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[ironxkid]

((although it’s common to see Carter constantly moving about or doing something engaging, she does take time to read, and if she’s interested in the book, she can easily sit still for hours doing nothing but. She tends to read more nonfiction astronomy books, but does branch out into other genres as well - though, she tends to avoid romance books, and usually goes for sci-fi

some titles that can be found on her bookshelf are listed below!

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams, as well as And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer (all sci-fi)

Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts by William Tyler Olcott (her copy is well-worn, but not falling apart) (nonfiction)

The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque (nonfiction)

Imagined Life by James Trefil and Michael Summers (nonfiction)

Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin (nonfiction)

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (nonfiction)

Stars & Planets: The Complete Guide to the Stars, Constellations, and the Solar System (updated and expanded edition) by Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (nonfiction)

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (fantasy)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians 1-5 by Rick Riordan (young reader fantasy)

The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (sci-fi)

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (it was a joke gift and she refuses to read it, but hasn’t gotten around to donating it) (young adult fantasy/romance)

A Darker Shade of Magic; A Gathering of Shadows; and A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (fantasy)

First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe by Richard Preston (nonfiction)

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (nonfiction)

Cosmos by Carl Sagan (nonfiction)

The Science of Star Wars: The Scientific Facts Behind the Force, Space Travel, and More! by Jon Chase and Mark Brake (nonfiction)

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene (nonfiction)

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield (nonfiction)

Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System by Natalie Starkey (nonfiction)

Finding Our Place in the Universe: How We Discovered Laniakea -- the Milky Way’s Home by Hélène Courtois (nonfiction)

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack (nonfiction)

A Brief History of Time; Brief Answers to the Big Questions; The Grand Design; The Theory of Everything; A Briefer History of Time; and The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking (all nonfiction)

How to Die in Space by Paul M. Sutter (nonfiction)

Hubble Legacy: 30 Years of Discoveries and Images by Jim Bell (nonfiction)

Celestial Atlas: A Journey in the Sky Through Maps by Elena Percivaldi (nonfiction)

Written in the Stars: Constellations, Facts and Folklore by Alison Davies (nonfiction)

Fire Bringer; The Sight; and Fell by David Clement-Davies (young adult fantasy)

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (nonfiction)

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (nonfiction)

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (nonfiction)

The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens -- and Ourselves by Arik Kershenbaum (nonfiction)

Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars by Lee Billings (nonfiction)

The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence by Paul Davies (nonfiction)

Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space by Kevin Hand (nonfiction)

The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World by Peter Ward (nonfiction)

The Living Cosmos by Chris Impey (nonfiction)

Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space by Umberto Cavallaro (nonfiction)

Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth by Ben Bova (nonfiction)

Firestarter by Stephen King (horror)

The Martian and Artemis by Andy Weir (both sci-fi)

Red Rising; Golden Son; Morning Star; Iron Gold; and Dark Age by Pierce Brown (all sci-fi)

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (fiction)

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh (nonfiction humor/biography)

The Fire Within; Icefire; Fire Star; The Fire Eternal; Dark Fire; Fire World; and The Fire Ascending by Chris d’Lacey (all young reader fantasy)

The Hunger Games; Catching Fire; Mockingjay; and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (young adult fantasy)

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (young adult fiction)

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (both sci-fi)

Aurora; Red Mars; Green Mars; and Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (all sci-fi)

Jurassic Park and The Lost World by Michael Crichton (both fiction)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (nonfiction)

Wonders of the Solar System by Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen (nonfiction)