Adult & Teen Summer Reading Challenge 2026

Week One — The Big Bang/Deep Time

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Deep Time: A Novel by Susan Sizer Bogue
Tau Zero by Poul William Anderson
At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson

Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet by Robert Hazen
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Bang! : The Complete History of the Universe by Brian May
At the Edge of Time : Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds by Dan Hooper

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