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This community-curated book list has quantum-related science fiction, non-fiction, and kids’ book recommendations.
Science Fiction
Origin, Dan Brown
Dark Matter, Blake Crouch
The Story of Your Life, (Arrival is the short story in this that is quantum-related), Ted Chiang
The Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin
Timeline, Michael Crichton
The end of Mr Y., Scarlett Thomas
Quantum radio, AG Riddle
The Quantum Magician, Derek Künsken (series)
The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi
Quantum, Patricia Cornwell
The Quantum Spy, David Ignatius
The Quantum Zoo, Marcus Chown
Fiction, with Scientific Topics
A tale for the time being, Ruth Ozeki
Sir Fong’s Adventures in Science #5, The Quantum Bunny, Otto Fong
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-kiss, Amy Noelle Parks (YA)
Quantum Interstellar Sports League, Jeffrey Scott
Nonfiction
Q is for Quantum, Terry Rudolph
Quantum in Pictures, Bob Coecke and Stefano Gogioso
Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science, David Lindley
The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics, Charles Mann and Robert Crease
How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival, David Kaiser
The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn, Louisa Gilder
The Elements of Marie Curie, Dava Sobel
A Quantum Life, Hakeem M. Oluseyi (Hakeem Muata)
Quantum Physics, What Everyone Needs to Know, Michael Raymer
Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries: a Cosmic Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe, Lisa Harvey-Smith
Quantum Physics for Poets, Lederman, Leon M.
Quantum Computing From Colossus to Qubits, John Gribbin
Quantum Sense and Nonsense, Jean Bricmont
Helgoland, Carlo Rovelli
Breakfast with Einstein, Chad Orzel
How to teach physics to your dog, Chad Orzel
Kids
Quantum physics for babies, C. Ferrie (He also has other similar books like Quantum Information for babies, Quantum computing for babies)
Baby Loves Quantum Physics!, Ruth Spiro, illustrated by Irene Chan
My first book of quantum physics, Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferrón, Illustrated by Eduard Altarriba
Periodic Table, John Farndon, illustrated by Shiho Pate
Queen of Physics, Teresa Robeson
I am a photon, Eve M. Vavagiakis
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