If you’re anything like me, you love a list of niche media recommendations. Chatting with my colleague and fellow librarian, Kerri, we decided to come up with a list of recommendations of books, movies, tv shows, and podcasts featuring WOMEN IN SPACE. All recommendations can be found via the Hoboken Public Library resources and they are linked!
Adults
Physical Books:
- An Unkindness of Ghosts- Rivers Solomon (Physical Call #: FIC SOLOMON)
- Devil Girl From Mars (1954): Hoopla
- Dawn- Octavia E. Butler (F BUTLER)
- Bitch Planet (COMICS BITCHPL)
- Far Sector- N.K. Jemisin (COMICS FAR SECT JEMISON)
- Issues 1-12 available on Hoopla!
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet- Becky Chambers (FIC CHAMBERS)
Ebooks:
- On the Edge of Gone- Corrine Duyis (eBook via eBCCLS/Libby App)
- Lost Between the Stars by Hazel Vale (ebook via Hoopla)
Audiobooks:
- Hidden Figures– Margot Lee Shetterly (audiobook via Hoopla)
- The Three Body Problem– Cixin Lui (Audiobook via hoopla)
Movies:
- Rubikon (2022) (on Kanopy)
- Cosmic Dawn (2022) (on Kanopy)
- Arrival (2016) (on Kanopy)
- Space MOMs (2019) (Hoopla)
KIDS
Videos/Shows:
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (15 mins on Kanopy)
- Interstellar Ella (Kanopy)
Books:
- She Persisted: Kalpana Chawla (J BIOG CHAWLA)
- Very Important People: Dr. Mae Jemison (J BIOG JEMISON)
- Journey to the Stars (J BIOG CHAWLA)
- One Step Further (J BIOG JOHNSON 1921)
- Counting of Katherine ( J B JOHNSON)
- Blast Off (J BIOG MORGAN 2022)
- Born Reading (J 920 KRU)
Written by:
Dejeunee Depts
Information and Digital Services Library Assistant
Hoboken Library Staff Picks 