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
12296 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12303 In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo, Frances Lee 2025 American English
12317 Replaceable You Mary Roach 2025 American English
12324 The Ant And The Peacock Helena Cronin 1991 British English
12324 Stalin And The Bomb David Holloway 1994 American English
12324 Huxley Adrian Desmond 1997 British English
12434 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12468 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12500 Come As You Are Emily Nagoski 2015 American English
12497 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12502 Signature In The Cell Stephen C. Meyer 2009 American English
12551 A World Without Summer Nicholas Day, Yas Imamura Unknown English
12586 Geeks Jon Katz 2000 American English
12586 The Ice Master Jennifer Niven 2000 American English
12603 Strata Laura Poppick 2025 Unknown English
12642 The Restless Clock Jessica Riskin 2016 American English
12655 The Butchering Art Lindsey Fitzharris 2017 British English
12653 On Muscle Bonnie Tsui 2025 American English
12678 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12696 No Filter Sarah Frier 2020 American English
12697 The Devil Reached Toward The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2025 American English
12713 The Feather Detective Chris Sweeney British English
12733 Space James A. Michener 1982 American English
12773 Children Of Radium Joe Dunthorne 2025 Welsh English
12780 The Forgotten Sense Jonas Olofsson 2025 Unknown English
12791 Turning To Birds Lili Taylor 2025 American English
12811 Tigers Between Empires Jonathan C. Slaght 2025 American English
12871 The Arrogant Ape Christine E. Webb 2025 Unknown English
12872 The Call Of The Honeyguide Rob Dunn 2025 American English
12888 Forest Euphoria Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian 2025 Unknown English
12922 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
12923 They Poisoned The World Mariah Blake 2025 American English
12957 The Age Of Diagnosis Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025 Irish English
12959 Ends Of The Earth Neil Shubin 2025 American English
12996 Gemini Jeffrey Kluger 2025 American English
13015 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13018 The Genius Myth Helen Lewis 2025 British English
13019 Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth 2025 Unknown English
13040 When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker 2025 American English
13041 Collisions Alec Nevala-Lee 2025 American English
13042 Fair Doses Seth Berkley 2025 American English
13043 Food Intelligence Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall 2025 Multiple English
13079 More Everything Forever Adam Becker 2025 American English
13081 Flashes Of Brilliance Anika Burgess 2025 Unknown English
13094 Dinner With King Tut Sam Kean 2025 American English
13097 How To Be Well Amy Larocca 2025 American English
13102 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13175 Vanished Sadiah Qureshi 2025 British English
13177 Our Brains, Our Selves Masud Husain 2025 British English
13178 Proto Laura Spinney 2025 British English
13179 Destroyer Of Worlds Frank Close 2025 British English
13211 Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik 2013 British English
13241 Poussières D'étoiles Hubert Reeves 1984 French French
13337 Rats Robert Sullivan 2004 American English
13337 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13359 An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen 1882 Norwegian Norwegian
13359 The Skylark Of Space Edward Elmer Smith 1928 American English
13359 The Amphibian Man Alexander Belyaev 1928 Russian Russian
13359 Andromeda Ivan Yefremov 1957 Russian Russian
13359 The Travels And Researches Of Alexander Von Humboldt William MacGillivray 1832 German English
13359 A System Of Logic John Stuart Mill 1843 American English
13359 Micromégas Voltaire 1752 French French
13503 Humanist Manifesto 2000 Paul Kurtz 1999 American English
13532 Noon, 22nd Century Arkady Strugatsky 1961 Russian Russian
13549 How To Be A Good Creature Sy Montgomery 2018 American English
13558 The Inverted World Christopher Priest 1974 British English
13596 Strangers And Brothers C. P. Snow 1940 British English
13738 The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling 1990 American English
13764 Anathem Neal Stephenson 2008 American English
13919 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 1965 Polish Polish
13923 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
14173 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
14323 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14347 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett 1996 American English
14410 The Man Who Fed The World Leon Hesser 2006 American English
14410 The Anti Death League Kingsley Amis 1966 British English
14431 American Innovations Rivka Galchen 2014 American English
14434 Einstein Walter Isaacson 2007 American English
14434 The Grid Phillip F. Schewe 2007 American English
14434 The Making Of A Tropical Disease Randall M. Packard 2007 American English
14434 Vaccine Arthur Allen 2007 American English
14434 The World Of Mathematics James R. Newman 1956 American English
14457 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks 2008 British English
14457 Tomorrow's Table Pamela C. Ronald 2008 American English
14492 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14498 The Hair Of The Dog Karl Sabbagh 2009 British English
14519 Where Good Ideas Come From Steven Johnson 2010 American English
14519 The Most Powerful Idea In The World William Rosen 2010 American English
14519 Xkcd Randall Munroe 2010 American English
14519 The Fever Sonia Shah 2010 American English
14553 For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin 2011 American English
14553 Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold 2011 American English
14553 The Magic Of Reality Richard Dawkins 2011 British English
14629 Making The Modern World Vaclav Smil 2013 Canadian English
14649 How Not To Be Wrong Jordan Ellenberg 2014 American English
14674 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14679 Thing Explainer Randall Munroe 2015 American English
14697 The Age Of American Unreason Susan Jacoby 2008 American English
14719 Almagest Ptolemy 150 Greek Greek
14730 The Territorial Imperative Robert Ardrey 1966 American English
14759 The Outline Of History H. G. Wells 1920 British English
14772 The Works of Archimedes Archimedes -287 Greek Ancient greek
14787 The Harmony of the Worlds Johannes Kepler 1619 German Latin
14787 An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings William Harvey 1628 British Latin
14787 The Chemical History Of A Candle Michael Faraday 1861 British English
14819 Logic And Knowledge Bertrand Russell 1956 British English