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A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian GreenePale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Cosmology
215 books — 189 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
266 books — 108 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
History of the Universe and Earth
148 books — 71 voters
Mind Fields by Julia FultonThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSeven Beyond by Stella AtriumA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Philosophy Written By Women
227 books — 64 voters

The Power of Shamanism and Energy Medicine by Sheldon ShalleyThe Kybalion by Three InitiatesThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. HallThe Enneads by PlotinusThe Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean by Maurice Doreal
Library of Gnosis
146 books — 50 voters
Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. GriffithsThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanIntroduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. GriffithsClassical Mechanics by Charles P. Poole Jr.Relativity by Albert Einstein
Not Pop-Science - Physics
130 books — 32 voters

Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierOur Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkEvery Thing Must Go by James LadymanWhat Is Real? by Adam BeckerSomething Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll
Mindscape Podcast Books
103 books — 30 voters
The Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusSumma Theologica by Thomas AquinasThe History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthEcclesiastical History of the English People by BedeThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan
Medieval thought from the university to the café
170 books — 25 voters

Our Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkPale Blue Dot by Carl SaganRelativity by Albert EinsteinThe Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Jeffrey Alan BarrettThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman
Max Tegmark's Mathematical Universe
91 books — 19 voters
Alien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerThe Inflationary Universe by Alan GuthWho Banged the Big Bang! by Prabha KaranMany Worlds in One by Alex VilenkinA Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
Early Universe Cosmology
13 books — 13 voters

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. GriffithsThe Elements of Statistical Learning by Trevor HastieModern Quantum Mechanics by J.J. SakuraiOptions, Futures and Other Derivatives by John C. HullClassical Mechanics by Charles P. Poole Jr.
Mathematics Part II (University of Cambridge)
174 books — 12 voters
Born With a Bang by Jennifer MorganThe Birth Of The Earth by Jacqui BaileyOlder Than the Stars by Karen C. FoxOur Family Tree by Lisa Westberg PetersThe Dawn of Life by Jacqui Bailey
Kids' Books on the Big Bang and Evolution
40 books — 10 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Women Physicists and Astronomers in Fiction
44 books — 10 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
74 books — 7 voters

Chinese Astrology for Beginners by Althea S.T.Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean Louis De EsqueCHINESE ASTROLOGY FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING by Althea S.T.Chinese Astrology for Wealth and Prosperity by Althea S.T.No One May Ever Have the Same Knowledge Again by sarah-editor-simons
Crotch Full Of Stars
104 books — 5 voters
Alien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerA Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. KraussWho Banged the Big Bang! by Prabha KaranEndless Universe by Paul J. SteinhardtIn the Beginning by John Gribbin
Origin of the Universe
11 books — 5 voters

The Order of Time by Carlo RovelliTime Travel by James GleickTime Machines by Paul J. NahinLongitude by Dava SobelHands of Time by Rebecca Struthers
Time and Tide
70 books — 5 voters
Zetetic Astronomy by Samuel Birley RowbothamFlatland by Edwin A. AbbottAnno's Medieval World by Mitsumasa AnnoTHE NAVIGATOR WHO CROSSED THE ICE WALLS by Claudio NocelliZetetic Cosmogony by Thomas Winship
Flat Earth Books
17 books — 4 voters

Space Struck by Paige LewisDeath by Sex Machine by Franny ChoiThe Little Book of Neuroscience Haiku by Eric ChudlerNeon Lights and Plane Tickets by Elsbeth Mareile G.C.Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith
POEMS...IN...SPAAAAAAAACE!!!
14 books — 4 voters
A Sting in the Tale by Dave GoulsonThe Universe by John BrockmanThe Science of Shakespeare by Dan FalkThe Edge of the Sky by Roberto TrottaThe Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson
Brain Pickings Best Science Books of 2014
8 books — 2 voters

Gravity, Time and Consciousness by Ronald William SharpAbout Black Holes by Isaac Asimov
Books About Gravity
2 books — 2 voters
The Night of the Gods by John O'NeillDeath by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse TysonThe Pneumo-Cosmic Manuscript by Adam McLeanSelf-Experiments with Consciousness and Hypnagogia by Sirley Marques BonhamCosmographie by Peter Heylyn
COSMic CONSCIOUSness
101 books — 2 voters

Escape From Blood Pond Hell by Beata GrantThe Chinese Myths by Tao Tao LiuBuddhism and Tales of the Supernatural in Early Medieval China by Zhenjun ZhangHidden and Visible Realms by Zhenjun ZhangHungry Ghosts by Andy Rotman
Demons, Dreams, Ghosts, Hells: Asia
67 books — 2 voters
The Annabran Rosary by BarbaraAnnabran Documents, The Holy Book of Pantheism by BarbaraAnnabran Documents, The Holy Book of Pantheism by BarbaraAnnabran Documents, The Holy Book of Pantheism by BarbaraThe Annabran Rosary by Barbara
Annabran Religion Books
9 books — 1 voter

A Universe From God by Robert Clifton RobinsonOur Mathematical Universe by Max TegmarkThe Testimony of the Evangelists by Simon GreenleafSignature in the Cell by Stephen C. MeyerThe Cell's Design by Fazale Rana
Evidence For God
24 books — 1 voter
Who Banged the Big Bang! by Prabha Karan
Mind-Bending Books on Science, Philosophy, and the Origins of Everything
1 book — 1 voter

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonFlashforward by Robert J. SawyerThe Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-GarciaFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Weird Science, Mad Science and Bad Science in Fiction Part I
100 books — 1 voter
Promethean Horrors by Xavier Aldana ReyesThe EC Archives by Al FeldsteinWeird Tales Presents by VariousMad Science! by Dave FreerThe EC Archives by Al Feldstein
Weird Science, Mad Science and Bad Science in Fiction Part II
78 books — 1 voter

Bad Science by Ben GoldacreThe Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience by Michael ShermerWeird Weapons of World War II by Christopher MiddletonScreams of Reason by David J. SkalThe Book of the Damned by Charles Fort
Weird Science, Mad Science and Bad Science in Non-Fiction
100 books — 1 voter
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Bradley W. CarrollWhat Is Relativity? by Jeffrey O. BennettEinstein Relatively Simple by Ira Mark EgdallCosmology for the Curious by Delia PerlovThe Invisible Universe by Matthew Bothwell
University Astrophysics
51 books — 1 voter

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