The Greatest Books of All Time on Life Sciences

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17117 Summer for the Gods Edward Larson 1997 American English
17117 The Nature of Life C. H. Waddington 1961 British English
17117 Ever Since Darwin Stephen Jay Gould 1977 American English
17117 Zoology Sheridan Keith​ 1995 New Zealand Unknown
17117 The Making Of Memory Steven Rose 1992 British English
17117 The Wisdom Of Bones Alan Walker, Pat Shipman 1996 American English
17117 Right Hand, Left Hand Chris McManus 2002 British English
17117 Life Ascending Nick Lane 2009 British English
17117 Testosterone Rex Cordelia Fine 2017 Australian English
17117 Inventing Ourselves Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2018 British English
17117 Explaining Humans Camilla Pang 2020 British English
17117 A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth Henry Gee​ 2021 British English
17117 The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog Bruce D. Perry, Danny Campbell, Maia Szalavita 2006 American English
17117 The Science Of The Mind Owen J. Flanagan 1984 American English
17117 The Epigenetics Revolution Nessa Carey 2012 British English
17117 Beast And Man Mary Midgley 1979 British English
17117 This Is Biology Ernst Mayr 1997 German English
17117 The Panda's Thumb Stephen Jay Gould 1980 American English
17117 The Social Conquest Of Earth E. O. Wilson 2012 American English
17117 Into The Great Wide Ocean Sönke Johnsen 2024 Unknown English
17117 Silk Aarathi Prasad 2024 Unknown English
17117 Deep Water James D. Bradley 2024 Unknown English
17117 Sing Like Fish Amorina Kingdon 2024 Unknown English
17117 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17117 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17117 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Catalyst Thomas Cech 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Immune Mind Monty Lyman 2024 British English
17117 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17117 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17117 Le Code De La Conscience Stanislas Dehaene 2014 French French
17117 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
17117 Gathering Moss Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 American English
17117 Good Nature Kathy Willis 2024 Unknown English
17117 All Tomorrows C. M. Kosemen 2006 Turkish English
17117 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17117 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17117 The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17117 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17117 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
17117 The Idiot Brain Dean Burnett 2016 British English
17117 Your Brain On Art Susan Magsamen 2023 Unknown English
17117 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17117 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17117 Singlestuck Bjorn Kurten 1982 Unknown English
17117 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17117 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Darkness Manifesto Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma 2020 Unknown Swedish
17117 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Mind Of A Bee Lars Chittka 2022 Unknown English
17117 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17117 My Father’s Brain Sandeep Jauhar 2023 American English
17117 Discovering Life’s Story Joy Hakim 2023 American English
17117 The Bathysphere Book Brad Fox 2023 Unknown English
17117 Of Time And Turtles Sy Montgomery 2023 American English
17117 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17117 Your Brain On Porn Gary Wilson 2014 American English
17117 The Female Brain Louann Brizendine 2006 American English
17117 It's All In Your Head Russ Rymer 1992 Unknown English
17117 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17117 Rewire Your Brain John B. Arden 2010 American English
17117 Mind And Cosmos Thomas Nagel 2012 American English
17117 You Are Not A Brain Markus Gabriel 2015 German German
17117 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17117 Supernatural Joe Dispenza 2017 American English
16889 Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 6 Book Boxed Set Frank Herbert 1965 American English
17117 Hurricane Lizards And Plastic Squid Thor Hanson 2021 American English