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The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 198,921 ratings — published 1976
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 279 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.34 — 58,628 ratings — published 2016
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 187 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,736 ratings — published 1999
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.02 — 12,739 ratings — published 2016
The Epigenetics Revolution (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 116 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,582 ratings — published 2011
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,717 ratings — published 2018
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,446 ratings — published 2018
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 834,432 ratings — published 2010
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,747 ratings — published 2001
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.27 — 43,202 ratings — published 2021
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,743 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 — 11,169 ratings — published 2012
The Double Helix (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,451 ratings — published 1968
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
by (shelved 60 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,758 ratings — published 1982
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.01 — 610,904 ratings — published 2013
Next (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.54 — 78,853 ratings — published 2006
Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,276 ratings — published 2003
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,647 ratings — published 1986
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,886 ratings — published 2019
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,431 ratings — published 2018
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.34 — 119,292 ratings — published 2010
DNA: The Secret of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,849 ratings — published 2002
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,010 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,341,230 ratings — published 2011
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by (shelved 35 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,871 ratings — published 2020
The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,881 ratings — published 2009
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.16 — 57,205 ratings — published 2009
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.04 — 30,313 ratings — published 2008
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.05 — 17,495 ratings — published 1993
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,396 ratings — published 2022
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 — 1,661 ratings — published 2014
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,865 ratings — published 2020
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,538 ratings — published 2014
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,185 ratings — published 2006
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,648 ratings — published 2002
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,646 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 Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 29,107 ratings — published 2004
Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,124 ratings — published 2015
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,230 ratings — published 2006
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,660 ratings — published 2021
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,598 ratings — published 2014
Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,069 ratings — published 2002
Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.89 — 710 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 — 971 ratings — published 2021
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,734 ratings — published 2018
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.01 — 125,180 ratings — published 1859
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,815 ratings — published 2005
Upgrade (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as genetics)
avg rating 3.80 — 132,117 ratings — published 2022
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as genetics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,107,097 ratings — published 1990
“I have all these great genes, but they're recessive. That's the problem here.”
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
“Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. . . .”
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