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An Accidental Philanthropist by Winsome Dunn McIntoshSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNew Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannQuiet by Susan Cain
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,273 books — 2,039 voters
Every 9 Minutes by Christina VitaglianoThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Modern Science Nonfiction
479 books — 387 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
218 books — 199 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
289 books — 148 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
366 books — 113 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
273 books — 113 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
174 books — 112 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
260 books — 94 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
229 books — 85 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
153 books — 77 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
192 books — 68 voters
The HIPUS® Revolution by Mark SorensenA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick HouseThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaCosmos by Carl Sagan
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
100 books — 66 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
148 books — 59 voters
The Pythagorean by Alexander MorpheighThe Space Between Worlds by Micaiah JohnsonAll This & More by Peng ShepherdPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeRecursion by Blake Crouch
Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
185 books — 56 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
107 books — 45 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
68 books — 44 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
62 books — 33 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
131 books — 33 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
119 books — 28 voters
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingTimaeus by PlatoGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondRelativity by Albert Einstein
History and Philosophy of Science
73 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 Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Principia by Isaac NewtonFrom the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean DalyRelativity by Albert EinsteinOn The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus
Science Through History
229 books — 20 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
96 books — 19 voters
A Survey of Physical Theory by Max PlanckBoldest Scientific Formula of God and Creation by Nathanael-Israel IsraelBirth of a Theorem by Cédric VillaniLady Luck by Warren WeaverLove and Math by Edward Frenkel
Rigorous Popular Science Books
20 books — 14 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Women Physicists and Astronomers in Fiction
46 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

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
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 3 by Richard P. FeynmanQuantum Theory for Mathematicians by Brian C. HallQuantum Mechanics by B. H. BransdenQuantum Mechanics by Alastair I.M. RaeIntroduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths
Quantum Theory and Further Quantum Theory (University of Oxford)
10 books — 4 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

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