Genetics and Genomics for the General Reader
1. 
Lamarck's Revenge: How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present
by:
Peter D. Ward
3.28 avg rating — 96 ratings 
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
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Matt Ridley
4.05 avg rating — 17,201 ratings 
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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix
by:
Howard Markel
4.15 avg rating — 751 ratings 7. 
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
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Mark Schultz
3.86 avg rating — 465 ratings 
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The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures 3.81 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution 4.13 avg rating — 6,305 ratings
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The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA 4.30 avg rating — 441 ratings
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
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Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 27,645 ratings 13. 
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The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
by:
James Shreeve
3.84 avg rating — 462 ratings 
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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Walter Isaacson
4.28 avg rating — 39,741 ratings 19. 
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.28 avg rating — 39,741 ratings 
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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 21. 
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by:
Adam Rutherford
3.90 avg rating — 6,496 ratings 24. 
Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation
by:
Mike Fortun
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 16 ratings 24. 
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Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code
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Matthew Cobb
3.93 avg rating — 336 ratings 29. 
Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes
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Emily Urquhart
3.88 avg rating — 347 ratings 30. 
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
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Adam Rutherford
4.03 avg rating — 11,638 ratings 30. 
Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene
by:
Masha Gessen
3.80 avg rating — 205 ratings 
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Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding how our genes work
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Kat Arney
3.96 avg rating — 492 ratings 36. 
Life: The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science
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John Brockman
3.61 avg rating — 351 ratings 
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
by:
Adam Rutherford
4.03 avg rating — 11,638 ratings 40. 
CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans
by:
Henry T. Greely
3.63 avg rating — 218 ratings 40. 
The Enlightened Gene: Biology, Buddhism, and the Convergence that Explains the World
by:
Arri Eisen
4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings 42. 
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Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
by:
Steve Olson
3.94 avg rating — 1,054 ratings 45. 
The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention
by:
Dawson Church
4.13 avg rating — 390 ratings 45. 
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
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Nicholas Wade
3.73 avg rating — 1,541 ratings 47. 
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 — 851 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 Age of Genomes: Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine
by:
Steven M. Lipkin
3.73 avg rating — 91 ratings 54. 
Second Creation: The Age of Biological Control by the Scientists Who Cloned Dolly
by:
Ian Wilmut
3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings 
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Genomic Messages: How the Evolving Science of Genetics Affects Our Health, Families, and Future
by:
George J. Annas
3.55 avg rating — 53 ratings 56. 
Superconvergence: How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World
by:
Jamie Metzl
3.77 avg rating — 234 ratings 58. 
Here Is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics
by:
Misha Angrist
3.78 avg rating — 137 ratings 58. 
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
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Bryan Sykes
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,556 ratings 
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Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science
by:
Kim TallBear
4.08 avg rating — 437 ratings 64. 
Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race (Race, Inequality, and Health Book 2)
by:
Rob DeSalle
3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings 64. 
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by:
Amy Webb
3.93 avg rating — 696 ratings 
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Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age
by:
Jonathan Kahn
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings 67. 
Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
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Dalton Conley
3.87 avg rating — 67 ratings 69. 
The Progressive Gene: How Genetics Influence the Morality of the Left it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine
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Mark Johnson
4.06 avg rating — 298 ratings 71. 
Once a Wolf: The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
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Bryan Sykes
3.48 avg rating — 311 ratings 73. 
As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth
by:
Juan Enríquez
3.83 avg rating — 349 ratings 74. 
Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health
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James Tabery
4.07 avg rating — 146 ratings 75. 
Beyond Versus: The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture
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James Tabery
4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings 75. 
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
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Libby Copeland
4.01 avg rating — 3,112 ratings 77. 
The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome
by:
Alondra Nelson
3.97 avg rating — 269 ratings 77. 
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
by:
David Reich
4.13 avg rating — 5,852 ratings 79. 
Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DNA, Race, and History
by:
Keith Wailoo
3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings 
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
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Jeremy Narby
4.18 avg rating — 7,318 ratings 82. 
The Clone Age : Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology
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Lori Andrews
3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings 
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Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties
by:
Sheldon Krimsky
3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings 85. 
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
by:
Val McDermid
4.10 avg rating — 12,180 ratings 86. 
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
by:
David Reich
4.13 avg rating — 5,852 ratings 87. 
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
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Neil Shubin
4.14 avg rating — 2,603 ratings 88. 
I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever 3.99 avg rating — 2,141 ratings
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The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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Deborah Cadbury
4.20 avg rating — 2,414 ratings 91. 
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
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Sean B. Carroll
4.06 avg rating — 3,141 ratings 92. 
The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine 3.98 avg rating — 758 ratings
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Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
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Nessa Carey
3.93 avg rating — 1,051 ratings 94. 
The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love
by:
Randy Lindsay
3.59 avg rating — 559 ratings 95. 
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
by:
James D. Watson
3.84 avg rating — 19,749 ratings 
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Gene Cartels: Biotech Patents in the Age of Free Trade
by:
Luigi Palombi
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 98. 
Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) 3.18 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Book of Man: The Human Genome Project and the Quest to Discover Our Genetic Heritage
by:
Walter Bodmer
3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings 100. 
The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project
by:
Kevles
3.51 avg rating — 49 ratings