Gribbin, John R., and Mary Gribbin.Time and Space. DK Publishing, 1994. An introduction to cosmology and the universe for middle school and high school readers.
Rees, Martin.Our Cosmic Habitat. Princeton University Press, 2001. A distinguished scientist and gifted writer discusses the origins of the universe and the wonder that matter exists at all.
Silk, Joseph.A Short History of the Universe. Scientific American, 1994. A well-known cosmologist discusses topics in modern cosmology.
Tyson, Neil deGrasse, and Donald Goldsmith.Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution. Norton, 2004. A chronological tour of the universe, starting with the Big Bang; companion volume to a "Nova" series on PBS.