4.14 avg rating — 13,760 ratings

"Luis mentioned this in the introduction thread, and it's a pretty good intro to evolutionary concepts packaged with Nye's folksy charm. "

4.29 avg rating — 8,660 ratings

"If you're curious about biogeography and want more, David Quammen also wrote about that! One of the major sections talks about Wallace and his adventures in the Malay Archipelago. "

3.97 avg rating — 2,700 ratings

"Several people had questions about Charles Darwin in week 2; this is a pretty comprehensive biography of the man and the long writing/publishing road to Origin. "

3.95 avg rating — 104 ratings

"It only seems fair to include an Alfred Russel Wallace biography if we have one on Chucky D. "

3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings

"You can also read the autobiographies of both. "

3.84 avg rating — 3,225 ratings

4.06 avg rating — 28,009 ratings

"Kind of old because it was first published in 2000, but Matt Ridley investigates all the things we can learn from the genome and where we might go in the future (and where we shouldn't). "

3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings

"Some were curious about how knowing the genome can affect health. Lee Gutkind investigates the current state of personalized medicine. "

4.17 avg rating — 9,927 ratings

"A popular science book on Rosemary & Peter Grant's work on the Galapagos finches. "