The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
452 books — 306 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
409 books — 493 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanQuiet by Susan Cain
Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
1,210 books — 961 voters
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterThe Ego Tunnel by Thomas MetzingerNineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick  HouseHow to Create a Mind by Ray KurzweilThe Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Philosophy of Mind
209 books — 105 voters

Alien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerThe End of Everything by Katie  MackThe Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinA Big Bang in a Little Room by Zeeya MeraliExistential Physics by Sabine Hossenfelder
Physics and Astronomy Books by Women
74 books — 7 voters
Mind by John Rogers SearleThe Neural Basis of Free Will by Peter TseThe Mechanical Mind by Tim CraneFrom Axons to Identity by Todd E. Feinberg MDNeurophilosophy by Patricia S. Churchland
What is Neurophilosophy?
35 books — 17 voters

Behavioral Genetics by Valerie S. KnopikIntroducing Epigenetics by Cath EnnisBlood Matters by Masha GessenBlueprint by Robert PlominLamarck's Revenge by Peter D. Ward
Behavioral Genetics
21 books — 4 voters
Idiot Brain by Dean BurnettHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerQuiet by Susan CainThe Brain by David EaglemanThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Explaining the Mind
152 books — 56 voters

A Mortal Song by Megan CreweDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThese Violent Delights by Chloe GongInk by Amanda SunWicked Fox by Kat Cho
YA Fantasy not set in US/UK
124 books — 90 voters
The Dragon Republic by R.F. KuangStorm of Locusts by Rebecca RoanhorseGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-GarciaBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesJade War by Fonda Lee
2019 Adult SFF by Authors of Color
60 books — 122 voters


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