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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 806,790 ratings — published 2010
A Brief History of Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 480,645 ratings — published 1988
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,267,810 ratings — published 2011
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 207,874 ratings — published 2017
Cosmos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 159,358 ratings — published 1980
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 423,779 ratings — published 2003
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 241,004 ratings — published 2003
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 40,680 ratings — published 2018
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,265 ratings — published 1976
The Gene: An Intimate History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 55,976 ratings — published 2016
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 122,270 ratings — published 1859
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 196,308 ratings — published 2014
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 102,426 ratings — published 1999
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 121,791 ratings — published 1994
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.51 — 174,322 ratings — published 2013
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,616 ratings — published 1995
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,455 ratings — published 2010
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 15 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 56,373 ratings — published 2010
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 79,586 ratings — published 2014
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 114,706 ratings — published 2010
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 40,647 ratings — published 2004
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 51,422 ratings — published 2020
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 89,414 ratings — published 2015
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.60 — 40,808 ratings — published 2005
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 227,725 ratings — published 2017
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 31,839 ratings — published 2016
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 247,045 ratings — published 1985
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 60,373 ratings — published 2008
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 45,410 ratings — published 2001
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 210,560 ratings — published 2006
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 187,099 ratings — published 2016
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,247 ratings — published 2016
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 39,590 ratings — published 1994
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 52,665 ratings — published 1979
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 35,818 ratings — published 2022
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,077 ratings — published 2019
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 84,579 ratings — published 2018
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 99,900 ratings — published 2019
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 28,913 ratings — published 2008
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 591,318 ratings — published 2011
Lab Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 72,007 ratings — published 2016
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 51,799 ratings — published 2013
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 20,939 ratings — published 2011
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 32,097 ratings — published 2017
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 60,217 ratings — published 2015
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 37,274 ratings — published 2010
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 32,314 ratings — published 2006
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 203,521 ratings — published 2025
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
by (shelved 8 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,935 ratings — published 2020
Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as science-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,119 ratings — published 1962
