Genres

Science

An Immense World

2022 • 345 Readers • 464 pages 4.4

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

2017 • 965 Readers • 360 pages 4.3

Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

1999 • 156 Readers • 370 pages 4

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

5 Mary Roach's Curiosities

2003 • 675 Readers • 303 pages 3.9

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

#1 of 2 in What If?

14 • 1,087 Readers • 320 pages 4.2

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

2017 • 777 Readers • 144 pages 4

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

2013 • 715 Readers • 391 pages 4.5

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

2011 • 2,409 Readers • 443 pages 4.2

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

#1 of 5 in The Rise and Fall

2018 • 347 Readers • 416 pages 4.2

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Body: A Guide for Occupants
ByBill Bryson(Narrator)

2019 • 495 Readers • 14h 48m 4.2

The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene
ByRichard Dawkins

1976 • 577 Readers • 396 pages 4.2

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

2018 • 313 Readers • 256 pages 4.2

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

2010 • 465 Readers • 571 pages 4.2

The Order of Time

The Order of Time
ByCarlo Rovelli

2017 • 295 Readers • 172 pages 3.9

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

2021 • 257 Readers • 317 pages 3.9

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

2020 • 433 Readers • 370 pages 4.3

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

2015 • 204 Readers • 273 pages 3.7

Thing Explainer

Thing Explainer
ByRandall Munroe

2015 • 229 Readers • 64 pages 4

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

2014 • 291 Readers • 96 pages 3.9

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon
ByDaniel Keyes

19 • 2,008 Readers • 311 pages 4.3

Tuxedo Park

Tuxedo Park
ByJennet Conant

2002 • 10 Readers • 330 pages 4

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

#3 of 5 in The Rise and Fall

2022 • 91 Readers • 500 pages 4.3

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

#2 of 2 in What If?

2022 • 265 Readers • 369 pages 4.3

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

2020 • 73 Readers • 143 pages 3.8

Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

2022 • 44 Readers • 269 pages 3.8

A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

2022 • 41 Readers • 222 pages 4.5

Biology

Biology
ByJane B. Reece,Neil A. Campbell

1987 • 5 Readers • 1,247 pages 4

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology

2023 • 28 Readers • 427 pages 4.3

We Need to Talk About Kelvin

2009 • 3 Readers • 208 pages

Searching for Habitable Worlds

Searching for Habitable Worlds
ByAbel Mendez,Wilson Gonzalez-Espada

2016 • 1 Reader • 78 pages 2

Эти гениальные птицы

2016 • 1 Reader • 486 pages 4

Starborn

Starborn
ByRoberto Trotta

2023 • 1 Reader 4

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

2024 • 33 Readers • 337 pages 4.5

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

1983 • 130 Readers • 197 pages 4.4

Mysticism and Logic including A Free Man's Worship

1910 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

Consider The Eel: A Natural And Gastronomic History

2002 • 1 Reader • 200 pages

Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language

2017 • 12 Readers • 248 pages 3.5

Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us

2017 • 46 Readers • 384 pages 4.2

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

1994 • 204 Readers • 386 pages 4.3

The Age of the Earth

The Age of the Earth
ByG. Brent Dalrymple

1991 • 506 pages

Consciousness

#67 of 19 in Scientific American Library Series

Consciousness
ByJ. Allan Hobson

1998 • 258 pages

Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

1997 • 233 pages

Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia

#1 in Animals: A Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia

Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia
ByPhilip Whitfield(Editor),Gerald Durrell(Foreword)

1984 • 600 pages

Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

#8 of 8 in Reflections in Natural History

2000 • 372 pages

Shattering the Myths of Darwinism

1992 • 2 Readers • 308 pages

Bone Palace Ballet: New Poems

1997 • 1 Reader • 363 pages

Physics for JavaScript Games, Animation, and Simulations: with HTML5 Canvas

2014 • 1 Reader • 508 pages

Molecular Biotechnology

Molecular Biotechnology
ByCarolyn Dehlinger

2014 • 1 Reader • 306 pages 3

The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science

6 Studies in European History

1997 • 1 Reader • 160 pages 4

Who's Asking?: Native Science, Western Science, and Science Education

2013 • 1 Reader • 295 pages 4

Positivism: A Study in Human Understanding

1939 • 1 Reader • 404 pages

Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism

2004 • 1 Reader • 260 pages

A City in Blue and Green: The Singapore Story

2019 • 1 Reader • 161 pages 3

The Trouble With Science

The Trouble With Science
ByRobin I. M. Dunbar

1995 • 1 Reader • 213 pages

Against the Idols of the Age

1999 • 1 Reader • 347 pages

La naturaleza humana

La naturaleza humana
ByJesús Mosterín

2006 • 1 Reader • 418 pages

La física de los superhéroes

2006 • 1 Reader • 370 pages 3

Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive

2017 • 1 Reader • 219 pages

The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses

2002 • 1 Reader • 236 pages

The Science Book: From Darwin to Dark Energy, 250 Milestones in the History of Science

2018 • 1 Reader • 528 pages

Fire: Its Many Faces and Moods

Fire: Its Many Faces and Moods
ByJames J. O'Donnell

1980 • 1 Reader • 191 pages

Politics by Other Means: Science and Religion in the 21st Century

2010 • 1 Reader • 326 pages

Essential Readings in Biosemiotics: Anthology and Commentary

2009 • 1 Reader • 880 pages

The Evolution of the Primate Foot: Anatomy, Function, and Palaeontological Evidence

2022 • 1 Reader • 538 pages

The Generous Man: How Helping Others is the Sexiest Thing You Can Do

The Generous Man: How Helping Others is the Sexiest Thing You Can Do
ByTor Nørretranders,Jonathan Sydenham(Translator)

2002 • 1 Reader • 368 pages

Generation Robot: A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation

2018 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

An Editor's Guide to Writing and Publishing Science

2019 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species

21 The University Center for Human Values Series

2017 • 1 Reader • 242 pages

Primate Societies

Primate Societies
ByBarbara B. Smuts

1987 • 1 Reader • 590 pages

The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: A Proposal in Natural Philosophy

2014 • 1 Reader • 567 pages

Tras el Sueño de China: Agustinos y Dominicos en Asia Oriental a Finales del Siglo XVI

2013 • 1 Reader • 537 pages 4

The Equation of Knowledge

The Equation of Knowledge
ByLê Nguyên Hoang

2020 • 1 Reader • 438 pages

Time: A Traveler's Guide

Time: A Traveler's Guide
ByClifford A. Pickover

1998 • 1 Reader • 308 pages

The Cognitive Basis of Science

The Cognitive Basis of Science
ByPeter Carruthers(Editor),Stephen P. Stich(Editor)

2002 • 1 Reader • 409 pages

Frontiers of Astrobiology

Frontiers of Astrobiology
ByChris Impey(Editor),Jonathan I. Lunine(Editor)

2012 • 1 Reader • 337 pages

The Complete World of Human Evolution

The Complete World of Human Evolution
ByChris Stringer,Peter Andrews

2005 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited
ByJonathan B. Losos(Editor),Robert E. Ricklefs(Editor)

2009 • 1 Reader • 496 pages

The Science Of Aliens

The Science Of Aliens
ByClifford A. Pickover

1998 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus

1993 • 1 Reader • 556 pages

Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences

1998 • 1 Reader • 397 pages

Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation

Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation
ByMartin A. Nowak(Editor),Sarah Coakley(Editor)

2013 • 1 Reader • 400 pages

Che cosa sappiamo della mente

Che cosa sappiamo della mente
ByV.S. Ramachandran,L. Serra(Translator)

2019 • 1 Reader • 170 pages

The Mystery of Things

The Mystery of Things
ByA.C. Grayling

2004 • 2 Readers • 240 pages

The Self: From Soul to Brain

The Self: From Soul to Brain
ByJoseph E. LeDoux(editor),Jasek Debiec(Editor)

2003 • 1 Reader • 336 pages

Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe

2025 • 1 Reader • 412 pages

The Cognitive Neurosciences

The Cognitive Neurosciences
ByDavid Poeppel(editor)

2020 • 1 Reader • 1,241 pages

The Giant Leap: Why Space Is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life

Available October 21, 2025 • 1 Reader

Carbon: The Book of Life

2025 • 1 Reader • 257 pages

The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider

2009 • 1 Reader • 172 pages 4

A hombros de gigantes

A hombros de gigantes
ByStephen Hawking

2002 • 1 Reader • 1,138 pages