The Greatest Books of All Time on Human 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
1252 Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari 2011 Israeli Hebrew
1625 The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
1776 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 1953 British English
2583 Dawn Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
3638 An Outline Of Occult Science Rudolf Steiner 1910 Austrian German
3638 Ich Suchte Adam Herbert Wendt 1954 German German
4856 The Biology Of Human Behavior Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1970 German German
5476 Inherit The Stars James P. Hogan 1977 American English
6974 Origins Reconsidered Roger Lewin, Richard Leakey 1992 Multiple English
9720 No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop 1982 American English
10283 The Ascent Of Man Jacob Bronowski 1973 British English
11438 In the Shadow of Man Jane Goodall 1971 British English
13359 Andromeda Ivan Yefremov 1957 Russian Russian
13527 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon 1953 American English
13532 Noon, 22nd Century Arkady Strugatsky 1961 Russian Russian
14138 Hominids Robert J. Sawyer 2002 Canadian English
14831 Origin Story David Christian 2018 American English
14984 Born to Run Chris McDougall 2009 American English
14984 Eon Greg Bear 1985 American English
15899 Evolution Julian Huxley 1942 British English
17120 Ever Since Darwin Stephen Jay Gould 1977 American English
17120 2010 Arthur C. Clarke 1982 British English
17120 Bones Of Contention Roger Lewin 1987 British English
17120 The Wisdom Of Bones Alan Walker, Pat Shipman 1996 American English
17120 Ring Around The Sun Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
17120 The Panda's Thumb Stephen Jay Gould 1980 American English
17120 Dawn of Art Jean-Marie Chauvet 1995 French French
17120 The Roots Of Civilization Alexander Marshack 1972 American English
17120 The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil 2005 American English
17120 Dance Of The Tiger Bjorn Kurten 1980 Finnish English
17120 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
17120 The First Signs Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 Canadian English