Science Published in Year: 2023
1. 
Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
by:
Rebecca Renner
3.80 avg rating — 3,057 ratings 
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What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds 4.15 avg rating — 6,296 ratings
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Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe
by:
Philip Plait
4.24 avg rating — 1,396 ratings 8. 
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
by:
Simon Schama
3.58 avg rating — 505 ratings 9. 
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
by:
Jonathan Kennedy
3.93 avg rating — 9,939 ratings 10. 
The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
by:
Jaime Green
3.99 avg rating — 1,094 ratings 11. 
Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More
by:
Darren Naish
4.26 avg rating — 113 ratings 
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How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't: Learning Who to Trust to Get and Stay Healthy
by:
F. Perry Wilson
4.11 avg rating — 373 ratings 14. 
The Milkweed Lands: An Epic Story of One Plant: Its Nature and Ecology
by:
Eric Lee-Mäder
4.44 avg rating — 252 ratings 15. 
My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by:
Sandeep Jauhar
4.12 avg rating — 1,366 ratings 16. 
Home Waters: Discovering the submerged science of Britain’s coast
by:
David Bowers
3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings 16. 
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
by:
Dan Egan
4.22 avg rating — 2,125 ratings 18. 
Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark 4.19 avg rating — 531 ratings
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Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
by:
Theresa MacPhail
3.88 avg rating — 1,095 ratings 
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The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas
by:
Hanne Strager
4.49 avg rating — 134 ratings 23. 
From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine
by:
Ben Stanger
4.25 avg rating — 215 ratings 24. 
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Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America 3.52 avg rating — 2,117 ratings
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The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
by:
Suzie Sheehy
4.21 avg rating — 754 ratings 28. 
The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
by:
William Egginton
4.25 avg rating — 1,404 ratings 
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Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
by:
Rebecca Heisman
4.07 avg rating — 673 ratings 32. 
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
by:
Frans de Waal
4.16 avg rating — 2,025 ratings 33. 
When The Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
by:
Ashlee Vance
4.24 avg rating — 2,021 ratings 34. 
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Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by:
Paul Scharre
3.80 avg rating — 448 ratings 41. 
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
by:
Rebecca Boyle
3.88 avg rating — 1,758 ratings 42. 
The Story of Flowers: And How They Changed the Way We Live
by:
Noel Kingsbury
4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The Biology Behind the Plants You Love, How They Grow, and What They Need
by:
Scott Zona
3.87 avg rating — 119 ratings 44. 
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Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
by:
Laurent Richard
3.89 avg rating — 1,412 ratings 
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The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life 4.04 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Smelling to Survive: The Amazing World of Our Sense of Smell
by:
Bill S. Hansson
3.76 avg rating — 72 ratings 49. 
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
by:
Peter H. Gleick
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 142 ratings 49. 
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
by:
Jennifer Wright
4.16 avg rating — 2,982 ratings 53. 
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
by:
Simon Winchester
3.84 avg rating — 1,665 ratings 53. 
At the Edge of Mysteries: The Discovery of the Immune System
by:
Shantha Perera
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings 53. 
Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the COVID-19 Pandemic really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
by:
Leah Penniman
4.60 avg rating — 207 ratings 57. 
Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
by:
Dacher Keltner
3.63 avg rating — 4,094 ratings 58. 
The Time Nature Keeps: A Visual Guide to the Cycles and Time Spans of the Natural World
by:
Helen Pilcher
4.34 avg rating — 47 ratings 58. 
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by:
Jake Bittle
4.28 avg rating — 3,562 ratings 60. 
Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid
by:
Gregory L. Forth
3.16 avg rating — 62 ratings 60. 
The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
by:
Zeb Hogan
3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings 
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Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses
by:
Katie Spalding
3.80 avg rating — 1,289 ratings 68. 
The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
by:
Robin Ince
3.94 avg rating — 843 ratings 68. 
The Magick of Physics: Uncovering the Fantastical Phenomena in Everyday Life
by:
Felix Flicker
3.82 avg rating — 117 ratings 68. 
111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss
by:
Mark McCaughrean
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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Methuselah's Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Healthier Lives
by:
Steven N. Austad
4.10 avg rating — 82 ratings 74. 
The New Fish: The Truth about Farmed Salmon and the Consequences We Can No Longer Ignore
by:
Simen Saetre
4.49 avg rating — 110 ratings 74. 
We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
by:
Sally Adee
4.11 avg rating — 865 ratings 74. 
Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood
by:
Allison Yarrow
4.25 avg rating — 225 ratings 
77. 
Less Heat, More Light: A Guided Tour of Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
by:
John D. Aber
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings 77. 
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What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
by:
Barbara Butcher
4.16 avg rating — 7,515 ratings 82. 
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
by:
Dan Nott
4.23 avg rating — 1,188 ratings 82. 
In Light-Years There's No Hurry: Cosmic Perspectives on Everyday Life 3.66 avg rating — 1,661 ratings
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Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences
by:
D.W. Pasulka
3.94 avg rating — 1,261 ratings 89. 
The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
by:
David Lipsky
3.85 avg rating — 904 ratings 90. 
Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity
by:
Chris Impey
4.08 avg rating — 93 ratings 91. 
A Wild Promise: An Illustrated Celebration of The Endangered Species Act
by:
Allen Crawford
4.39 avg rating — 44 ratings 92. 
The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands
by:
Leroy Hood
4.11 avg rating — 205 ratings 92. 
Climate Resilience: How We Keep Each Other Safe, Care for Our Communities, and Fight Back Against Climate Change
by:
Kylie Flanagan
4.47 avg rating — 127 ratings 
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Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
by:
Gregory Skomal
4.11 avg rating — 671 ratings 96. 
Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen
by:
Gregory J. Gbur
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings 
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One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives
by:
Matt Morgan
4.23 avg rating — 252 ratings 99. 
Storythinking: The New Science of Narrative Intelligence (No Limits)
by:
Angus Fletcher
3.45 avg rating — 65 ratings 