Science

Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding of how the physical world works. Through controlled methods, science uses observable physical evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyzes this information to explain what and how things work. ...more

The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie
The Madness Pill: One Doctor's Quest to Understand Schizophrenia
The Book of Cannabis: The History and Future of the Plant and the Drug
How to Talk to AI (and How Not To)
On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence
Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health
Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works
The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry
Chain Reaction: The Wondrous Chemistry of Everyday Life
When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary
Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink
The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art
Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness
  • Hidden Creatures by Dino J. Martins
    Hidden Creatures: Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites

    Release date: Jul 07, 2026
    Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites—some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies).

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    Availability: 10 copies available, 2813 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Apr 13 - May 12, 2026

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  • The Book of Birds by Robert Macfarlane
    The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
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    Release date: Jun 09, 2026
    From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words: a dazzling celebration of birdlife in Br ...more
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 2755 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Apr 27 - May 13, 2026

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  • Sense and Synesthesia by E T Rook
    Sense and Synesthesia

    Release date: May 20, 2024
    Imagine if you had overlapping sensations which meant you heard a word and saw a color, or associated color with days of the week or letters or number ...more
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 530 people requesting

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    Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
    A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
    Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
    Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Elon Musk
    Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
    No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
    Livesuit (The Captive's War, #1.5)
    Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
    Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
    Playground
    Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
    Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
    Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
    Sociology Books
    560 books — 419 voters
    Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
    Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
    1,258 books — 1,084 voters

    Hopebreaker by Dean F. WilsonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanSoulless by Gail Carriger
    Best Steampunk and Gaslight Works
    316 books — 424 voters
    Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFermat's Enigma by Simon SinghFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottThe Code Book by Simon SinghZero by Charles Seife
    Best Books About Mathematics
    453 books — 675 voters

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
    Modern Science Nonfiction
    463 books — 317 voters
    Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonTHE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
    Histories of the Everyday
    377 books — 430 voters

    A Brief History of Time
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    The Selfish Gene
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Cosmos
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
    The Origin of Species
    The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
    The Gene: An Intimate History
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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