The "history of science" is my favorite nonfiction genre.
1

by
4.22 avg rating — 421,215 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.13 avg rating — 802,133 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.04 avg rating — 455,783 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
3.92 avg rating — 56,100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.99 avg rating — 76,193 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.21 avg rating — 477,553 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
3.89 avg rating — 56,130 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.01 avg rating — 121,790 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.34 avg rating — 113,930 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.97 avg rating — 9,979 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.95 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
3.75 avg rating — 30,329 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.26 avg rating — 217,267 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.06 avg rating — 239,427 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.16 avg rating — 192,268 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.84 avg rating — 121,650 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
3.98 avg rating — 42,524 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.30 avg rating — 28,905 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
3.94 avg rating — 74,583 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.03 avg rating — 29,846 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.40 avg rating — 24,373 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.82 avg rating — 14,109 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.04 avg rating — 17,080 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.39 avg rating — 29,239 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.88 avg rating — 21,826 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.91 avg rating — 28,161 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.02 avg rating — 8,416 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.15 avg rating — 28,679 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.59 avg rating — 308 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.82 avg rating — 3,296 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.79 avg rating — 9,579 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.06 avg rating — 54,725 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.11 avg rating — 11,834 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.06 avg rating — 9,308 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.23 avg rating — 84,363 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.03 avg rating — 40,916 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.22 avg rating — 10,738 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.20 avg rating — 23,001 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.60 avg rating — 40,653 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.89 avg rating — 11,602 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 549 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
4.08 avg rating — 28,605 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.10 avg rating — 5,874 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.83 avg rating — 427 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.21 avg rating — 8,836 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.29 avg rating — 80,127 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
4.25 avg rating — 2,492 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.95 avg rating — 60,225 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.19 avg rating — 45,254 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.78 avg rating — 56,376 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
3.99 avg rating — 824 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.88 avg rating — 935 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.83 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
4.18 avg rating — 1,454 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
3.84 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.04 avg rating — 75,204 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
3.87 avg rating — 4,992 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
4.38 avg rating — 5,231 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.22 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
3.78 avg rating — 1,396 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.20 avg rating — 88,966 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.23 avg rating — 2,085 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.09 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.17 avg rating — 585,027 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.93 avg rating — 12,078 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.91 avg rating — 6,720 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.14 avg rating — 4,458 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.27 avg rating — 420 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.01 avg rating — 10,814 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.96 avg rating — 3,588 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
4.25 avg rating — 283 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.17 avg rating — 201,780 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.11 avg rating — 319 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
3.97 avg rating — 11,753 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.91 avg rating — 12,761 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.34 avg rating — 510 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.66 avg rating — 2,126 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.30 avg rating — 33,357 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
4.35 avg rating — 55,535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.20 avg rating — 2,446 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
3.83 avg rating — 833 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.24 avg rating — 4,814 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.82 avg rating — 63,608 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
4.04 avg rating — 1,867 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.05 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.67 avg rating — 308 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
4.20 avg rating — 2,090 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.01 avg rating — 37,105 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.04 avg rating — 565 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.23 avg rating — 78 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,479 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.40 avg rating — 158,509 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.42 avg rating — 186 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
4.01 avg rating — 3,705 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
3.63 avg rating — 670 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.27 avg rating — 10,518 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
3.95 avg rating — 9,949 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
3.61 avg rating — 293 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
3.84 avg rating — 663 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
485 books · 289 voters · list created March 27th, 2011 by Ken (votes) .
367 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Ken 375 books
16 friends
Sylvia 1115 books
11 friends
Bri 2501 books
48 friends
Cindy 10718 books
159 friends
Joe 558 books
28 friends
Noran 13382 books
242 friends
Libby 10282 books
63 friends
Kaethe 15499 books
899 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-5 of 5 (5 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Susan (new)

Susan Every one of these books looks fascinating. But I'm lazy. What I would like is a whole series of TV specials, one per book, narrated beautifully by Edward Herrmann, James Earl Jones, David Attenborough, Mike Rowe, Sigourney Weaver. Would someone please do that for me?


message 2: by Elyse (new)

Elyse I really wanted to vote positively for A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It was a fun read. But I found a mistake. I feel that if a non-scientist like myself found a mistake there must be others in this book. Sigh.


message 3: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Some books on here are not history. #100 Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things is psychology.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Agreed. Removed.


message 5: by lisa_emily (new)

lisa_emily Susan wrote: "Every one of these books looks fascinating. But I'm lazy. What I would like is a whole series of TV specials, one per book, narrated beautifully by Edward Herrmann, James Earl Jones, David Attenbor..."
There is a Crash Course series about the history of science on youtube, there's about 30+ videos @ 13mn in length. I recommend it!


back to top



Related News

Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we sort through a lot of books each month. Our monthly Readers' Most Anticipated Books feature is...

Anyone can add books to this list.