What to Read After The Mercury 13
Readers who loved The Mercury 13 by Martha Ackmann keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Mercury 13 is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Mercury 13
Failure Is Not an Option
Korolev
Dragonfly
Off The Planet
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Rise of the Rocket Girls
Deke!
Von Braun
Apollo
Rocket Girl
The girls of Atomic City
Moon Shot
An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth
A woman in Arabia
Moon Lander
Men from Earth
Miss Leavitt's Stars
Red Rosa
Space
Apollo, the Race to the Moon
The Fifty Year Mission
Headstrong
Argo
The Astronaut Wives Club