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Best Books About Evolution and Biology: Essential Popular Science

The best books about evolution and biology — from The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker to The Gene and The Emperor of All Maladies. Essential popular science.

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Best Books About Health: Essential Reading List

The best books about health — from Why We Sleep and Outlive to Being Mortal and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Science-based books that change how you understand your body.

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Best Books About Space: Essential Reading List

The best books about space — from A Brief History of Time and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry to Pale Blue Dot and The Elegant Universe. Space science at its most compelling.

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Best Novels About Science and Scientists: Fiction That Thinks Like a Scientist

The best novels about science and scientists — from Frankenstein to The Martian to The Overstory. Fiction that puts scientific thinking at the centre of the story.

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Best Popular Science Books for Beginners: Start Here

The best popular science books for beginners — from A Brief History of Time and The Selfish Gene to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Sapiens. Start here.

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Best Popular Science Books: Essential Reading List

The best popular science books — from A Brief History of Time and The Selfish Gene to The Emperor of All Maladies and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Science explained beautifully.

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Where to Start with Anthony Doerr: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Anthony Doerr — whether to begin with All the Light We Cannot See, Cloud Cuckoo Land, or About Grace. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Atul Gawande: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Atul Gawande — whether to begin with Being Mortal, The Checklist Manifesto, or Complications. A complete reading guide to the surgeon-writer.

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Where to Start with Carl Sagan: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Carl Sagan — whether to begin with Cosmos, Pale Blue Dot, or The Demon-Haunted World. A complete reading guide to the astronomer and science communicator.

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Where to Start with Daniel Kahneman: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Daniel Kahneman — whether to begin with Thinking, Fast and Slow or Noise. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winning behavioural economist.

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Where to Start with Jared Diamond: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Jared Diamond — whether to begin with Guns, Germs, and Steel or Collapse. A complete reading guide to the Pulitzer-winning evolutionary biologist.

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Where to Start with Mary Roach: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Mary Roach — whether to begin with Stiff, Gulp, Grunt, or Packing for Mars. A complete reading guide to the science humorist.

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Where to Start with Michael Pollan: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Michael Pollan — whether to begin with The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, or How to Change Your Mind. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Richard Dawkins: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Richard Dawkins — whether to begin with The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, or The God Delusion. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Siddhartha Mukherjee: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Siddhartha Mukherjee — whether to begin with The Emperor of All Maladies, The Gene, or The Song of the Cell. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Stephen Hawking: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Stephen Hawking — whether to begin with A Brief History of Time, The Grand Design, or Brief Answers to the Big Questions. A complete guide.

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Where to Start with Steven Pinker: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Steven Pinker — whether to begin with The Better Angels of Our Nature, Enlightenment Now, or The Language Instinct. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Walter Isaacson: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Walter Isaacson — whether to begin with Steve Jobs, Einstein, or Leonardo da Vinci. A complete reading guide to the master biographer.

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Where to Start with Yuval Noah Harari: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Yuval Noah Harari — whether to begin with Sapiens, Homo Deus, or 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. A complete reading guide to the bestselling historian.

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Best Nonfiction Books of All Time: 25 Essential Reads

A ranked guide to the greatest nonfiction books ever written — from psychology and history to memoir and science — with every pick earning its place.

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