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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 437,296 ratings — published 2003
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,488 ratings — published 1995
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 201,775 ratings — published 2014
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 495,050 ratings — published 1988
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.40 — 164,251 ratings — published 1980
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 42,394 ratings — published 1987
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,335,926 ratings — published 2011
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,239 ratings — published 1962
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 198,478 ratings — published 1976
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.26 — 224,297 ratings — published 1985
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 58,367 ratings — published 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 831,575 ratings — published 2010
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,587 ratings — published 1986
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.36 — 239,823 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 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.92 — 58,255 ratings — published 2010
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 249,950 ratings — published 2003
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 27,876 ratings — published 2011
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 474,683 ratings — published 1997
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 124,894 ratings — published 1859
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.28 — 54,135 ratings — published 1979
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.33 — 40,981 ratings — published 1994
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,994 ratings — published 2007
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 296,871 ratings — published 2015
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 82,430 ratings — published 2014
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.97 — 53,174 ratings — published 2012
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,572 ratings — published 2010
Bad Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 45,503 ratings — published 2008
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.08 — 217,843 ratings — published 2017
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.37 — 34,723 ratings — published 2017
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 118,950 ratings — published 2010
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,309 ratings — published 1995
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 104,375 ratings — published 1999
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 18,085 ratings — published 1997
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,421 ratings — published 2011
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 105,437 ratings — published 2019
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 93,763 ratings — published 2015
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,177 ratings — published 2015
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 620,016 ratings — published 2011
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,664 ratings — published 1999
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,886 ratings — published 1977
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 29,108 ratings — published 1991
Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,799 ratings — published 2017
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,623 ratings — published 2016
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.16 — 57,156 ratings — published 2009
The Grand Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 78,783 ratings — published 2010
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.95 — 25,033 ratings — published 2008
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 3.60 — 41,522 ratings — published 2005
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,861 ratings — published 2006
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 11,603 ratings — published 2000
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as general-science)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,454 ratings — published 1916