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The 70 Best Science Books You Need to Read in 2021

Well-researched, peer-reviewed discoveries fuel both Science and Science Fiction as this list rounds up the best science books you need to read in 2021.

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Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
  • Henry Marsh
4.52 reads
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town
  • Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
3.521 reads
Always On
Always On
  • Rory Cellan-Jones
4.51 read
Anatomicum
Anatomicum
  • Jennifer Z. Paxton
00 reads
Anatomy
Anatomy
  • Jean-Claude Druvert
00 reads
Animals among Us
Animals among Us
  • John Bradshaw
00 reads
A Perfect Planet
A Perfect Planet
  • Huw Cordey
00 reads
Apollo
Apollo
  • Matt Fitch
  • Chris Baker
20 reads
Ask an Astronaut
Ask an Astronaut
  • Tim Peake
4.66 reads
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Be Who You Want

Be Who You Want : Unlocking the Science of Personality Change
  • Christian Jarrett
51 read
Beyond Infinity
Beyond Infinity
  • Eugenia Cheng
22 reads
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
  • Stephen Hawking
4.2387 reads
Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
  • Sam Kean
4.298 reads
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
  • Neil Price
4.1917 reads
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Cosmic Clouds 3-D

Cosmic Clouds 3-D: Where Stars Are Born
  • David J Eicher
  • Brian May
00 reads
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
  • Samantha Cristoforetti
52 reads
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Dictionary of Dinosaurs

Dictionary of Dinosaurs
    00 reads
    Drugs without the hot air
    Drugs without the hot air
    • David J. Nutt
    00 reads
    Endure
    Endure
    • Alex Hutchinson
    4.1815 reads
    Explaining Humans
    Explaining Humans
    • Camilla Pang
    3.53 reads
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    Foodology

    Foodology: A food-lover's guide to digestive health and happiness
    • Saliha Mahmood Ahmed
    41 read
    Gastrophysics
    Gastrophysics
    • Charles Spence
    32 reads
    Graphic Science - Seven Journeys of Discovery
    Graphic Science - Seven Journeys of Discovery
    • Darryl Cunningham
    00 reads
    Handmade
    Handmade
    • Anna Ploszajski
    51 read
    Happy Brain
    Happy Brain
    • Dean Burnett
    00 reads
    Horizon
    Horizon
    • Barry Lopez
    4.675 reads
    How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
    How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
    • Adam Rutherford
    3.7312 reads
    How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
    How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
    • Ryan North
    4.1732 reads
    Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
    Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
    • Angela Saini
    4.1418 reads
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    Infinite Wonder

    Infinite Wonder
    • Scott Kelly
    00 reads
    Inventing Ourselves
    Inventing Ourselves
    • Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
    31 read
    Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
    Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
    • Caroline Criado Perez
    4.28186 reads
    Is Free Speech Racist?
    Is Free Speech Racist?
    • Gavan Titley
    00 reads
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    Life Changing

    Life Changing
    • Helen Pilcher
    01 read
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    Mysteries of the Quantum Universe

    Mysteries of the Quantum Universe
    • Thibault Damour
    • Mathieu Burniat
    • Sarah-Louise Raillard (Translator)
    32 reads
    Nodding Off
    Nodding Off
    • Alice Gregory
    00 reads
    Notes on a Nervous Planet
    Notes on a Nervous Planet
    • Matt Haig
    3.961 reads
    Ocean
    Ocean
    • Hélène Druvert
    00 reads
    Only Connect
    Only Connect
    • Jack Waley-Cohen
    01 read
    Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
    Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
    • Peter Godfrey-Smith
    3.6658 reads
    Out of Nothing
    Out of Nothing
    • David Blandy
    2.674 reads
    Patient H69
    Patient H69
    • Vanessa Potter
    00 reads
    Project Hail Mary
    Project Hail Mary
    • Andy Weir
    4.441,783 reads
    Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything
    Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything
    • Jordan Ellenberg
    51 read
    Some Assembly Required
    Some Assembly Required
    • Neil Shubin
    4.254 reads
    Something Deeply Hidden
    Something Deeply Hidden
    • Sean Carroll
    3.823 reads
    Spoon-Fed
    Spoon-Fed
    • Tim Spector
    4.334 reads
    Stephen Hawking
    Stephen Hawking
    • Leonard Mlodinow
    00 reads
    Superheavy
    Superheavy
    • Kit Chapman
    44 reads
    Superior: The Return of Race Science
    Superior: The Return of Race Science
    • Angela Saini
    4.59 reads
    Swearing Is Good for You
    Swearing Is Good for You
    • Emma Byrne
    00 reads
    Testosterone Rex
    Testosterone Rex
    • Cordelia Fine
    43 reads
    The Angry Chef
    The Angry Chef
    • Anthony Warner
    01 read
    The Gynae Geek
    The Gynae Geek
    • Anita Mitra
    00 reads
    The Little Book of Cosmology
    The Little Book of Cosmology
    • Lyman Page
    3.52 reads
    The Lost Words
    The Lost Words
    • Robert Macfarlane
    3.86 reads
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    The Motherhood Complex

    The Motherhood Complex: The story of our changing selves
    • Melissa Hogenboom
    00 reads
    The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space
    The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space
    • Piers Bizony
    00 reads
    The Science of Can and Can't
    The Science of Can and Can't
    • Chiara Marletto
    51 read
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    The Science of Sin

    The Science of Sin
    • Jack Lewis
    00 reads
    The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
    The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
    • David Wallace-Wells
    3.8855 reads
    The Weil Conjectures
    The Weil Conjectures
    • Karen Olsson
    00 reads
    To Be a Machine
    To Be a Machine
    • Mark O'Connell
    3.52 reads
    Totally Random
    Totally Random
    • Tanya Bub
    • Jeffrey Bub
    51 read
    Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
    Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
    • Catherine Coleman Flowers
    41 read
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    What Have I Done?

    What Have I Done?
    • Laura Dockrill
    51 read
    Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 28
    Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 28
      00 reads
      Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
      Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
      • Rachel Ignotofsky
      4.258 reads
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      Wonders

      Wonders: Spectacular Moments in Nature Photography
      • Sylvia A. Earle
      00 reads