Science and Nature Books
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.12 — 736,577 ratings — published 2010
by (shelved 57 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.12 — 736,577 ratings — published 2010
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.21 — 432,972 ratings — published 1988
by (shelved 45 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.21 — 432,972 ratings — published 1988
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.15 — 71,245 ratings — published 2014
by (shelved 43 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.15 — 71,245 ratings — published 2014
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.21 — 386,852 ratings — published 2003
by (shelved 42 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.21 — 386,852 ratings — published 2003
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.07 — 74,764 ratings — published 2015
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.07 — 74,764 ratings — published 2015
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.08 — 179,787 ratings — published 2017
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.08 — 179,787 ratings — published 2017
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.54 — 118,403 ratings — published 2013
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.54 — 118,403 ratings — published 2013
The Soul of an Octopus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.93 — 49,065 ratings — published 2015
by (shelved 39 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.93 — 49,065 ratings — published 2015
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.01 — 114,717 ratings — published 1859
by (shelved 37 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.01 — 114,717 ratings — published 1859
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.36 — 35,656 ratings — published 2020
by (shelved 36 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.36 — 35,656 ratings — published 2020
Lab Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.98 — 67,822 ratings — published 2016
by (shelved 35 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.98 — 67,822 ratings — published 2016
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,032,274 ratings — published 2011
by (shelved 35 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,032,274 ratings — published 2011
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.04 — 411,474 ratings — published 1997
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.04 — 411,474 ratings — published 1997
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.18 — 26,468 ratings — published 2016
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.18 — 26,468 ratings — published 2016
Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.03 — 48,149 ratings — published 1962
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.03 — 48,149 ratings — published 1962
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 219,545 ratings — published 2003
by (shelved 30 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 219,545 ratings — published 2003
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.39 — 146,508 ratings — published 1980
by (shelved 29 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.39 — 146,508 ratings — published 1980
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 410,372 ratings — published 1998
by (shelved 29 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 410,372 ratings — published 1998
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.20 — 31,457 ratings — published 2018
by (shelved 28 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.20 — 31,457 ratings — published 2018
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.31 — 25,358 ratings — published 2015
by (shelved 28 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.31 — 25,358 ratings — published 2015
Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.23 — 17,700 ratings — published 2019
by (shelved 25 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.23 — 17,700 ratings — published 2019
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.33 — 102,752 ratings — published 2010
by (shelved 25 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.33 — 102,752 ratings — published 2010
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,564 ratings — published 2003
by (shelved 25 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,564 ratings — published 2003
The Genius of Birds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,627 ratings — published 2016
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,627 ratings — published 2016
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.81 — 41,821 ratings — published 2007
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.81 — 41,821 ratings — published 2007
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.98 — 71,287 ratings — published 1995
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.98 — 71,287 ratings — published 1995
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,613 ratings — published 1976
by (shelved 24 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.15 — 178,613 ratings — published 1976
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.47 — 22,683 ratings — published 2022
by (shelved 23 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.47 — 22,683 ratings — published 2022
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,780 ratings — published 2010
by (shelved 23 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,780 ratings — published 2010
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.03 — 26,290 ratings — published 2008
by (shelved 23 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.03 — 26,290 ratings — published 2008
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.88 — 23,294 ratings — published 2016
by (shelved 22 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.88 — 23,294 ratings — published 2016
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.14 — 176,563 ratings — published 2014
by (shelved 22 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.14 — 176,563 ratings — published 2014
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.84 — 24,315 ratings — published 2021
by (shelved 21 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.84 — 24,315 ratings — published 2021
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.38 — 186,755 ratings — published 2017
by (shelved 21 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.38 — 186,755 ratings — published 2017
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.93 — 51,477 ratings — published 2010
by (shelved 21 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.93 — 51,477 ratings — published 2010
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.09 — 27,153 ratings — published 1974
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.09 — 27,153 ratings — published 1974
H is for Hawk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.74 — 74,080 ratings — published 2014
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.74 — 74,080 ratings — published 2014
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.30 — 32,296 ratings — published 1949
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.30 — 32,296 ratings — published 1949
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 222,114 ratings — published 1985
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 222,114 ratings — published 1985
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 56,426 ratings — published 2002
by (shelved 20 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.06 — 56,426 ratings — published 2002
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.85 — 58,265 ratings — published 2008
by (shelved 19 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.85 — 58,265 ratings — published 2008
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.28 — 8,340 ratings — published 1996
by (shelved 19 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.28 — 8,340 ratings — published 1996
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.29 — 73,626 ratings — published 1996
by (shelved 19 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.29 — 73,626 ratings — published 1996
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,761 ratings — published 2021
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,761 ratings — published 2021
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,965 ratings — published 2019
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,965 ratings — published 2019
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.32 — 83,076 ratings — published 2019
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.32 — 83,076 ratings — published 2019
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.41 — 23,380 ratings — published 2017
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.41 — 23,380 ratings — published 2017
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.42 — 18,691 ratings — published 2012
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.42 — 18,691 ratings — published 2012
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.09 — 97,825 ratings — published 1999
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.09 — 97,825 ratings — published 1999
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.27 — 201,574 ratings — published 1985
by (shelved 18 times as science-and-nature)
avg rating 4.27 — 201,574 ratings — published 1985
“The uncanny manifestation of particles and waves, giving this cosmos its beauty”
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