American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David BaronRead about the other entries on the list.
What better way to spend this eclipse than reading about a historic one? Scientists race against time to capture a total solar eclipse in its full magnitude and remind us that even though it’s been almost 150 years, we have always looked to the sky in wonder. (How do you think Thomas Edison would feel about our nifty eclipse glasses?)
--Marshal Zeringue