The Greatest Books of All Time on Science

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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
12297 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12304 In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo, Frances Lee 2025 American English
12319 Replaceable You Mary Roach 2025 American English
12326 The Ant And The Peacock Helena Cronin 1991 British English
12326 Stalin And The Bomb David Holloway 1994 American English
12326 Huxley Adrian Desmond 1997 British English
12436 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12470 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12502 Come As You Are Emily Nagoski 2015 American English
12499 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12504 Signature In The Cell Stephen C. Meyer 2009 American English
12553 A World Without Summer Nicholas Day, Yas Imamura Unknown English
12588 Geeks Jon Katz 2000 American English
12588 The Ice Master Jennifer Niven 2000 American English
12605 Strata Laura Poppick 2025 Unknown English
12644 The Restless Clock Jessica Riskin 2016 American English
12657 The Butchering Art Lindsey Fitzharris 2017 British English
12655 On Muscle Bonnie Tsui 2025 American English
12680 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12698 No Filter Sarah Frier 2020 American English
12699 The Devil Reached Toward The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2025 American English
12715 The Feather Detective Chris Sweeney British English
12735 Space James A. Michener 1982 American English
12775 Children Of Radium Joe Dunthorne 2025 Welsh English
12782 The Forgotten Sense Jonas Olofsson 2025 Unknown English
12793 Turning To Birds Lili Taylor 2025 American English
12813 Tigers Between Empires Jonathan C. Slaght 2025 American English
12873 The Arrogant Ape Christine E. Webb 2025 Unknown English
12874 The Call Of The Honeyguide Rob Dunn 2025 American English
12890 Forest Euphoria Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian 2025 Unknown English
12925 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
12926 They Poisoned The World Mariah Blake 2025 American English
12960 The Age Of Diagnosis Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025 Irish English
12962 Ends Of The Earth Neil Shubin 2025 American English
12999 Gemini Jeffrey Kluger 2025 American English
13018 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13021 The Genius Myth Helen Lewis 2025 British English
13022 Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth 2025 Unknown English
13043 When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker 2025 American English
13044 Collisions Alec Nevala-Lee 2025 American English
13045 Fair Doses Seth Berkley 2025 American English
13046 Food Intelligence Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall 2025 Multiple English
13082 More Everything Forever Adam Becker 2025 American English
13084 Flashes Of Brilliance Anika Burgess 2025 Unknown English
13097 Dinner With King Tut Sam Kean 2025 American English
13100 How To Be Well Amy Larocca 2025 American English
13105 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13178 Vanished Sadiah Qureshi 2025 British English
13180 Our Brains, Our Selves Masud Husain 2025 British English
13181 Proto Laura Spinney 2025 British English
13182 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13214 Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik 2013 British English
13244 Poussières D'étoiles Hubert Reeves 1984 French French
13340 Rats Robert Sullivan 2004 American English
13340 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13362 An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen 1882 Norwegian Norwegian
13362 The Skylark Of Space Edward Elmer Smith 1928 American English
13362 The Amphibian Man Alexander Belyaev 1928 Russian Russian
13362 Andromeda Ivan Yefremov 1957 Russian Russian
13362 The Travels And Researches Of Alexander Von Humboldt William MacGillivray 1832 German English
13362 A System Of Logic John Stuart Mill 1843 American English
13362 Micromégas Voltaire 1752 French French
13505 Humanist Manifesto 2000 Paul Kurtz 1999 American English
13533 Noon, 22nd Century Arkady Strugatsky 1961 Russian Russian
13550 How To Be A Good Creature Sy Montgomery 2018 American English
13559 The Inverted World Christopher Priest 1974 British English
13597 Strangers And Brothers C. P. Snow 1940 British English
13739 The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling 1990 American English
13765 Anathem Neal Stephenson 2008 American English
13920 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 1965 Polish Polish
13924 No Highway Nevil Shute 1948 British English
13937 What It Means To Be Human O. Carter Snead 2020 Unknown English
13962 Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer 2011 American English
13971 The Fated Sky Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
13971 Anthill E. O. Wilson 2010 American English
14051 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion 2014 Australian English
14112 Geography Ptolemy 150 Greek Greek
14138 They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton 1954 American English
14138 The Echo Wife Sarah Gailey 2021 American English
14174 Autobiography Bertrand Russell 1967 British English
14176 To Be A Machine Mark O'Connell 2017 Irish English
14207 Planet Of The Apes Pierre Boulle 1963 French French
14232 Quicksilver Neal Stephenson 2003 American English
14232 Copenhagen Michael Frayn 1998 British English
14228 Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien 1971 American English
14232 Neurotribes Steve Silberman 2015 American English
14324 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14348 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett 1996 American English
14411 The Man Who Fed The World Leon Hesser 2006 American English
14411 The Anti Death League Kingsley Amis 1966 British English
14432 American Innovations Rivka Galchen 2014 American English
14435 Einstein Walter Isaacson 2007 American English
14435 The Grid Phillip F. Schewe 2007 American English
14435 The Making Of A Tropical Disease Randall M. Packard 2007 American English
14435 Vaccine Arthur Allen 2007 American English
14435 The World Of Mathematics James R. Newman 1956 American English
14458 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks 2008 British English
14458 Tomorrow's Table Pamela C. Ronald 2008 American English
14493 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14499 The Hair Of The Dog Karl Sabbagh 2009 British English
14520 Where Good Ideas Come From Steven Johnson 2010 American English
14520 The Most Powerful Idea In The World William Rosen 2010 American English
14520 Xkcd Randall Munroe 2010 American English
14520 The Fever Sonia Shah 2010 American English
14554 For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin 2011 American English
14554 Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold 2011 American English
14554 The Magic Of Reality Richard Dawkins 2011 British English
14630 Making The Modern World Vaclav Smil 2013 Canadian English
14650 How Not To Be Wrong Jordan Ellenberg 2014 American English
14675 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14680 Thing Explainer Randall Munroe 2015 American English
14698 The Age Of American Unreason Susan Jacoby 2008 American English
14720 Almagest Ptolemy 150 Greek Greek
14732 The Territorial Imperative Robert Ardrey 1966 American English
14760 The Outline Of History H. G. Wells 1920 British English
14772 The Works of Archimedes Archimedes -287 Greek Ancient greek
14788 The Harmony of the Worlds Johannes Kepler 1619 German Latin
14788 An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings William Harvey 1628 British Latin
14788 The Chemical History Of A Candle Michael Faraday 1861 British English
14820 Logic And Knowledge Bertrand Russell 1956 British English