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The 22 Books All Biologists Should Read

This list is taken from the article Carter, J.L. and Mayer, W.V., 1988. Reading beyond the textbook: Great books of biology. BioScience, 38(7), pp.490-492. It is based on a survey of 108 biologists known by the author. The list is arranged from most suggested book to least suggested.
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The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
1
James Watson
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
2
Charles Darwin
The Lives of a Cell (Lewis Thomas)
The Lives of a Cell
3
Lewis Thomas
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
4
Rachel Carson
Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin
5
The Panda's Thumb
The Panda's Thumb
6
A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold)
A Sand County Almanac
7
Aldo Leopold
The Growth of Biological Thought (Ernst Mayr)
The Growth of Biological Thought
8
Ernst Mayr
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
9
Microbe Hunters
Microbe Hunters
10
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man
11
Stephen Jay Gould
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Voyage of the Beagle
12
Charles Darwin
The Medusa and the Snail (Lewis Thomas)
The Medusa and the Snail
13
Lewis Thomas
On Human Nature (Edward O. Wilson)
On Human Nature
14
Edward O. Wilson
Science and Human Values (Jacob Bronowski)
Science and Human Values
15
Jacob Bronowski
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
16
The Population Bomb (Paul R. Ehrlich)
The Population Bomb
17
Paul R. Ehrlich
The Dragons of Eden (Carl Sagan)
The Dragons of Eden
18
Carl Sagan
What Is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by E
What Is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by E
19
The Two Cultures (C. P. Snow)
The Two Cultures
20
C. P. Snow
Rosalind Franklin and DNA (Anne Sayre)
Rosalind Franklin and DNA
21
Anne Sayre
Sociobiology (E O Wilson)
Sociobiology
22
E O Wilson
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