Genetics and Genomics for the General Reader

These are non-technical books about genetics and genomics, gene editing, gene therapy, etc. intended for the general reader, not textbooks or scientific treatises.

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101	The Human Genome Project: Cracking the Genetic Code of Life by Thomas F. Lee 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	The Material Gene: Gender, Race, and Heredity after the Human Genome Project (Biopolitics, 9) by Kelly E. Happe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Decoding Our DNA: Craig Venter Vs the Human Genome Project by Karen Gunnison Ballen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	The Human Genome Project: Cracking the Code Within Us (Impact Books) by Elizabeth L. Marshall 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	The Human Genome Diversity Project: An Ethnography of Scientific Practice by Amade M'Charek 2.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	Justice and the Human Genome Project by Timothy F. Murphy liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	Adam, Eve, and the Genome: The Human Genome Project and Theology by Susan B. Thistlethwaite (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	Perilous Knowledge: The Human Genome Project and Its Implications by Tom Wilkie 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	The Future of Genetics: Beyond the Human Genome Project (Genetics & Evolution) by Russ Hodge 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
110	Understanding The Human Genome Project by Michael A. Palladino 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome by John Sulston 3.63 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	The Human Genome by John Quackenbush 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level by Jessica Wapner 4.29 avg rating — 1,072 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives by David Bainbridge 3.74 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	Altered Fates: Gene Therapy and the Retooling of Human Life by Jeff Lyon 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures by Nessa Carey 3.87 avg rating — 523 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	The CRISPR Generation: The Story of the World's First Gene-Edited Babies by Kiran Musunuru 4.28 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Editing Mankind: Humanity in the Age of CRISPR and Gene Editing by Kevin Davies 3.97 avg rating — 328 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
119	The Human Gene Editing Debate by John H. Evans 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 19, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment: Life Beyond the Human by Irus Braverman (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 18, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	Designing Humans: How Gene Editing Can Bring Back Old Evils and Alter the Course of Human Evolution by Andy Renmei liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 17, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl 3.98 avg rating — 3,734 ratings score: 16, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Michael J. Sandel 3.83 avg rating — 1,535 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
124	Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family by Lee M. Silver 3.71 avg rating — 186 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes by Sue Hubbell 3.64 avg rating — 122 ratings score: 13, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
126	Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds by Claire Hope Cummings 3.54 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 12, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food by Bill Lambrecht 3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 11, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars