Ms. Popova succinctly annotates Neil's list ensuring that we have additional offerings representing the other side of our brains. (all noted as Available for Free at Your Local Library). AND as always, my admiration for Mr. deGrasse Tyson continues with abandon!

And... because I believe our Future must evolve from a rich, wild assed, imagination fueled Past, I add: all the works by Robertson Davies http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/m/article/robertson-davies/ and Neal Stevenson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson .

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/29/neil-degrasse-tyson-reading-list/