookbook by Michelle Dickinson
How to be a Math Wizard by Anne-Marie Imafidon
Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone by Brian Sweck
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Jen Gunter
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers: How Math Shapes Everyday Life by Bobby Seagull
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots by Kate Devlin
Asteroid Hunters by Carrie Nugent
The Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlister
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