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
17119 The Impossible Man Patchen Barss 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17119 Undue Burden Shefali Luthra 2024 Unknown English
17119 Still As Bright Christopher Cokinos 2024 Unknown English
17119 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17119 I Cannot Control Everything Forever Emily C. Bloom 2024 Unknown English
17119 We Loved It All Lydia Millet 2024 American English
17119 The Myth Of Normal Gabor Maté 2023 Canadian English
17119 The Joy Of Movement Kelly McGonigal 2019 American English
17119 A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky 2001 American English
17119 The Comfort Crisis Michael Easter 2021 American English
17119 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman 1995 American English
17119 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17119 A Week To Be Wicked Tessa Dare 2012 American English
17119 The Hot Zone Richard Preston 1994 American English
17119 Never Cry Wolf Farley Mowat 1963 Canadian English
17119 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17119 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17119 A Woman Among Wolves Diane K. Boyd 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Last Of Its Kind Gísli Pálsson 2024 Icelandic English
17119 Schrodinger's Wife Pippa Goldschmidt 2024 Unknown English
17119 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17119 Quantum Drama Jim Baggott, John L. Heilbron 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Catalyst Thomas Cech 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Immune Mind Monty Lyman 2024 British English
17119 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17119 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17119 Tides Of Fire James Rollins 2023 American English
17119 The Demon Crown James Rollins 2017 American English
17119 The Devil Colony James Rollins 2011 American English
17119 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17119 Map Of Bones James Rollins 2005 American English
17119 Sandstorm James Rollins 2004 American English
17119 Orfeo Richard Powers 2014 American English
17119 The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers 1991 American English
17119 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17119 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17119 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17119 Kroz Carstvo Nauka Milutin Milanković 2004 Serbian Serbian
17119 Kroz Vasionu I Vekove Milutin Milanković 2002 Serbian Serbian
17119 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17119 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17119 Le Code De La Conscience Stanislas Dehaene 2014 French French
17119 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17119 The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil 2005 American English
17119 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
17119 The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore 1999 British English
17119 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17119 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17119 Keeping The Faith Brenda Wineapple 2024 Unknown English
17119 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17119 Finding The Mother Tree Suzanne Simard 2021 Canadian English
17119 Gathering Moss Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 American English
17119 Freethinkers Susan Jacoby 2004 American English
17119 Good Nature Kathy Willis 2024 Unknown English
17119 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17119 Why Ecosystems Matter Christopher Wills 2024 Unknown English
17119 Just Following Orders Emilie A. Caspar 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17119 Silk Roads Sue Brunning 2024 Unknown English
17119 Mapping The Deep Dawn J. Wright 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17119 Last Chance To See Douglas Adams 1989 British English
17119 Regenesis George Monbiot 2022 British English
17119 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17119 How Not To Age Michael Greger American Unknown
17119 Parallel Worlds Michio Kaku 2004 American English
17119 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17119 On Call Anthony Fauci 2024 Unknown English
17119 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17119 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17119 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Well Connected Animal Lee Alan Dugatkin 2024 Unknown English
17119 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17119 Kids’ Field Guide To Birds Daisy Yuhas 2024 Unknown English
17119 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17119 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17119 Attention Is Discovery Anna Von Mertens 2024 Unknown English
17119 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17119 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17119 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17119 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17119 Healing Back Pain John E. Sarno 1982 American English
17119 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17119 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17119 Dan Brown Omnibus Dan Brown 2004 American English
17119 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17119 Four Points Of The Compass Jerry Brotton 2024 Unknown English
17119 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
16974 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17119 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17119 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
17119 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17119 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17119 Under Alien Skies Philip Plait 2023 Unknown English
17119 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17119 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17119 Servants Of The Map Andrea Barrett 2023 American English
17119 Just One Damned Thing After Another Jodi Taylor 2013 British English
17119 The Reanimator H. P. Lovecraft 1985 American English
17119 Los Alamos Joseph Kanon 1997 American English
17119 Insignificance Terry Johnson 1982 British English
17119 Lost In Time A.G. Riddle 2022 American English
17119 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17119 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein 1989 American English
17119 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17119 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17119 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17119 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17119 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17119 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English
17119 Grace In All Simplicity Chris Quigg, Robert Cahn 2023 Unknown English
17119 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17119 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English