The Greatest Books of All Time on Scientists

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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
218 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
1486 Locus Solus Raymond Roussel 1914 French French
1802 Kallocain Karin Boye 1940 Swedish Swedish
1973 The Invisible Man H. G. Wells 1897 British English
2673 Microbe Hunters Paul de Kruif 1926 American English
4533 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
4674 The Time of Our Singing Richard Powers 2003 American English
10400 Oh Pure And Radiant Heart Lydia Millet 2005 American English
14347 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett 1996 American English
17114 The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846-1876 Robert V. Bruce 1987 American English
17114 Hopeful Monsters Nicholas Mosley 1990 British English
17114 Exploration and Empire William H. Goetzmann 1966 American English
17114 The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh 1995 Indian English
17114 The Age Of Entanglement Louisa Gilder 2009 American English
17114 Only The Longest Threads Tasneem Zehra Husain 2014 Pakistani English
17114 Most Wanted Particle Jon Butterworth 2015 British English
17114 Heisenberg's War Thomas Powers 1993 American English
17114 The Darwin Wars Andrew Brown 1999 British English