This list is for the most well known genetics books on Goodreads,

For purposes of this list, only include books with over 500 ratings and shelved at least 10 times as genetics.

Anything with less than 500 ratings or shelved less than 10 times as genetics will be removed and without comment.

See also:
Genetics for Non Scientists
Genetics

Related Lists By Topic:
All, Anthropology, Astronomy, Autobiography, Biography, Biology, Botany, Children, Classics, Climate, Computer Science, Economics, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Genetics, Geology, Geography, Graphic Novels, History, Historical Fiction, Horror, Judaism, Language, Manga, Medicine, Middle School, Military Science Fiction, Music, Mysteries, Nature, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Pagan, Pandemic, Philosophy, Picture Books, Poetry, Politics, Productivity, Psychology, Racism, Romance, Science, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Software Architecture, Space Opera, Steampunk, Travel, Young Adult
1

by
4.35 avg rating — 55,617 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.16 avg rating — 192,474 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.13 avg rating — 803,233 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.06 avg rating — 28,007 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.01 avg rating — 121,899 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.16 avg rating — 7,325 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.13 avg rating — 6,480 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.34 avg rating — 114,097 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.84 avg rating — 20,017 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.12 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.03 avg rating — 12,033 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.05 avg rating — 5,430 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.98 avg rating — 3,781 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.14 avg rating — 6,064 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.08 avg rating — 3,436 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.09 avg rating — 41,713 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.01 avg rating — 10,822 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.25 avg rating — 3,743 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.15 avg rating — 28,692 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.20 avg rating — 16,961 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.11 avg rating — 2,826 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.09 avg rating — 25,291 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.05 avg rating — 3,956 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.81 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.93 avg rating — 1,733 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.74 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
3.86 avg rating — 2,181 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.71 avg rating — 723 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.77 avg rating — 5,895 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 286,954 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
4.04 avg rating — 28,794 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.54 avg rating — 77,253 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.29 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,627 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.05 avg rating — 17,314 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.12 avg rating — 9,582 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.08 avg rating — 5,738 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.14 avg rating — 9,079 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.94 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.89 avg rating — 46,010 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.06 avg rating — 4,246 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
4.06 avg rating — 3,167 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
3.98 avg rating — 8,950 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
4.01 avg rating — 593,680 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.94 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.07 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
3.95 avg rating — 1,852 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.54 avg rating — 754 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.28 avg rating — 41,032 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.88 avg rating — 704 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.05 avg rating — 17,314 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.86 avg rating — 2,191 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.75 avg rating — 78,150 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
4.11 avg rating — 10,076 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
3.92 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
3.98 avg rating — 4,550 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
4.14 avg rating — 124,687 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
4.05 avg rating — 990 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
3.99 avg rating — 773 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
3.86 avg rating — 792 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.16 avg rating — 56,114 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.07 avg rating — 233,198 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
3.79 avg rating — 185,910 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.95 avg rating — 2,303 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.89 avg rating — 6,652 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
4.36 avg rating — 1,192,496 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.14 avg rating — 97,417 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.98 avg rating — 1,270 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.28 avg rating — 551 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.95 avg rating — 8,691 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.87 avg rating — 13,625 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.09 avg rating — 29,866 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.52 avg rating — 14,542 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39,375 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.93 avg rating — 12,538 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.73 avg rating — 16,626 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,225 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.95 avg rating — 5,079 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.82 avg rating — 40,914 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.10 avg rating — 3,100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.08 avg rating — 11,975 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.27 avg rating — 22,500 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.83 avg rating — 874 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.38 avg rating — 31,658 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.13 avg rating — 7,713 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.98 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,839 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.14 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.99 avg rating — 4,683 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.95 avg rating — 728 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.17 avg rating — 31,621 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.79 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.01 avg rating — 2,029 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.89 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.81 avg rating — 120,888 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.12 avg rating — 26,334 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.24 avg rating — 908 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.19 avg rating — 648 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.42 avg rating — 20,440 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.68 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
107 books · 56 voters · list created October 15th, 2018 by Mitchell Friedman (votes) .
53 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Mitchell 11543 books
169 friends
Phillip 5187 books
139 friends
Jill 2531 books
913 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3386 books
851 friends
~☆~Autumn 8102 books
151 friends
Carol 4808 books
161 friends
Stephen 1927 books
10 friends
Allyson 1072 books
56 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-6 of 6 (6 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Oryx and Crake?


message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Oryx and Crake?"

10 people out there shelved Oryx and Crake as Genetics. It's just not a super popular tag.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yeah. It's also a novel, which is why it looked funny!


message 4: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman removed because Human Evolutionary Genetics, Second Edition has 17 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution, and the Neutral Theory: Selected Papers has 6 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because Computational Molecular Evolution has 13 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because Evolutionary Genetics has 32 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.

removed because From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design has 57 ratings - which is less than the 500 rating minimum.


message 5: by Mitchell (last edited Nov 28, 2018 08:23PM) (new)

Mitchell Friedman removed because The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life has 471 ratings which is less than the 500 minimum and is shelved under genetics 3 times which is under the 10 minimum.

removed because I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life is shelved under genetic 6 times which is under the 10 minimum.


message 6: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman The requirements for this list are pretty clear - 500 ratings and shelved at least 10 times as genetics. The Angel Experiment has been shelved 20 times as genetics.

As compared to Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America - shelved 0 as genetics. And Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class - shelved only 8 times as genetics


back to top



Related News

  The 17th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards are now in the books! With a new record of more than 7.5 million votes cast, the 2025...

Anyone can add books to this list.