Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil Degrasse Tyson, equipped with his uniquely soothing voice, takes readers on an intellectual journey exploring the Universe from a fraction of a second after the Big Bang to the ever-expanding edges of the cosmos. A great read for those who possess a reasonable amount of scientific knowledge and lukewarm curiosity about our natural world and the physical laws that govern it.

As much as it is a book marketed to the layperson, I would personally argue that it's not necessarily a book written for the layperson. Tyson, in an attempt to cover many of the major topics in astrophysics, swiftly introduces the reader to a wealth of scientific concepts without lingering too much on the details of any particular one. Thus, I found the audiobook version of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry to be a bit too much in a hurry (pun-intended), and I suspect the book would be much more easily digested in a written format.