The Greatest Unknown 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
8020 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
9194 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9630 The Less Noble Sex Nancy Tuana 1993 Unknown English
9640 Being There Andy Clark 1996 Unknown English
9683 Tropical Nature Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata 1984 Unknown English
9982 The Most Wanted Man In China Fang Lizhi 2016 Unknown English
10092 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10129 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10289 The Light Eaters Zoë Schlanger 2024 Unknown English
10299 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10380 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10556 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
10608 When It All Burns Jordan Thomas 2025 Unknown English
10639 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10646 The Abstract Wild Jack Turner 1996 Unknown English
10687 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10690 The Possibility Of Life Jaime Green 2023 Unknown English
10893 Everything Is Tuberculosis John Green 2025 Unknown English
10974 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11165 The Forbidden Garden Simon Parkin 2024 Unknown English
11195 Fox And I Catherine Raven 2021 Unknown English
11623 Where The Wild Things Were William Stolzenburg 2008 Unknown English
11663 American Eden Victoria Johnson 2018 Unknown English
11839 The Balance Of Nature John Kricher 2009 Unknown English
11842 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
12149 The Secret Family David Bodanis 1997 Unknown English
12161 Searches Vauhini Vara 2025 Unknown English
12297 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12436 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12554 A World Without Summer Nicholas Day, Yas Imamura Unknown English
12605 Strata Laura Poppick 2025 Unknown English
12782 The Forgotten Sense Jonas Olofsson 2025 Unknown English
12873 The Arrogant Ape Christine E. Webb 2025 Unknown English
12890 Forest Euphoria Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian 2025 Unknown English
12925 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
13018 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13022 Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth 2025 Unknown English
13084 Flashes Of Brilliance Anika Burgess 2025 Unknown English
13105 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13937 What It Means To Be Human O. Carter Snead 2020 Unknown English
14493 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14675 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14986 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
14986 Genentech Sally Smith Hughes 2009 Unknown English
14986 Eve Cat Bohannon 2023 Unknown English
15670 In The Valleys Of The Noble Beyond John Zada 2019 Unknown English
17172 Candy Experiments Loralee Leavitt 2013 Unknown English
17172 Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Jones 1991 Unknown English
17172 Martians Of Science Istvan Hargittai 2006 Unknown English
17172 The Philosophical Works Of Al Kindi Peter Adamson, Peter E. Pormann 2012 Unknown English
17172 How The World Made The West Josephine Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
17172 Madness Antonia Hylton 2024 Unknown English
17172 Into The Great Wide Ocean Sönke Johnsen 2024 Unknown English
17172 Countdown Sarah Scoles 2024 Unknown English
17172 Rat City Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden 2024 Unknown English
17172 Sharks Don't Sink Jasmin Graham 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 Unknown English
17172 Adventures In Volcanoland Tamsin Mather 2024 Unknown English
17172 Silk Aarathi Prasad 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Lost World Of The Dinosaurs Armin Schmitt 2024 Unknown English
17172 Superfoods, Silkworms, And Spandex Joe Schwarcz 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Story Of Nature Jeremy Mynott 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Unaccountability Machine Dan Davies 2024 Unknown English
17172 Burn Book Kara Swisher 2024 Unknown English
17172 Soil Camille T. Dungy 2023 Unknown English
17172 Deep Water James D. Bradley 2024 Unknown English
17172 Sing Like Fish Amorina Kingdon 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Impossible Man Patchen Barss 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17172 Undue Burden Shefali Luthra 2024 Unknown English
17172 Still As Bright Christopher Cokinos 2024 Unknown English
17172 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17172 I Cannot Control Everything Forever Emily C. Bloom 2024 Unknown English
17172 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17172 A Woman Among Wolves Diane K. Boyd 2024 Unknown English
17172 Schrodinger's Wife Pippa Goldschmidt 2024 Unknown English
17172 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17172 Quantum Drama Jim Baggott, John L. Heilbron 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Catalyst Thomas Cech 2024 Unknown English
17172 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17172 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17172 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17172 Keeping The Faith Brenda Wineapple 2024 Unknown English
17172 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17172 Good Nature Kathy Willis 2024 Unknown English
17172 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17172 Why Ecosystems Matter Christopher Wills 2024 Unknown English
17172 Just Following Orders Emilie A. Caspar 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17172 Silk Roads Sue Brunning 2024 Unknown English
17172 Mapping The Deep Dawn J. Wright 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17172 On Call Anthony Fauci 2024 Unknown English
17172 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17172 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17172 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Well Connected Animal Lee Alan Dugatkin 2024 Unknown English
17172 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17172 Kids’ Field Guide To Birds Daisy Yuhas 2024 Unknown English
17172 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17172 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17172 Attention Is Discovery Anna Von Mertens 2024 Unknown English
17172 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17172 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17172 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17172 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17172 Four Points Of The Compass Jerry Brotton 2024 Unknown English
17172 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17172 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17172 Under Alien Skies Philip Plait 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17172 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17172 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17172 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17172 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17172 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English