Email: libraries@colorado.edu
Your BuffOne Card or photo ID will serve as your library card.
Current CU students, staff and faculty: most items up to 6 months
View all information about loan periods
The Libraries have other Popular Reading Collections and guides that recommend reading on specific topics.
The Engineering, Math and Physics Popular Science Reading Collection is a collection of best-selling and recommended books on STEM topics. I created this collection to add books written for a wider audience about STEM topics to the collection, in order to inspire interest, engagement, and new ideas.
On this guide you can virtually browse the entire Engineering, Math and Physics Popular Science Reading Collection, in subject (or call number) order. I've also created a few curated lists of titles including:
The CU Boulder Libraries has other popular reading titles and guides to recommended reading.
Find more titles from the Gemmill Popular Science Reading Collection.
A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by 
Galileo and the Science Deniers by 
Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur by 
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by 
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies by 
Elon Musk by 
The Hank Show: How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives by 
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by 
My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir by 
The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded by 
The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry by 
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark by 
Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by 
A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars by 
Feynman by 
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by 
Hawking by 
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love & Fallout by 
She, DISRUPTS: A Black Woman’s Journey in the STEM and AI Industries by 
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern by 
Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age by 
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight by 
A Passion for Space: Adventures of a Pioneering Female NASA Flight Controller by 
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by 
Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control by 
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space by 
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by 
Every Tool's a Hammer: Life is What you Make It by 
Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology by 
X + Y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto for Rethinking Gender by 
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by 
Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games by 
Geek Girls: Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley by 
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by 
Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures by A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by 
Making Black Scientists: A Call to Action by 
Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Race and Gender by 
Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by 
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur by 
NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement by 
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by 
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by 
Queer Data Studies by 
Superior: The Return of Race Science by 
The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age by 
Holding The Knife's Edge: Journeys of Black Female Scientists by 
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World by 
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by 
Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir by The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded by 
Math in Drag by 
A Portrait of the Scientist As a Young Woman by Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark by Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars by 
Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics by Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by Hawking by 
The Climate Book by 
Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities 2021 by 
The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy by 
50 Women in Technology by 
Unapologetically Dope: Lessons for Black Women and Girls on Surviving and Thriving in the Tech Field by She, DISRUPTS: A Black Woman’s Journey in the STEM and AI Industries by 
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, And Other Threats of Toxic Tech by Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight by The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by 
The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel by 
Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space by 
Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves by Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by 
Artificial: A Love Story by The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by 
The Phantom Scientist by 
Women Discoverers: Top Women in Science by 
The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe by 
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by 
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by 
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded by 
The Cartoon Introduction to Calculus by Feynman by Hawking by Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love & Fallout by 
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment by 
Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight by Geek Girls: Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley by A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies by 
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by 
Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet--And Our Mission To Protect It by 
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by 
Women of Science: 100 Inspirational Lives by Women Discoverers: Top Women in Science by Holding The Knife's Edge: Journeys of Black Female Scientists by 
Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science by Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World by Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir by 
Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer by A Portrait of the Scientist As a Young Woman by Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark by Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love & Fallout by 50 Women in Technology by Unapologetically Dope: Lessons for Black Women and Girls on Surviving and Thriving in the Tech Field by She, DISRUPTS: A Black Woman’s Journey in the STEM and AI Industries by Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age by Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight by A Passion for Space: Adventures of a Pioneering Female NASA Flight Controller by The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space by 
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by The Art of Avoiding Burnout: A Quickstart Guide from Exhaustion to Empowerment: Boosting Resilience and Productivity while Reducing Stress for Lasting Well-being by 
The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul by 
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World by 
Solvable: How We Healed the Earth, and How We Can Do It Again by Elon Musk by The Hank Show: How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives by 
City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways by 
Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet by Queer Data Studies by Artificial: A Love Story by The Phantom Scientist by 
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Women of Science: 100 Inspirational Lives by Women Discoverers: Top Women in Science by Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science by Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by 
Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths by 
Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by 
Weird Math: A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life by 
Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible by 
Weirdest Maths: At the Frontiers of Reason by Math in Drag by The Cartoon Introduction to Calculus by 
The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos by 
Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space by 
The Little Book of Exoplanets by 
Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos by 
In a Flight of Starlings: How Nature Unlocks the Wonders of Physics by 
Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World by 
Quanta and Fields: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe by 
The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial by Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities 2021 by 
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by 
Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by 50 Women in Technology by She, DISRUPTS: A Black Woman’s Journey in the STEM and AI Industries by 
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel by 
Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions by 
A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? by 
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by 
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by 
