Science books recommended or reviewed by members:
- "Pharyngula's evolution reading list" (mirrored by Les Clane )
- "What science books ought a bookstore stock?" by PZ Myers
- Species: A History of the Idea by John S. Wilkins — read a review
- Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
- Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated by Steve Jones — published in the UK as Almost Like a Whale
- The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
- Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne
- Finding Darwin's God by Kenneth R. Miller
- The Ice Finders by Edmund Blair Bolles — read a review
- The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins by Richard G. Klein
- Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened by Chris Turney — read a review
- Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
- Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought by Pascal Boyer
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
- The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio
- The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin — read a review
Science books for children (a frequent request):
- The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner — review
- Little Changes by Tiffany Taylor. Also in PDF format. Released under the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Unported license, which means you can non-commercially distribute copies made at your local print shop. Recommended here.
Bad science books or pseudoscience:
- Bad books reviewed by PZ myers