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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,988 books — 1,280 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
443 books — 299 voters

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
Cosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootPale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Science Writing
284 books — 140 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 — 107 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
171 books — 106 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Women in Science
326 books — 103 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
255 books — 89 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesCommand and Control by Eric SchlosserHiroshima by John HerseyAmerican Prometheus by Kai BirdVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
History of the Nuclear Age
230 books — 84 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Scientific Readings for Everyone
150 books — 72 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsWhy Buddhism Is True by Robert WrightMeditations by Marcus AureliusDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Sam Harris' Recommended Reading
190 books — 65 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanNight by Elie WieselLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaRelativity by Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize in ANYTHING BUT Literature
147 books — 58 voters

Life Revisited by Laurent GrenierNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick HouseA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaStiff by Mary Roach
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
90 books — 51 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanStuff Matters by Mark MiodownikA Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. KraussWhat If? by Randall Munroe
Best Physical Science Books
67 books — 42 voters
The Quantum Dream by One IamThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingTimaeus by PlatoGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
History and Philosophy of Science
71 books — 34 voters

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanCosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Scientific Literacy
61 books — 32 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

The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaA Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariLife on the Edge by Johnjoe McFaddenThe Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey
Science Books Published In/After 2012
118 books — 27 voters
Command and Control by Eric SchlosserVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreFull Body Burden by Kristen IversenThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Nuclear Science Studies
118 books — 21 voters

The Focus Equation by Thinker MindsetThe Order of Time by Carlo RovelliA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingTime Travel by James GleickTimefulness by Marcia Bjornerud
Time: What it is and how to use it
94 books — 17 voters
The Principia by Isaac NewtonThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinRelativity by Albert EinsteinOn The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus CopernicusA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Science Through History
226 books — 11 voters

A Survey of Physical Theory by Max PlanckBirth of a Theorem by Cédric VillaniLady Luck by Warren WeaverLove and Math by Edward FrenkelWhat Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods by Richard Courant
Rigorous Popular Science Books
17 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

QED by Richard P. FeynmanThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman
Physics and related
20 books — 9 voters
Flatland by Edwin A. AbbottThreader Origins by Gerald BrandtThe Number of the Beast by Robert A. HeinleinThe Ragged Astronauts by Bob ShawEinstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Alternative Universes
21 books — 9 voters

UNIX by Brian W. KernighanThe Idea Factory by Jon GertnerA Mind at Play by Jimmy SoniWork Rules! by Laszlo BockThe Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude Shannon
Bell Labs
18 books — 5 voters
Children's resilience following trauma in farm settings by Roy C. ConradShaping the Oral Microbiota Through Intimate Kissing by Applied Research PressA Fundamental Approach to the Sticking of Insect Residues to ... by National Aeronautics and Sp...Nonverbal Reactions to Wound Malodor by Gloria BakerOral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality by Glenn C. Ellenbogen
•A Wealth Of Methods Coupled With A Poverty Of Intentions
105 books — 3 voters

Unitivity Theory Illuminates by Leroy R. AmunrudBasic Structures of Matter by Stoyan SargThe Origins of Israel and Mankind by Brendan StannardIs Consciousness the Unified Field? A Field Theorist's Perspe... by John S. HagelinThe Other Theory of Physics by James Carter
Unified Theories
86 books — 3 voters
Trick or Treat on Scary Street by Lance BassFred Gets Dressed by Peter BrownElla Sarah Gets Dressed (Korean Edition) 오늘은 무슨 옷을 입을까 by Margaret Chodos-Irvine 마거릿 ...
my 2025 books baptised into the Kingdom of hydrogen
3 books — 1 voter

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