Popular Science
337 books, ranked by score.
2007–2026The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
Recommended by 260 · mentioned by 376260 recommend · 376 mention260 recommend · 376260 recommend
2007–2026The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn, Dennis Holland
Recommended by 96 · mentioned by 21596 recommend · 215 mention96 recommend · 21596 recommend
2008–2026The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan
Recommended by 93 · mentioned by 16293 recommend · 162 mention93 recommend · 16293 recommend
2011–2026The better angels of our nature
Steven Pinker
Recommended by 72 · mentioned by 15272 recommend · 152 mention72 recommend · 15272 recommend
2007–2026Cosmos
Carl Sagan
Recommended by 58 · mentioned by 12458 recommend · 124 mention58 recommend · 12458 recommend
2007–2026A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson
Recommended by 102 · mentioned by 123102 recommend · 123 mention102 recommend · 123102 recommend
2009–2026The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
Recommended by 77 · mentioned by 9177 recommend · 91 mention77 recommend · 9177 recommend
2018–2026Enlightenment now
Steven Pinker, Pablo Hermida Lazcano
Recommended by 51 · mentioned by 9751 recommend · 97 mention51 recommend · 9751 recommend
As We May Think
Vannevar Bush
Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 8523 recommend · 85 mention23 recommend · 8523 recommend
2009–2026The art of doing science and engineering
Richard Hamming, Bret Victor
Recommended by 56 · mentioned by 8056 recommend · 80 mention56 recommend · 8056 recommend
2007–2026Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 6924 recommend · 69 mention24 recommend · 6924 recommend
2008–2026Chaos
James Gleick
Recommended by 45 · mentioned by 6345 recommend · 63 mention45 recommend · 6345 recommend
2020–2026Breath
James Nestor
Recommended by 41 · mentioned by 5941 recommend · 59 mention41 recommend · 5941 recommend
2009–2026The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul
Recommended by 36 · mentioned by 5236 recommend · 52 mention36 recommend · 5236 recommend
2012–2026Quiet
Susan Cain
Recommended by 43 · mentioned by 5743 recommend · 57 mention43 recommend · 5743 recommend
2015–2025Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe
Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 5719 recommend · 57 mention19 recommend · 5719 recommend
2009–2024Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
Recommended by 35 · mentioned by 5135 recommend · 51 mention35 recommend · 5135 recommend
2010–2026What technology wants
Kevin Kelly
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 4824 recommend · 48 mention24 recommend · 4824 recommend
2010–2026Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
Recommended by 32 · mentioned by 4332 recommend · 43 mention32 recommend · 4332 recommend
2015–2026So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson
Recommended by 21 · mentioned by 4221 recommend · 42 mention21 recommend · 4221 recommend
2018–2026Who we are and how we got here
David Reich
Recommended by 26 · mentioned by 3426 recommend · 34 mention26 recommend · 3426 recommend
Chaos making a new science
james gleick
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 3422 recommend · 34 mention22 recommend · 3422 recommend
2018–2026The Wizard and the Prophet
Charles C. Mann
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 3328 recommend · 33 mention28 recommend · 3328 recommend
2009–2023Brain Rules
John Medina
Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 3420 recommend · 34 mention20 recommend · 3420 recommend
2007–2025The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Richard Phillips Feynman, Sean Runnette, Freeman Dyson
Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 3410 recommend · 34 mention10 recommend · 3410 recommend
2015–2025The Knowledge
Lewis Dartnell
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3124 recommend · 31 mention24 recommend · 3124 recommend
2009–2026The two cultures
C. P. Snow
Recommended by 5 · mentioned by 305 recommend · 30 mention5 recommend · 305 recommend
2008–2026Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos
Steven H. Strogatz, Steven Strogatz
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 2924 recommend · 29 mention24 recommend · 2924 recommend
2011–2026Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Carlo M. Cipolla
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2812 recommend · 28 mention12 recommend · 2812 recommend
2008–2026Phantoms in the brain
V. S. Ramachandran (neurology), Sandra Blakeslee
Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 2619 recommend · 26 mention19 recommend · 2619 recommend
2013–2026Summa technologiae
Stanisław Lem, Joanna Zylinska, Hanna Rudak, Giovanni Balletta
Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2614 recommend · 26 mention14 recommend · 2614 recommend
2022–2026How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2616 recommend · 26 mention16 recommend · 2616 recommend
2011–2024The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2715 recommend · 27 mention15 recommend · 2715 recommend
2007–2026The ascent of man
Jacob Bronowski
Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 2519 recommend · 25 mention19 recommend · 2519 recommend
2020–2026Apocalypse Never
Michael Shellenberger
Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 2513 recommend · 25 mention13 recommend · 2513 recommend
2016–2026Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 2320 recommend · 23 mention20 recommend · 2320 recommend
2009–2026Curve of Binding Energy
John McPhee
Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 2419 recommend · 24 mention19 recommend · 2419 recommend
2010–2026The coming plague
Laurie Garrett
Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 2210 recommend · 22 mention10 recommend · 2210 recommend
2018–2026The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 2211 recommend · 22 mention11 recommend · 2211 recommend
2010–2026Technics and civilization
Lewis Mumford
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2012 recommend · 20 mention12 recommend · 2012 recommend
2012–2026Annals of the former world
John McPhee
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 1912 recommend · 19 mention12 recommend · 1912 recommend
2009–2026Innumeracy
John Allen Paulos
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 1815 recommend · 18 mention15 recommend · 1815 recommend
2014–2026Physics
Aristotle
Recommended by 5 · mentioned by 185 recommend · 18 mention5 recommend · 185 recommend
2011–2026The control of nature
John McPhee
Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 1714 recommend · 17 mention14 recommend · 1714 recommend
2010–2022Disturbing the universe
Freeman J. Dyson
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 179 recommend · 17 mention9 recommend · 179 recommend
2013–2024The New Digital Age
Eric Schmidt . Jared Cohen
Recommended by 3 · mentioned by 133 recommend · 13 mention3 recommend · 133 recommend
2019–2023The Precipice
Toby Ord
Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 158 recommend · 15 mention8 recommend · 158 recommend
Material World
Ed Conway
Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 1510 recommend · 15 mention10 recommend · 1510 recommend
2016–2026Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 1511 recommend · 15 mention11 recommend · 1511 recommend
2012–2025The fractal geometry of nature
Benoît B. Mandelbrot, Josep Maria Llosa
Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 158 recommend · 15 mention8 recommend · 158 recommend
2010–2026Parasite Rex
Carl Zimmer
Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 1413 recommend · 14 mention13 recommend · 1413 recommend
2018–2024Technological Slavery
Theodore J. Kaczynski, David Skrbina
Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 86 recommend · 8 mention6 recommend · 86 recommend
2015–2025The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 1412 recommend · 14 mention12 recommend · 1412 recommend
2008–2023The promise of sleep
William C. Dement
Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 118 recommend · 11 mention8 recommend · 118 recommend
2021–2026Survival of the Richest
Douglas Rushkoff
Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 136 recommend · 13 mention6 recommend · 136 recommend
2016–2025The invention of science
David Wootton
Recommended by 7 · mentioned by 127 recommend · 12 mention7 recommend · 127 recommend
2015–2024Things hidden since the foundation of the world
René Girard, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Guy Lefort
Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 126 recommend · 12 mention6 recommend · 126 recommend
2007–2022The Third Chimpanzee
Jared Diamond
Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 116 recommend · 11 mention6 recommend · 116 recommend
2016–2025A Sand County Almanac
Aldo Leopold
Recommended by 5 · mentioned by 115 recommend · 11 mention5 recommend · 115 recommend
2014–2020Information Doesn't Want to Be Free
Cory Doctorow
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 129 recommend · 12 mention9 recommend · 129 recommend