The Greatest American Books of All Time on Evolution

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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
2161 The Immense Journey Loren Eiseley 1957 American English
4195 The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield 1993 American English
5612 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
6437 Blood Music Greg Bear 1985 American English
6935 The Insect Societies E. O. Wilson 1971 American English
7685 Startide Rising David Brin 1983 American English
7811 The Song Of The Dodo David Quammen 1996 American English
8245 Bully For Brontosaurus Stephen Jay Gould 1991 American English
11007 Naturalist E. O. Wilson 1994 American English
11113 Camouflage Joe Haldeman 2004 American English
11113 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson 2012 American English
11827 Lilith's Brood Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
12482 Seveneves Neal Stephenson 2015 American English
14138 They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton 1954 American English
14677 Men Of The Old Stone Age Henry Fairfield Osborn 1915 American English
14986 Wonderful Life Stephen Jay Gould 1989 American English
15569 Hacking Darwin Jamie Metzl 2019 American English
15592 Accepting The Universe John Burroughs 1920 American English
15653 The Days Of A Man David Starr Jordan 1922 American English
15918 A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Thomas Hunt Morgan 1916 American English
15918 The Theory Of The Gene Thomas Hunt Morgan 1926 American English
16724 Inherit The Wind Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee 1955 American English
17169 The Integral Trees Larry Niven 1984 American English
17169 Sundiver David Brin 1980 American English
17169 Dragon's Egg Robert L. Forward 1980 American English
17169 The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs Steven Brusatte 2018 American English
17169 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
17169 Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death James Tiptree Jr. 1973 American English
17169 The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750 1900 Michael J. Crowe 1986 American English
17169 Fire In The Mind George Johnson 1995 American English
17169 Defenders Of The Truth Ullica Segerstrale 1986 American English
17169 T. Rex And The Crater Of Doom Walter Alvarez 1997 American English
17169 Sex In The Sea Marah J. Hardt 2016 American English
17169 Cannibalism Bill Schutt 2017 American English
17169 Darwin Among The Machines George B. Dyson 1997 American English
17169 Bright Air, Brilliant Fire Gerald M. Edelman 1992 American English
17169 Our Posthuman Future Francis Fukuyama 2002 American English
17169 Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2000 American English
17169 Grand Canyon Jason Chin 2017 American English
17169 Breath James Nestor 2020 American English
17169 Origin Dan Brown 2017 American English
17169 The Lost World Michael Crichton 1995 American English
17169 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English