Best books to learn Astronomy, in order

Begin with a guided tour of the sky and the scale of things, then the physics of stars and galaxies, then cosmology. Wonder first, then the real mechanics.

Reading paths for astronomy

How to learn Astronomy

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Popular astronomy books

Black holes and time warpsKip S. Thorne · 1994

The Universe in a NutshellStephen Hawking · 2000

Nightwatch : a practical guide to viewing the universeTerence Dickinson · 2006

The Whole ShebangTimothy Ferris · 1997

CosmosCarl Sagan · 1980

Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson · 2017