Christiansen, Eric H., and W. Kenneth Hamblin.Exploring the Planets. Prentice Hall, 1995. Introductory text for the nonscience major.
Gribben, John, and Simon Goodwin.Empire of the Sun: Planets and Moons of the Solar System. New York University Press, 1998. An introduction to the solar system for the general reader, with photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Henbest, Nigel.The Planets: Portraits of New Worlds. Viking, 1994. Current, authoritative information, with nontechnical text and excellent pictures.
McNab, David, and James Younger.The Planets. Yale University Press, 1999. Companion volume to a BBC television series.
Shirley, James H., and R. W. Fairbridge.Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences. Chapman & Hall, 1997. More than 450 articles on the how and what of current planetary science.