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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
263rd out of 1,830 books — 3,587 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxLab Girl by Hope JahrenIn the Shadow of Man by Jane GoodallNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Female Scientists
48th out of 170 books — 105 voters

Cosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingPale Blue Dot by Carl SaganThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
Best Popular Astronomy Books on Goodreads
22nd out of 119 books — 42 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonCosmos by Carl Sagan2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeGoing Home by Kande S. SummersThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Night Sky
32nd out of 329 books — 44 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
79th out of 420 books — 292 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumBonk by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
Popular Science Books Written By Women
19th out of 181 books — 71 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreenePale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Cosmology
83rd out of 215 books — 188 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenStiff by Mary RoachSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Science Writing By People of Marginalized Genders
53rd out of 255 books — 88 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsMe Before You by Jojo MoyesA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2016: What the Over-35s Are Reading
1428th out of 2,499 books — 180 voters
Alien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerThe End of Everything by Katie MackThe Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinA Big Bang in a Little Room by Zeeya MeraliExistential Physics by Sabine Hossenfelder
Physics and Astronomy Books by Women
58th out of 74 books — 7 voters

Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsWinter by Marissa MeyerCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Martian by Andy Weir
What we've read so far in 2016
4693rd out of 7,965 books — 967 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyThe Kiss Quotient by Helen HoangThe Love Algorithm by Camilla Isley
Popsugar 2020 - Books about or by Women in STEM
142nd out of 232 books — 255 voters

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffThe Force by Don WinslowSex at Dawn by Christopher RyanPioneer Naturalists by Howard E. EvansMiracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen
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74th out of 100 books — 2 voters
Good Without God by Greg M. EpsteinInside of a Dog by Alexandra HorowitzLab Girl by Hope JahrenI Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
2018 hgdf
68th out of 70 books — 2 voters

T-Minus by Jim OttavianiThe Martian by Andy WeirA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingA Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Astronomy Class
17th out of 34 books — 2 voters
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeJustine by Lawrence DurrellCopenhagen by Michael FraynTouch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1050th out of 1,847 books — 267 voters

The Bush Clinic by Stella AtriumA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyO Pioneers! by Willa CatherProphet by Frank E. Peretti
What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read in 2016
112th out of 199 books — 18 voters
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaStiff by Mary RoachThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Mummy Congress by Heather Pringle
Top Science Books
48th out of 71 books — 13 voters

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrCareer of Evil by Robert GalbraithThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Born in the 1960s - What We've Read in 2016
530th out of 925 books — 48 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinDivergent by Veronica RothA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
10680th out of 13,726 books — 14,479 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondContact by Carl SaganI, Robot by Isaac AsimovJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
SCIENCE & LITERATURE--Together at Last
179th out of 245 books — 115 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best General Science Books
423rd out of 580 books — 483 voters

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'EnglePacking for Mars by Mary RoachThe Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Planets in the Title
274th out of 699 books — 66 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
9816th out of 14,472 books — 16,056 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
1661st out of 5,749 books — 6,276 voters


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