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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s book recommendations in 2026

29 books · 22 episodes · Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2026, newest first

Spooky Science with Mary Roach

StarTalk Radio · 2026-10-23

Spook by Mary Roach · discussed · at 4:10

In Theory with Janna Levin

StarTalk Radio · 2026-10-20

MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville · discussed · at 41:19

What Is Intelligence? With David Krakauer

StarTalk Radio · 2026-10-02

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick · discussed · at 31:13

Quantum Anomalies with Lara Anderson

StarTalk Radio · 2026-09-29

Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott · discussed · at 39:38

#683 - Neil deGrasse Tyson

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 2026-09-16

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan · discussed · at 2:12:50

Demystifying Spooky Action At A Distance, with Sean Hodgman

StarTalk Radio · 2026-07-21

Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow · discussed · at 32:13

Would You Really Want to Know if You’re in a Simulation? | Cosmic Queries #113

StarTalk Radio · 2026-07-14

What If by Robert Ehrlich · recommended · at 22:50

Neil deGrasse Tyson On Aliens, Simulation Theory, and What Happens Inside A Black Hole

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2026-07-09

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins · discussed · at 20:35

Steven Spielberg Believes in Aliens

StarTalk Radio · 2026-06-16

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells · discussed · at 13:13

Why Do Strange Things Happen Under a Full Moon? | Cosmic Queries #112

StarTalk Radio · 2026-06-09

How to make white people laugh by Negin Farsad · recommended · at 49:05

Answering Questions All About Aliens, with Charles Liu

StarTalk Radio · 2026-05-05

The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book by Charles Liu · discussed · at 2:03
Contact by Carl Sagan · discussed · at 27:03
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu · discussed · at 47:05

Neil deGrasse Tyson Confronts Andy Weir on the Science of Project Hail Mary

StarTalk Radio · 2026-04-14

The Martian by Andy Weir · discussed · at 1:55
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir · discussed · at 4:50

How We’re Trying to Detect Dark Matter Particles, with Katherine Freese

StarTalk Radio · 2026-03-24

The Cosmic Cocktail by Katherine Freese · discussed · at 4:12

Are We Creating Objective Reality or Finding it? With Charles Liu | Cosmic Queries #107

StarTalk Radio · 2026-03-15

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke · discussed · at 39:42
Sidereus nuncius by Galileo Galilei · discussed · at 54:11

Ask Neil Anything, January 2026 | Free Patreon Exclusive

StarTalk Radio · 2026-03-10

Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark · recommended · at 59:08

Scientific Martyrs, Life Beyond Our Planet & More! | Cosmic Queries #106

StarTalk Radio · 2026-02-24

Nicolaus Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, preface and book 1, etc by Nicolaus Copernicus · discussed · at 21:23
After Man by Dougal Dixon · discussed · at 43:50

Why We’re Going Back to Venus, with David Grinspoon

StarTalk Radio · 2026-02-10

From the Earth to the Moon Annotated by Jules Verne · discussed · at 18:04
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells · discussed · at 22:15

Incoming Asteroids, Moving Black Holes, & More! | Cosmic Queries #104

StarTalk Radio · 2026-02-03

Black hole blues by Janna Levin · recommended · at 2:16
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin · recommended · at 2:16
The elegant universe by Brian Greene · discussed · at 41:48

How Common Knowledge Shapes the World, with Steven Pinker

StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-31

The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 1:32
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 4:01

The Complex Universe, with Sean Carroll

StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-27

Quanta and Fields by Sean Carroll · discussed · at 2:47

An Interview with the Winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Martinis

StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-13

Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow · discussed · at 24:00

Your Brain is a Time Machine with Dean Buonomano

StarTalk Radio · 2026-01-09

Horologium oscillatorium by Christiaan Huygens · discussed · at 16:22

Other mentions in 2026 (58: passing, ad reads, own books)