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The Top 20 Books on Biology
1. The Origin of Species 2. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 3. In the Shadow of Man 4. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams 5. Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution 6. Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers 7.
- The Origin of Species
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
- In the Shadow of Man
- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
- Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
- The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
- What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
- Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
- The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
- Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
- DNA: The Secret of Life
- The Descent of Man
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