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• A Bend in the Stars

  a Novel

  Barenbaum, Rachel,

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  Did you know a British astronomer proved Einstein's theory of relativity after a solar eclipse?

• The Blind Astronomer's Daughter

  a Novel

  Pipkin, John,

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  After her father throws himself from the roof of his observatory, Caroline leaves Ireland for London but finds herself drawn back in to her father's work, a cryptic atlas, where her father believed a new world lay at the edge of the sky.

• The Stargazer's Sister

  Brown, Carrie, 1959-

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  Based on the life of Caroline Herschel, sister of famed astronomer William Herschel, who discovered several comets but struggles to be seen as anything more than her brother's sister.

• The Night of the Comet

  a Novel

  Bishop, George, Jr

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  A family's obsession with a comet plays out in the lives of a father and son.

• See You in the Cosmos

  Cheng, Jack, 1983-

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  A young boy, entranced by what's up there, goes on a mission to launch his rocket. The audiobook is a must.

• How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky

  Netzer, Lydia

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  Two scientists, one who creates black holes and one who seeks to prove the existence of God in the stars, are meant to be each other's soulmates, but do Irene and George believe in fate and destiny?

• The Comet Seekers

  a Novel

  Sedgwick, Helen, 1978-

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  The lives of lovers past and present are revealed over the courses of comets passing overhead and how much their lives are affected by something out of reach.

• The Movement of Stars

  Brill, Amy

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  Nantucket, 1845: Quaker Hannah Price spends each evening on the roof gazing out for comets, but when she meets a young whaler also interested in the stars above, their relationship develops into something else that Hannah might not be prepared for.

• Percival's Planet

  a Novel

  Byers, Michael

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  A novel based on the real events of the race to discover Pluto: the greatest minds at Harvard versus a Kansas farm boy.

• Gateway to the Moon

  a Novel

  Morris, Mary, 1947-

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  Dual storylines of 1492 and 1992 reveal hidden connections.