Biology

Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects

Amy Stewart

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould

The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

Nick Lane

The Descent of Man

Charles Darwin

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Stephen Jay Gould

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Eric R. Kandel

On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

Jeff Hawkins

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

V.S. Ramachandran

How We Decide

Jonah Lehrer

How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics

Michael Pollan

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky

Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould