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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
1,987 books — 1,280 voters
The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodThe Kiss Quotient by Helen HoangLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyLove, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Romance Novels with STEM Heroines
326 books — 271 voters

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodThe Love Algorithm by Camilla IsleyThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyThe Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
52 Book Club 2024: #6 Women In STEM
253 books — 252 voters
Web Hacking Arsenal by Rafay BalochAI Doctor by Ronald M. RazmiAI 2041 by Kai-Fu LeeThe Book of Why by Judea PearlA Brief History of Intelligence by Max Solomon Bennett
Future Technology (nonfiction)
102 books — 191 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
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

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumBonk by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
Popular Science Books Written By Women
181 books — 71 voters
Rosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyNobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayneThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLise Meitner by Ruth Lewin Sime
Biographies About Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
87 books — 63 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. FeynmanThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaEinstein by Walter IsaacsonThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman
100 Books about Science and Engineering for Grown-Ups
121 books — 34 voters
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by Warren McCabeCoulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering by J.M. CoulsonCoulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering by Ray K. SinnottChemical Engineering by J.R. BackhurstShreve's Chemical Process Industries by George T. Austin
Wanna be a Chemical Engineer?
24 books — 25 voters

In Crypto We Trust by Shivam SinghBTC by Shivam SinghSolana by Shivam SinghEthereum by Shivam SinghTokenomics by Stefan Piech
Bitcoin Books
86 books — 22 voters
Aircraft Propulsion by Saeed FarokhiFlight Stability and Automatic Control by Robert C. NelsonAircraft Structures for Engineering Students by T.H.G. MegsonIntroduction to Flight by John D. Anderson Jr.Foundations of Aerodynamics by Arnold M. Kuethe
Aerospace Engineering References
16 books — 20 voters

The STREAM TONE by T. GillingTubes by Andrew BlumSo You Want to Vlog? by Andrea ValeriaDigicrimination – Those are the Good Times by H.Okan TansuHow the Internet Works by Preston Gralla
The Internet (Non-Fiction)
27 books — 20 voters
The Long Tail by Chris AndersonA Compassionate Guide For Social Robots by Marcel HeerinkWild Horse Country by David PhilippsThe Future of the Internet and How to Stop It by Jonathan L. ZittrainThe Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond
The Future Of... Everything. One Book At A Time!
92 books — 17 voters

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel by Frances GiesRoman Aqueducts and Water Supply by A. Trevor HodgeThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonMeltdown in Tibet by Michael BuckleyThe Croton Dams and Aqueduct by Christopher R. Tompkins
Water Engineering
24 books — 11 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

The STREAM TONE by T. GillingFrom GSM to LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G by Martin Sauter5G Physical Layer by Ali ZaidiIPv6 Deployment and Management by Michael DooleyThe Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It by Jonathan L. Zittrain
Telecommunications (Non-Fiction)
46 books — 10 voters
The STREAM TONE by T. GillingWeaving the Web by Tim Berners-LeeJulian Assange - The Unauthorised Autobiography by Julian AssangeFuture Perfect by Steven JohnsonThe Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It by Jonathan L. Zittrain
The World Wide Web (Non-Fiction)
11 books — 9 voters

The STREAM TONE by T. GillingGreat Principles of Computing by Peter J. DenningHome Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies by Eric GeierSmartphone Media Production by Robb WallaceUnderstanding Computers by Deborah Morley
Personal Computing (Non-Fiction)
6 books — 9 voters
Space Settlements by Richard D. JohnsonCosmopolis by Howard MansfieldYour Flying Car Awaits by Paul MiloThe Usborne Book of the Future by Kenneth W. Gatland2010 by Geoffrey Hoyle
Retrofuturism (nonfiction)
29 books — 6 voters

Influence by Robert B. CialdiniTraction by Gino WickmanThe Marketing Machine by Ros ConkieStaff Engineer by Will LarsonTime Management PRIVATE WORKSHOP Designed as a Book I Bit by ... by N. Sakr
Engineering Leadership
11 books — 6 voters
Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris BurnCoaster by Betsy DuffeyTony's Hard Work Day by Alan ArkinHans and Peter by Heidrun PetridesCars, Vans and Diggers by Polly Owen
Kid Builds House/Structure/Machine, Engineering & Architecture for Kids
49 books — 6 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
Influence by Robert B. CialdiniThe Marketing Machine by Ros ConkieStructures by J.E. GordonTeam Topologies by Matthew SkeltonThe Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Holistic Engineer
25 books — 5 voters

Conceptual Blockbusting by James L. AdamsThe Software Measurement Guidebook by John GaffneyZX Spectrum Games Code Club by Gary PlowmanOOP Concepts Booster by Rakesh SinghProgramming Pearls by Jon L. Bentley
Code Complete Reading Plan
22 books — 4 voters
How to Invent Everything by Ryan NorthA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThrive by Juan Pablo QuiñonezAngela's Arm by Roland AllnachThe Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
The Post-Apocalyptic Rebuilder's Library
103 books — 4 voters

Slide Rule by Nevil ShuteThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeForever Flying an Autobiography of R. A. "Bob" Hoover by R.A. HooverSkunk Works by Ben R. RichThe Dangerous Skies by A.E. Clouston
Test pilots, flying and aerospace engineering
24 books — 3 voters
The Boyfriend App by Katie SiseHeartstream by Tom PollockThe Pretty App by Katie SiseClick'd by Tamara Ireland StoneLove, Decoded by Jennifer Yen
YA & Middle Grade App Fiction
20 books — 3 voters

The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn IgguldenThe Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. BuchananThe New Way Things Work by David MacaulayThe Young Adventurer's Guide to (Almost) Everything by Ben HewittThe Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots by Geoffrey Budworth
The VFD Children's Library
35 books — 1 voter
Slay by Brittney MorrisCourtney Changes the Game by Kellen HertzGamer Girls by Mary KenneyGirl Gone Viral by Arvin AhmadiIn Real Life by Cory Doctorow
Cool Teen Books about Gamer Girls & Video Games
12 books — 1 voter

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