9th Grade Bio Book List

1.
A Planet of Viruses
A Planet of Viruses 4.06 avg rating — 4,956 ratings
2.
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures 4.20 avg rating — 5,906 ratings
3.
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.14 avg rating — 10,344 ratings
4.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,799 ratings
5.
The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter
The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter 4.05 avg rating — 1,849 ratings
6.
A Window on Eternity: Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
A Window on Eternity: Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique 4.33 avg rating — 293 ratings
7.
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators 4.23 avg rating — 2,065 ratings
8.
The Private Life of Plants
The Private Life of Plants 4.44 avg rating — 714 ratings
9.
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons 4.39 avg rating — 8,661 ratings
10.
Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins
Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 227 ratings
11.
At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea 4.08 avg rating — 2,095 ratings
12.
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life 4.10 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
13.
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History 4.13 avg rating — 3,561 ratings
14.
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History 4.13 avg rating — 6,871 ratings
15.
The Fragile Species
The Fragile Species 3.96 avg rating — 188 ratings
16.
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.08 avg rating — 1,854 ratings
17.
Seeing Voices
Seeing Voices 4.06 avg rating — 6,058 ratings
18.
The Island of the Colorblind
The Island of the Colorblind 3.88 avg rating — 5,101 ratings
19.
The Mind's Eye
The Mind's Eye 3.92 avg rating — 13,541 ratings
20.
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales 4.15 avg rating — 23,339 ratings
21.
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating — 21,056 ratings
22.
The World Without Us
The World Without Us 3.81 avg rating — 42,954 ratings
23.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,255 ratings
24.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,281 ratings
25.
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus 3.72 avg rating — 11,393 ratings
26.
Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,579 ratings
27.
The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for The Animals We Love
The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for The Animals We Love 4.24 avg rating — 740 ratings
28.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man 4.36 avg rating — 8,858 ratings
29.
50 Years at Gombe
50 Years at Gombe 4.38 avg rating — 338 ratings
30.
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places 4.03 avg rating — 917 ratings
31.
Natural Acts : A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
Natural Acts : A Sidelong View of Science and Nature 4.11 avg rating — 1,332 ratings
32.
The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature 4.18 avg rating — 1,601 ratings
33.
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal 3.93 avg rating — 50,607 ratings
34.
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void 3.95 avg rating — 59,461 ratings
35.
The Placebo Effect: An Interdisciplinary Exploration
The Placebo Effect: An Interdisciplinary Exploration 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings
36.
The Parrot's Lament, and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
The Parrot's Lament, and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity 3.91 avg rating — 486 ratings
37.
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 4.15 avg rating — 20,369 ratings
38.
Into The Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution
Into The Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution 4.04 avg rating — 356 ratings
39.
Honeybee Democracy
Honeybee Democracy 4.13 avg rating — 1,820 ratings
40.
The Man Who Couldn't Eat
The Man Who Couldn't Eat 3.29 avg rating — 465 ratings
41.
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence 4.19 avg rating — 21,187 ratings
42.
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are 4.19 avg rating — 4,317 ratings