 | A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £4.00 The best overview of the Apollo Missions. Very readable
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 | The All-American Boys by Walter Cunningham
Buy used from: £35.95 Interesting perspective. Promises 'no-holds barred' but doesn't quite deliver
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 | Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £8.00 Essential reading and the best voice available from Apollo 11. So far.
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 | Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition by Jim Lovell
Buy used from: £10.89 Much better than the movie. Very readable, almost like a thriller.
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 | Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.01 Apollo 15 was arguable the best and most successful mission. Combined here with Leonov's memoirs.
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 | The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space by Eugene Cernan
Buy new: £7.39 / Used from: £5.79 Gene Cernan. What a guy! Enjoyable book, and a poignant farewell to the Moon.
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 | Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Chris Kraft
Buy used from: £9.83 The view from the Earth from one of Apollo's masterminds.
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 | Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers) by Gene Kranz
Buy used from: £8.24 The archetypal Mission Controller. An inspiring read.
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 | Deke!: An Autobiography by Donald K. Slayton
Buy new: £8.29 / Used from: £5.99 A tragic tale for most of the book, but our hero prevails in the end. The best Apollo book in many ways.
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 | Discover the Moon by Jean Lacroux
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £9.50 Now go out and look at the Moon properly. Was it worth spending so much to go there? One look and you'll be convinced.
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