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
8019 The Story Of A Heart Rachel Clarke 2024 Unknown English
9191 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9627 The Less Noble Sex Nancy Tuana 1993 Unknown English
9637 Being There Andy Clark 1996 Unknown English
9679 Tropical Nature Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata 1984 Unknown English
9977 The Most Wanted Man In China Fang Lizhi 2016 Unknown English
10087 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10125 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10285 The Light Eaters Zoë Schlanger 2024 Unknown English
10295 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10376 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10553 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
10605 When It All Burns Jordan Thomas 2025 Unknown English
10635 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10642 The Abstract Wild Jack Turner 1996 Unknown English
10683 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10686 The Possibility Of Life Jaime Green 2023 Unknown English
10888 Everything Is Tuberculosis John Green 2025 Unknown English
10969 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11161 The Forbidden Garden Simon Parkin 2024 Unknown English
11191 Fox And I Catherine Raven 2021 Unknown English
11621 Where The Wild Things Were William Stolzenburg 2008 Unknown English
11661 American Eden Victoria Johnson 2018 Unknown English
11837 The Balance Of Nature John Kricher 2009 Unknown English
11840 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
12148 The Secret Family David Bodanis 1997 Unknown English
12160 Searches Vauhini Vara 2025 Unknown English
12296 The Martians David Baron 2025 Unknown English
12435 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12552 A World Without Summer Nicholas Day, Yas Imamura Unknown English
12604 Strata Laura Poppick 2025 Unknown English
12781 The Forgotten Sense Jonas Olofsson 2025 Unknown English
12872 The Arrogant Ape Christine E. Webb 2025 Unknown English
12889 Forest Euphoria Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian 2025 Unknown English
12923 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
13016 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13020 Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth 2025 Unknown English
13082 Flashes Of Brilliance Anika Burgess 2025 Unknown English
13103 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13937 What It Means To Be Human O. Carter Snead 2020 Unknown English
14492 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14674 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14984 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
14984 Genentech Sally Smith Hughes 2009 Unknown English
14984 Eve Cat Bohannon 2023 Unknown English
15663 In The Valleys Of The Noble Beyond John Zada 2019 Unknown English
17125 Candy Experiments Loralee Leavitt 2013 Unknown English
17125 Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Jones 1991 Unknown English
17125 Martians Of Science Istvan Hargittai 2006 Unknown English
17125 The Philosophical Works Of Al Kindi Peter Adamson, Peter E. Pormann 2012 Unknown English
17125 How The World Made The West Josephine Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
17125 Madness Antonia Hylton 2024 Unknown English
17125 Into The Great Wide Ocean Sönke Johnsen 2024 Unknown English
17125 Countdown Sarah Scoles 2024 Unknown English
17125 Rat City Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden 2024 Unknown English
17125 Sharks Don't Sink Jasmin Graham 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 Unknown English
17125 Adventures In Volcanoland Tamsin Mather 2024 Unknown English
17125 Silk Aarathi Prasad 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Lost World Of The Dinosaurs Armin Schmitt 2024 Unknown English
17125 Superfoods, Silkworms, And Spandex Joe Schwarcz 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Story Of Nature Jeremy Mynott 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Unaccountability Machine Dan Davies 2024 Unknown English
17125 Burn Book Kara Swisher 2024 Unknown English
17125 Soil Camille T. Dungy 2023 Unknown English
17125 Deep Water James D. Bradley 2024 Unknown English
17125 Sing Like Fish Amorina Kingdon 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Impossible Man Patchen Barss 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Garden Against Time Olivia Laing 2024 Unknown English
17125 Undue Burden Shefali Luthra 2024 Unknown English
17125 Still As Bright Christopher Cokinos 2024 Unknown English
17125 What The Wild Sea Can Be Helen Scales 2024 Unknown English
17125 I Cannot Control Everything Forever Emily C. Bloom 2024 Unknown English
17125 Living On Earth Peter Godfrey-Smith 2024 Unknown English
17125 A Woman Among Wolves Diane K. Boyd 2024 Unknown English
17125 Schrodinger's Wife Pippa Goldschmidt 2024 Unknown English
17125 Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 Unknown English
17125 Quantum Drama Jim Baggott, John L. Heilbron 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Catalyst Thomas Cech 2024 Unknown English
17125 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17125 Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie 2024 Unknown English
17125 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17125 Keeping The Faith Brenda Wineapple 2024 Unknown English
17125 What If We Get It Right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2024 Unknown English
17125 Good Nature Kathy Willis 2024 Unknown English
17125 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17125 Why Ecosystems Matter Christopher Wills 2024 Unknown English
17125 Just Following Orders Emilie A. Caspar 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17125 Silk Roads Sue Brunning 2024 Unknown English
17125 Mapping The Deep Dawn J. Wright 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17125 On Call Anthony Fauci 2024 Unknown English
17125 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17125 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17125 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Well Connected Animal Lee Alan Dugatkin 2024 Unknown English
17125 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17125 Kids’ Field Guide To Birds Daisy Yuhas 2024 Unknown English
17125 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17125 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17125 Attention Is Discovery Anna Von Mertens 2024 Unknown English
17125 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17125 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17125 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17125 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17125 Four Points Of The Compass Jerry Brotton 2024 Unknown English
17125 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17125 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17125 Under Alien Skies Philip Plait 2023 Unknown English
17125 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17125 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17125 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17125 Perfectly Good Food Irene Li, Margaret Li 2023 Unknown English
17125 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17125 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17125 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English