Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
5. 
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating — 445,037 ratings 6. 
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by:
Carl Sagan
4.29 avg rating — 78,415 ratings 7. 
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,212 ratings
10. 
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by:
Steven D. Levitt
4.01 avg rating — 885,824 ratings 11. 
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by:
Brian Greene
4.10 avg rating — 101,036 ratings 
15. 
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks
4.05 avg rating — 239,804 ratings 16. 
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.16 avg rating — 55,476 ratings 17. 
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by:
Richard Preston
4.16 avg rating — 119,585 ratings 
20. 
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.09 avg rating — 41,141 ratings 21. 
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by:
Carl Sagan
4.34 avg rating — 38,702 ratings 
23. 
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.14 avg rating — 28,420 ratings 
25. 
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by:
Sam Kean
3.93 avg rating — 54,825 ratings 
29. 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings 30. 
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by:
Randall Munroe
4.14 avg rating — 191,213 ratings 31. 
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,024 ratings 32. 
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by:
Brian Greene
4.13 avg rating — 40,010 ratings 33. 
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by:
Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 27,645 ratings 34. 
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by:
Neil Shubin
4.04 avg rating — 28,099 ratings 35. 
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
3.96 avg rating — 614,697 ratings 
37. 
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by:
Simon Singh
4.30 avg rating — 28,488 ratings 38. 
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher 4.21 avg rating — 30,069 ratings
44. 
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by:
Carl Sagan
4.19 avg rating — 21,187 ratings 
46. 
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
by:
Steven Pinker
4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings 
49. 
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
by:
Michio Kaku
4.15 avg rating — 23,942 ratings 50. 
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
by:
Laurie Garrett
4.21 avg rating — 10,688 ratings 51. 
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by:
Steven Pinker
4.09 avg rating — 25,079 ratings 52. 
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.01 avg rating — 844,247 ratings 
55. 
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing 3.94 avg rating — 30,330 ratings
57. 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating — 465,722 ratings 58. 
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by:
John M. Barry
3.98 avg rating — 42,018 ratings 59. 
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by:
Steven Johnson
3.89 avg rating — 55,255 ratings 60. 
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
by:
Jared Diamond
4.08 avg rating — 28,335 ratings 61. 
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by:
Leonard Mlodinow
3.95 avg rating — 24,068 ratings 64. 
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character 4.19 avg rating — 30,239 ratings
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by:
Michael Pollan
4.06 avg rating — 58,652 ratings 68. 
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
by:
Fritjof Capra
3.97 avg rating — 19,258 ratings 69. 
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by:
Dan Ariely
4.12 avg rating — 129,363 ratings 
72. 
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time/The Universe in a Nutshell
by:
Stephen Hawking
4.31 avg rating — 10,052 ratings 
74. 
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by:
Deborah Blum
4.01 avg rating — 36,514 ratings 
77. 
Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
by:
Michio Kaku
4.21 avg rating — 22,366 ratings 
80. 
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
by:
Jonathan Weiner
4.17 avg rating — 9,807 ratings 81. 
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by:
Mary Roach
3.95 avg rating — 59,461 ratings 82. 
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
by:
Al Gore
3.78 avg rating — 6,948 ratings 83. 
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by:
Brian Greene
4.11 avg rating — 20,663 ratings 
85. 
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by:
Dava Sobel
3.75 avg rating — 30,046 ratings 86. 
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
by:
Carl Sagan
4.05 avg rating — 10,816 ratings 
89. 
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
by:
Isaac Newton
4.24 avg rating — 4,779 ratings 
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Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
by:
Kip S. Thorne
4.23 avg rating — 13,357 ratings 94. 
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human 4.15 avg rating — 10,815 ratings
95. 
How to Hack Back Your Mind: Reclaim Control Over Your Life
by:
Ramzi Najjar
4.52 avg rating — 65 ratings 
97. 
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by:
Steven D. Levitt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 133,657 ratings 
99. 
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by:
Simon Winchester
3.82 avg rating — 13,927 ratings 