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
17163 Sing Like Fish Amorina Kingdon 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Impossible Man Patchen Barss 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17163 Undue Burden Shefali Luthra 2024 Unknown English
17163 Still As Bright Christopher Cokinos 2024 Unknown English
17163 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17163 I Cannot Control Everything Forever Emily C. Bloom 2024 Unknown English
17163 We Loved It All Lydia Millet 2024 American English
17163 The Myth Of Normal Gabor Maté 2023 Canadian English
17163 The Joy Of Movement Kelly McGonigal 2019 American English
17163 A Primate's Memoir Robert Sapolsky 2001 American English
17163 The Comfort Crisis Michael Easter 2021 American English
17163 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman 1995 American English
17163 The Unthinkable Amanda Ripley 2008 American English
17163 A Week To Be Wicked Tessa Dare 2012 American English
17163 The Hot Zone Richard Preston 1994 American English
17163 Never Cry Wolf Farley Mowat 1963 Canadian English
17163 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17163 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17163 A Woman Among Wolves Diane K. Boyd 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Last Of Its Kind Gísli Pálsson 2024 Icelandic English
17163 Schrodinger's Wife Pippa Goldschmidt 2024 Unknown English
17163 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17163 Quantum Drama Jim Baggott, John L. Heilbron 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Catalyst Thomas Cech 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Immune Mind Monty Lyman 2024 British English
17163 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17163 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17163 Tides Of Fire James Rollins 2023 American English
17163 The Demon Crown James Rollins 2017 American English
17163 The Devil Colony James Rollins 2011 American English
17163 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17163 Map Of Bones James Rollins 2005 American English
17163 Sandstorm James Rollins 2004 American English
17163 Orfeo Richard Powers 2014 American English
17163 The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers 1991 American English
17163 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17163 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17163 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17163 Kroz Carstvo Nauka Milutin Milanković 2004 Serbian Serbian
17163 Kroz Vasionu I Vekove Milutin Milanković 2002 Serbian Serbian
17163 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17163 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17163 Le Code De La Conscience Stanislas Dehaene 2014 French French
17163 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17163 The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil 2005 American English
17163 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
17163 The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore 1999 British English
17163 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17163 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17163 Keeping The Faith Brenda Wineapple 2024 Unknown English
17163 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17163 Finding The Mother Tree Suzanne Simard 2021 Canadian English
17163 Gathering Moss Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 American English
17163 Freethinkers Susan Jacoby 2004 American English
17163 Good Nature Kathy Willis 2024 Unknown English
17163 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17163 Why Ecosystems Matter Christopher Wills 2024 Unknown English
17163 Just Following Orders Emilie A. Caspar 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17163 Silk Roads Sue Brunning 2024 Unknown English
17163 Mapping The Deep Dawn J. Wright 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17163 Last Chance To See Douglas Adams 1989 British English
17163 Regenesis George Monbiot 2022 British English
17163 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17163 How Not To Age Michael Greger American Unknown
17163 Parallel Worlds Michio Kaku 2004 American English
17163 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17163 On Call Anthony Fauci 2024 Unknown English
17163 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17163 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17163 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Well Connected Animal Lee Alan Dugatkin 2024 Unknown English
17163 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17163 Kids’ Field Guide To Birds Daisy Yuhas 2024 Unknown English
17163 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17163 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17163 Attention Is Discovery Anna Von Mertens 2024 Unknown English
17163 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17163 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17163 The Confusion Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17163 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17163 Healing Back Pain John E. Sarno 1982 American English
17163 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17163 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17163 Dan Brown Omnibus Dan Brown 2004 American English
17163 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17163 Four Points Of The Compass Jerry Brotton 2024 Unknown English
17163 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17012 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17163 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17163 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
17163 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17163 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17163 Under Alien Skies Philip Plait 2023 Unknown English
17163 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17163 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17163 Servants Of The Map Andrea Barrett 2023 American English
17163 Just One Damned Thing After Another Jodi Taylor 2013 British English
17163 The Reanimator H. P. Lovecraft 1985 American English
17163 Los Alamos Joseph Kanon 1997 American English
17163 Insignificance Terry Johnson 1982 British English
17163 Lost In Time A.G. Riddle 2022 American English
17163 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17163 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein 1989 American English
17163 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17163 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17163 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17163 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17163 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17163 The Warped Side Of Our Universe Kip S. Thorne, Lia Halloran 2023 American English
17163 Grace In All Simplicity Chris Quigg, Robert Cahn 2023 Unknown English
17163 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English