Here is a scholarly entertaining and infectiously enthusiastic book which sets out to investigate the almost unquestioned theories of how life began. The chapters are short and the material nontechnical, providing arguments which busy people can grasp quickly, at a bus top or on the train.
This book is a heavily biased creationist biblical perspective on evolution. Rather than offering balanced discussion or evidence, If you’re looking for an objective explanation of evolution, this isn’t it.