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The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 272 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.35 — 56,000 ratings — published 2016
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 272 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,280 ratings — published 1976
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,072 ratings — published 1999
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,128 ratings — published 2016
The Epigenetics Revolution (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 113 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,457 ratings — published 2011
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,376 ratings — published 2018
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,097 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.13 — 806,945 ratings — published 2010
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,641 ratings — published 2001
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.28 — 41,340 ratings — published 2021
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,508 ratings — published 2017
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 77 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.01 — 10,865 ratings — published 2012
The Double Helix (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.84 — 20,082 ratings — published 1968
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
by (shelved 61 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,599 ratings — published 1982
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.01 — 595,825 ratings — published 2013
Next (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.54 — 77,442 ratings — published 2006
Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,252 ratings — published 2003
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,832 ratings — published 1986
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,798 ratings — published 2019
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,323 ratings — published 2018
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.34 — 114,723 ratings — published 2010
DNA: The Secret of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,831 ratings — published 2002
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,960 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,268,262 ratings — published 2011
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.16 — 56,204 ratings — published 2009
The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,644 ratings — published 2014
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.04 — 28,919 ratings — published 2008
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.05 — 17,327 ratings — published 1993
The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,854 ratings — published 2009
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,277 ratings — published 2022
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by (shelved 31 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,676 ratings — published 2020
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,723 ratings — published 2020
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,045 ratings — published 2013
DNA USA: A Genetic Biography of America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.54 — 755 ratings — published 2011
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,619 ratings — published 2002
Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,102 ratings — published 2015
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,443 ratings — published 2014
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,170 ratings — published 2006
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 28,734 ratings — published 2004
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,191 ratings — published 2006
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,561 ratings — published 2021
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,568 ratings — published 2014
Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,061 ratings — published 2002
Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.88 — 704 ratings — published 2006
The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.24 — 914 ratings — published 2021
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.01 — 122,279 ratings — published 1859
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives—and Our Lives Change Our Genes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,738 ratings — published 2014
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,568 ratings — published 2018
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,758 ratings — published 2005
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,745 ratings — published 2005
“I've always been a pretty good researcher," said Bronwyn modestly.
Oh, so that we share, thought Myfanwy, but you didn't inherit the power to make people shit themselves. You've got to love the randomness of genetics.”
― The Rook
Oh, so that we share, thought Myfanwy, but you didn't inherit the power to make people shit themselves. You've got to love the randomness of genetics.”
― The Rook
“Longevity-and sanity. Eccentric old ladies on Harleys I can deal with.”
― The English American
― The English American
