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Planetary habitability as a book category explores what makes worlds capable of supporting life and how we identify those conditions, bringing together planetary science, astrobiology, geology, atmospheric chemistry, and observational astronomy. Books in this genre examine the physical and chemical requirements for life (liquid solvents, energy sources, essential elements), the role of climate, geology and magnetic fields in maintaining stable environments, and how habitability varies across planets, moons, and exoplanets and through time. They cover methods used to study habitability—from spacecraft missions and telescope observations to laboratory experiments and climate and geochemical models—as well as case studies (Earth, Mars, Europa, Enceladus, Kepler/TESS exoplanets), biosignature detection, and the philosophical or societal implications of finding life elsewhere. Aimed at readers from curious laypeople to students and researchers, the category includes popular science surveys, technical texts, mission accounts, and interdisciplinary syntheses about the prospects and limits of life in the universe.

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