2026 Reading Challenge
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
NPR
26th out of 162 books — 150 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellOpen by Andre AgassiThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLast Call by Daniel Okrent
From Fresh Air
17th out of 105 books — 83 voters

Virus Hunter by C.J. PetersThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Going Viral!
8th out of 99 books — 15 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Best Nonfiction Biology books on Goodreads
233rd out of 413 books — 75 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
69th out of 180 books — 240 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
125th out of 443 books — 299 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeBonk by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
Modern Medical Science (nonfiction)
28th out of 251 books — 120 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLongitude by Dava Sobel
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
80th out of 128 books — 72 voters

Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Books for the time of Pandemics
20th out of 138 books — 37 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Books for a Pandemic
196th out of 698 books — 577 voters

Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Stand by Stephen KingYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Reading in the time of COVID-19
14th out of 110 books — 44 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
529th out of 1,826 books — 2,215 voters

State of Wonder by Ann PatchettTwilight of the Elites by Christopher L. HayesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Colbert Report Book List
64th out of 65 books — 29 voters
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Giver by Lois LowryTenth of December by George SaundersWhat If? by Randall MunroeCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty
Books Rec'd By The Colbert Report
218th out of 246 books — 135 voters

Spillover by David QuammenThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonGet Well Soon by Jennifer WrightParasite Rex by Carl Zimmer
That This Too Too Solid Flesh Would Melt
35th out of 90 books — 19 voters
Spillover by David QuammenThe Great Mortality by John KellyRabid by Bill WasikFlu by Gina KolataEbola by David Quammen
Scourges, Plagues and Epidemics (nonfiction)
78th out of 144 books — 18 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History of disease
78th out of 163 books — 68 voters
Spillover by David QuammenThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsGet Well Soon by Jennifer WrightPandemic by Sonia Shah
Pandemics and Epidemics (nonfiction)
78th out of 125 books — 15 voters

The Premonition by Michael LewisTen Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed ZakariaOut of the Cage by Matthew LightfootA State of Fear by Laura DodsworthThe Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
Coronavirus Reading List
61st out of 153 books — 14 voters
Entangled Life by Merlin SheldrakeThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyReflections of Eden by Biruté M.F. GaldikasRegeneration by Paul Hawken
Science Literacy Week 2025
88th out of 100 books — 1 voter


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