Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Genetics, Personalised Medicine etc.
1. 
Life: The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science
by:
John Brockman
3.61 avg rating — 351 ratings 2. 
The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance
by:
Nessa Carey
4.05 avg rating — 5,312 ratings 
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Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
by:
Nessa Carey
3.93 avg rating — 1,051 ratings 5. 
The Age of Genomes: Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine
by:
Steven M. Lipkin
3.73 avg rating — 91 ratings 6. 
Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
by:
J. Craig Venter
3.83 avg rating — 861 ratings 7. 
Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts
by:
Emily Anthes
3.73 avg rating — 1,027 ratings 8. 
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
by:
Christie Wilcox
4.11 avg rating — 1,537 ratings 9. 
Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide
by:
Alondra Oubré
4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings 10. 
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (Ft Press Science Series)
by:
David P. Clark
3.73 avg rating — 1,028 ratings 11. 
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
by:
Adam Rutherford
4.03 avg rating — 11,640 ratings 12. 
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
by:
Bryan Sykes
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,556 ratings 13. 
The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today
by:
Rob Dunn
3.91 avg rating — 1,259 ratings 14. 
THE MOLECULE HUNT: Archaeology and the Search for Ancient DNA
by:
Martin Jones
3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings 
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Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by:
Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 4,224 ratings 16. 
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by:
Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 27,645 ratings 16. 
Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code
by:
Matthew Cobb
3.93 avg rating — 336 ratings 20. 
Watch out for Toxo!: The Secret Guide to Practical Science
by:
Jaroslav Flegr
4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings 21. 
Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things
by:
M.R. O'Connor
4.16 avg rating — 378 ratings 
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Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating
by:
Jeffrey M. Smith
4.18 avg rating — 570 ratings 
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Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins
by:
Elaine Morgan
4.13 avg rating — 245 ratings 
24. 
Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story
by:
Theo Colborn
4.11 avg rating — 861 ratings 
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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by:
Nick Lane
4.25 avg rating — 3,634 ratings 
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The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
by:
Eben Kirksey
3.83 avg rating — 318 ratings 32. 
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.28 avg rating — 39,742 ratings 32. 
From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine
by:
Ben Stanger
4.25 avg rating — 215 ratings 36. 
The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control
by:
Keith Campbell
3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings 36. 
Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves
by:
George M. Church
3.79 avg rating — 1,230 ratings 36. 
Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism
by:
Marion Nestle
3.89 avg rating — 272 ratings 39. 
The Gecko’s Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
by:
Peter Forbes
3.84 avg rating — 220 ratings 39. 
Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts
by:
Emily Anthes
3.73 avg rating — 1,027 ratings 41. 
Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
by:
Peter Pringle
4.09 avg rating — 952 ratings 42. 
Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman
by:
E. Paul Zehr
3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings 43. 
The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA 4.30 avg rating — 441 ratings
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The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them 4.25 avg rating — 852 ratings
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The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome
by:
Alondra Nelson
3.97 avg rating — 269 ratings 
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The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by:
Amy Webb
3.93 avg rating — 696 ratings 49. 
Biofabrication (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by:
Ritu Raman
4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings 50. 
Evaluating Evidence in Biological Anthropology: The Strange and the Familiar
by:
Cathy Willermet
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
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The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life
by:
Rodney Dietert
3.96 avg rating — 693 ratings 
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The Enlightened Gene: Biology, Buddhism, and the Convergence that Explains the World
by:
Arri Eisen
4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings 