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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of ScienceAndrea Wulf201536 pts3 wins6 listsKnopfBiographyNatural History & Animals+3
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around UsEd Yong202332 pts2 wins5 listsRandom HouseScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryElizabeth Kolbert201432 pts2 wins5 listsHenry HoltNature & EnvironmentClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
The Making of the Atomic BombRichard Rhodes198630 pts3 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryScience & Discovery
The Information: A History, a Theory, a FloodJames Gleick201130 pts3 wins6 listsFourth EstateHistoryScience & Discovery+1
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812Winthrop D. Jordan196828 pts4 wins4 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+3
Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920George F. Kennan195728 pts3 wins4 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryScience & Discovery
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for MenCaroline Criado-Perez201928 pts2 wins5 listsChatto & WindusGender & SexualityScience & Discovery+1
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of CancerSiddhartha Mukherjee201128 pts2 wins7 listsScribnerMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of ScienceRichard Holmes200826 pts2 wins4 listsHarperCollinsScienceScience & Discovery
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin200524 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesJared Diamond199824 pts3 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryScience & Discovery+2
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden BraidDouglas Hofstadter197924 pts2 wins3 listsBasic BooksScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of AmericaEliza Griswold201922 pts2 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Beak of the Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our TimeJonathan Weiner199520 pts2 wins2 listsKnopfScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Toms River: A Story of Science and SalvationDan Fagin201318 pts3 wins3 listsBantam BooksMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday MachineMichael Lewis200918 pts2 wins3 listsPenguin BooksBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams DeferredChanda Prescod-Weinstein202116 pts2 wins3 listsBold Type BooksScienceBlack History & Culture+3
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and WorstRobert Sapolsky201716 pts2 wins3 listsPenguin PressScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early RepublicVictoria Johnson201916 pts0 wins4 listsLiverightBiographyNatural History & Animals+2
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family SecretsLuke Dittrich201614 pts2 wins2 listsRandom HouseScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the AtomGraham Farmelo200914 pts2 wins2 listsFaber & FaberBiographyMental Health & Psychology+2
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith202314 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear DisasterAdam Higginbotham202014 pts1 wins2 listsHenry Holt and CompanyHistoryScience & Discovery+1
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of MindEric R. Kandel200514 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonScienceMental Health & Psychology+2
Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860Michael O’Brien200414 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the SkiesRichard Hamblyn200114 pts1 wins2 listsPicadorScienceScience & Discovery
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and LoveDava Sobel199914 pts1 wins2 listsFourth EstateBiographyScience & Discovery+2
...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space AgeWalter A. McDougall198514 pts1 wins2 listsBasic BooksHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology WatcherLewis Thomas198014 pts1 wins2 listsVikingScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human IntelligenceCarl Sagan197714 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseScienceScience & Discovery
So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and EventsRené Dubos196814 pts1 wins2 listsScribnerNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery
Disappearing through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth CenturyO. B. Hardison, Jr.199014 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureScience & Discovery+2
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America and the Making of a CrisisJonathan Blitzer202514 pts2 wins4 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered MindsCordelia Fine201712 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonGender & SexualityGender & Feminism+1
Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the DroneScott Shane201512 pts1 wins2 listsCrownPolitics & GovernmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNABrenda Maddox200212 pts1 wins2 listsHarperCollinsBiographyTechnology, Computing & Ai+1
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug BoomKatherine Eban201912 pts2 wins3 listsEccoMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksRebecca Skloot201012 pts2 wins3 listsCrownMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+1
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersMatt Ridley199912 pts0 wins3 listsHarperCollinsScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard FeynmanJames Gleick199212 pts0 wins3 listsLittle, BrownBiographyScience & Discovery+1
Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist's Patients Taught Him About the BrainMasud Husain202510 pts1 wins1 listsCanongateScienceGender & Feminism+2
Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest TruthsEugenia Cheng202310 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Right Kind of Wrong: Why learning to fail can teach us to thriveAmy Edmondson202310 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea CreaturesSabrina Imbler202210 pts1 wins1 listsBack Bay BooksNature & EnvironmentMedicine, Health & the Body+1
Explaining HumansCamilla Pang202010 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksScienceFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
The Smallest Lights in the UniverseSara Seager202010 pts1 wins1 listsCrownScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+1
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage BrainSarah-Jayne Blakemore201810 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsScienceTravel, Exploration & Place+1
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking IdentityKwame Anthony Appiah201810 pts1 wins1 listsLiverightRace & EthnicityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?Alan Weisman201310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+2
Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made WorldMark Miodownik201310 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksScienceDisability & Difference+3
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural HistoryFlorence Williams201210 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceScience & Discovery+2
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic GeniusSylvia Nasar201110 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterBusiness & EconomicsTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of KindnessOren Harman201110 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyScience & Discovery
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman TownMary Beard201010 pts1 wins1 listsProfile BooksHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of CanadaAllan Casey200910 pts1 wins1 listsGreystone BooksTravel & PlaceScience & Discovery+3
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter PlanetMark Lynas200810 pts1 wins1 listsFourth EstateNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+2
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum MechanicsLeonard Susskind200810 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownScienceScience & Discovery
I Am a Strange LoopDouglas Hofstadter200710 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+1
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground RailroadKarolyn Smardz Frost200710 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern WorldDavid Bodanis200310 pts1 wins1 listsCrownScienceScience & Discovery+3
Protecting America’s Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of RegulationPhilip J. Hilts200310 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfMedicine & Public HealthPublic Health Systems+2
The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717Alan Gallay200210 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Transformations of Love: The Friendship of John Evelyn and Margaret GodolphinFrances Harris200210 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressBiographyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Notes from the Hyena's BellyNega Mezlekia200010 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressMemoir & AutobiographyEducation & Universities+3
The Universe in a NutshellStephen Hawking200010 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceIntellectual History & Ideas+1
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to HiroshimaDiana Preston199810 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and CommerceDouglas Starr199810 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfMedicine & Public HealthPublic Health Systems+2
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkCarl Sagan199710 pts1 wins1 listsBallantine BooksScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Aftermath: The Remnants of WarDonovan Webster199610 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksWar & MilitaryWorld War I+3
The Wisdom of BonesAlan Walker, Pat Shipman199610 pts1 wins1 listsTrafalgar Square PublishingScienceScience & Discovery
The Consumer’s Good Chemical GuideJohn Emsley199410 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressScienceDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology -- and How It Is Changing Our WorldDaniel McNeill, Paul Freiberger199310 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterTechnologyScience & Discovery+2
Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into a Civil War Slave ConspiracyWinthrop D. Jordan199310 pts1 wins1 listsLSU PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
The Making of MemorySteven Rose199210 pts1 wins1 listsTransworldScienceDeath, Memory & Commemoration+1
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human AnimalJared Diamond199210 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceScience & Discovery+2
The Rise and Fall of the Third ChimpanzeeJared Diamond199110 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksScienceNatural History & Animals+2
The Truth About ChernobylGrigori Medvedev199110 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk VaccineJane S. Smith199010 pts1 wins1 listsAnchorMedicine & Public HealthPublic Health Systems+2
Peacemaking Among PrimatesFrans de Waal199010 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
The Emperor's New MindRoger Penrose198910 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksScienceIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876Robert V. Bruce198710 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
"Subtle is the Lord ...": The Science and the Life of Albert EinsteinAbraham Pais198210 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Lucy: The Beginnings of HumankindDonald C. Johanson, Maitland A. Edey198110 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterScienceScience & Discovery
Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for NonscientistsFred Alan Wolf198110 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+1
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections on Natural HistoryStephen Jay Gould198010 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+1
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New PhysicsGary Zukav197910 pts1 wins1 listsFlamingoScienceMental Health & Psychology+1
The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An InterpretationRobert Evans197910 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813Simon Schama197710 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
A History of Building TypesNikolaus Pevsner197610 pts1 wins1 listsThames & HudsonSociety & CultureEurope & Russia+1
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century EnglandKeith Thomas197110 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonReligionReligion & Religious Movements+2
The European Discovery of America: The Northern VoyagesSamuel Eliot Morison197110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Science in the British Colonies of AmericaRaymond Phineas Stearns197010 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Illinois PressScienceScience & Discovery
Castlereagh and Adams; England and the United States, 1812-1823Bradford Perkins196410 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1932-1940William E. Leuchtenburg196310 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsHistoryLabor, Work & Organizing+3
The World Was My Garden: Travels of a Plant ExplorerDavid Fairchild193810 pts1 wins1 listsBanyan BooksNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery
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