Moon Paradise

The chapters on how early civilizations tracked the moon's phases kept me reading way past bedtime. It moves from mythology to the Apollo missions without ever feeling like a textbook.

I bought this after a late night staring at the moon through binoculars, and the chapters on how mystery slowly turned into actual discovery kept me up even later. It moves from centuries of speculation to the Apollo landings without ever getting dry, and I finished it in two sittings.

I picked this up expecting a dry history and instead got pulled into the early chapters on how ancient cultures read the moon. The section tracing mystery turning into discovery flows really well, and I finished it in two sittings.