Essentials
| Space Cadet | Robert Heinlein | 1948 | |
| Thrust Into Space | Maxwell W. Hunter | 1966 | |
| Mining the Sky | John S. Lewis | 1996 | |
| Little Book of Exoplanets | Joshua Winn | 2023 |
Mars
| Packing for Mars | Mary Roach | 2010 | |
| A City on Mars | Kelly and Zack Weinersmith | 2023 | |
History
| Prelude to the Space Age | Frank H. Winter | 1983 | |
| Riding Rockets | Mike Mullane | 2006 | |
| Colonies in Space | T. A. Heppenheimer | 1978 |
Fiction
| Space Doctor | Lee Correy | 1981 | |
| Tales of the Flying Mountains | Poul Anderson | 1970 | |
Other
| Halfway to Anywhere | G. Harry Stine | 1996 | |
| Placing Outer Space | Lisa Messeri | 2016 | |
| The Case for Space Solar Power | John C. Mankins | 2014 | |
| Solar Power Satellites | Glaser, Davidson, Csigi | 1998 | |
| Universe in a Mirror | Robert Zimmerman | 2014 | |
| Perfect Machine | 1994 | ||
| Astronomy and Cosmogony | Sir James Jean | 1931 | |
| Space Settlements: A Design Study | 1977 | ||
| Lunar Colonies | |||