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The Very Best Science Books Anyone Can Read

These are science books that are A) really good and B) easy to read, even for those of us who aren't astrophysicists, microbiologists, or rocket scientists.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
1
Rebecca Skloot
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
2
Stephen Hawking
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
3
Yuval Noah Harari
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
4
Oliver Sacks
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
5
Bill Bryson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
6
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
7
Steven D. Levitt
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
8
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
9
Michael Pollan
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
10
Rachel Carson
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
11
Yuval Noah Harari
Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
12
Hope Jahren
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
13
Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
14
Richard Dawkins
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
15
Elizabeth Kolbert
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
16
Jared Diamond
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
17
Carl Sagan
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado-Pérez)
Invisible Women
18
Caroline Criado-Pérez
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
19
Charles Darwin
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
20
Deborah Blum
Why We Sleep (Matthew Walker)
Why We Sleep
21
Matthew Walker
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
22
Sam Kean
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
23
Mary Roach
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
24
Richard Feynman
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene
25
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
26
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
27
Bad Science
Bad Science
28
The Universe in a Nutshell
The Universe in a Nutshell
29
What If (Randall Munroe)
What If
30
Randall Munroe
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
31
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
32
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
33
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
34
The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos
35
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World
36
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
37
Mary Roach
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mary Roach)
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
38
Mary Roach
The Vagina Bible (Jennifer Gunter)
The Vagina Bible
39
Jennifer Gunter
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
40
Richard Preston
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