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  1. At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer (123/442)
  2. Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer (104/341)
  3. A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer (118/462)
  4. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea by Carl Zimmer (129/794)
  5. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin (194/2582)
  6. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane (79/519)
  7. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo by Sean B. Carroll (104/946)
  8. The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease by Pamela Nagami (60/322)
  9. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley (155/2126)
  10. Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How It Changed the World by Carl Zimmer (67/418)
  11. Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World by Nick Lane (68/451)
  12. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen (114/1273)
  13. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett (130/1734)
  14. Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane (78/657)
  15. Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind by Richard Fortey (62/436)
  16. The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution by Sean B. Carroll (70/557)
  17. Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey (78/734)
  18. The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Richard Dawkins (207/4333)
  19. Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart (78/755)
  20. Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi (87/936)
  21. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley (185/3642)
  22. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen (109/1445)
  23. This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe (44/237)
  24. Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik (74/722)
  25. Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague by Richard Rhodes (57/444)
  26. Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species by Dr. Sean B. Carroll (56/435)
  27. Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins (126/2063)
  28. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong (112/1684)
  29. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould (146/2701)
  30. Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings by Pamela Nagami (34/155)
  31. Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs (38/203)
  32. The Demon under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager (59/517)
  33. The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today by Rob Dunn (41/244)
  34. Killer Germs by Barry Zimmerman (34/167)
  35. Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human by Matt Ridley (87/1134)
  36. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson (77/920)
  37. The Family that Couldn't Sleep by D.T. Max (65/677)
  38. Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox (34/177)
  39. The Big Necessity by Rose George (60/579)
  40. Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures by Bill Schutt (39/245)
  41. The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies by Bert Hölldobler (45/331)
  42. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (172/3902)
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  45. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (122/2281)
  46. Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne (97/1524)
  47. Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World by C. J. Peters (41/298)
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  1. At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer (expected 5.9, found 123)
  2. Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer (expected 4.6, found 104)
  3. A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer (expected 6.1, found 118)
  4. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea by Carl Zimmer (expected 10.6, found 129)
  5. The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease by Pamela Nagami (expected 4.3, found 60)
  6. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane (expected 6.9, found 79)
  7. Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How It Changed the World by Carl Zimmer (expected 5.6, found 67)
  8. Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World by Nick Lane (expected 6.1, found 68)
  9. This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe (expected 3.2, found 44)
  10. Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind by Richard Fortey (expected 5.8, found 62)
  11. Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings by Pamela Nagami (expected 2.1, found 34)
  12. The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution by Sean B. Carroll (expected 7.5, found 70)
  13. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo by Sean B. Carroll (expected 12.7, found 104)
  14. Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs (expected 2.7, found 38)
  15. Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane (expected 8.8, found 78)
  16. The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today by Rob Dunn (expected 3.3, found 41)
  17. Killer Germs by Barry Zimmerman (expected 2.2, found 34)
  18. Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague by Richard Rhodes (expected 5.9, found 57)
  19. Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox (expected 2.4, found 34)
  20. Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species by Dr. Sean B. Carroll (expected 5.8, found 56)
  21. Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures by Bill Schutt (expected 3.3, found 39)
  22. Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadlist Diseases by Paul A. Offit (expected 3.5, found 40)
  23. Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey (expected 9.8, found 78)
  24. The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies by Bert Hölldobler (expected 4.4, found 45)
  25. The Demon under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager (expected 6.9, found 59)
  26. Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart (expected 10.1, found 78)
  27. Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik (expected 9.6, found 74)
  28. Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World by C. J. Peters (expected 4, found 41)
  29. The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years by Sonia Shah (expected 3.3, found 36)
  30. The emerald planet: how plants changed Earth's history by David Beerling (expected 2.9, found 34)
  31. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen (expected 16.9, found 114)
  32. Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins by Carl Zimmer (expected 2.1, found 29)
  33. Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections by Madeline Drexler (expected 2, found 28)
  34. Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi (expected 12.5, found 87)
  35. The Big Necessity by Rose George (expected 7.8, found 60)
  36. Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight by Pat Shipman (expected 2.2, found 29)
  37. Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed by Carl Zimmer (expected 3.3, found 35)
  38. Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are by Marlene Zuk (expected 1.6, found 25)
  39. Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe by Andrew Spielman (expected 2.9, found 32)
  40. The Family that Couldn't Sleep by D.T. Max (expected 9, found 65)
  41. A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe by Gino Segrè (expected 2.6, found 30)
  42. The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People by Neil Shubin (expected 4.5, found 40)
  43. Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It by Ken Alibek (expected 6.3, found 49)
  44. Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature by Riley Black (expected 3.4, found 34)
  45. When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time by Michael J. Benton (expected 5, found 42)
  46. Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution by Lynn Margulis (expected 4.1, found 37)
  47. Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins by Robert M. Hazen (expected 1.8, found 25)
  48. Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues by Frank Ryan (expected 2.5, found 29)
  49. In the Blink of an Eye by Andrew Parker (expected 3.3, found 33)
  50. Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Maryn McKenna (expected 2.6, found 29)
  51. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin (expected 34.5, found 194)
  52. Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby (expected 3.8, found 35)
  53. Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by Andrew H. Knoll (expected 3.6, found 34)
  54. Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid by Wendy Williams (expected 3.9, found 35)
  55. Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions by Mark W. Moffett (expected 2.7, found 29)
  56. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson (expected 12.3, found 77)
  57. Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero (expected 4.2, found 36)
  58. A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery (expected 3, found 30)
  59. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett (expected 23.2, found 130)
  60. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley (expected 28.5, found 155)
  61. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen (expected 19.3, found 109)
  62. Eating the Sun : the everyday miracle of how plants power the planet by Oliver Morton (expected 2.4, found 26)
  63. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis by Edward O. Wilson (expected 6.1, found 44)
  64. The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things by Hannah Holmes (expected 3.9, found 33)
  65. Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human by Matt Ridley (expected 15.2, found 87)
  66. Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine by Simon Singh (expected 7.3, found 49)
  67. The Secret Life of Germs: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Can Protect Ourselves Against Them by Jr. Philip M. Tierno (expected 2.5, found 26)
  68. Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean (expected 6.4, found 44)
  69. The Ants by Bert Hölldobler (expected 4.7, found 36)
  70. Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos by Peter M. Hoffmann (expected 1.9, found 23)
  71. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life by Nick Lane (expected 8.3, found 53)
  72. Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey (expected 11, found 65)
  73. Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter by Ellen Prager (expected 1.6, found 21)
  74. What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr (expected 9.8, found 59)
  75. Plague Time by Paul Ewald (expected 2, found 23)
  76. Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own by David Toomey (expected 1.8, found 22)
  77. The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison by John Emsley (expected 4.4, found 34)
  78. Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson (expected 4.2, found 33)
  79. Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration by Bert Hölldobler (expected 6.4, found 43)
  80. Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America by Shawn Lawrence Otto (expected 2.1, found 23)
  81. In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life by Henry Gee (expected 2.5, found 25)
  82. The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin (expected 5.8, found 40)
  83. Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish by James Prosek (expected 2.6, found 25)
  84. Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer (expected 8.2, found 50)
  85. The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History by Molly Caldwell Crosby (expected 11.6, found 65)
  86. Pox: An American History by Michael Willrich (expected 4, found 31)
  87. The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway-Morris (expected 2.8, found 26)
  88. Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times by Arno Karlen (expected 3.3, found 28)
  89. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory by Michael C. Carroll (expected 4.4, found 33)
  90. Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique by Michael S. Gazzaniga (expected 5.6, found 38)
  91. Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier by Jeffrey A. Lockwood (expected 3.1, found 27)
  92. Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils by J. William Schopf (expected 1.3, found 19)
  93. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong (expected 22.4, found 112)
  94. Acquiring Genomes: The Theory of the Origins of the Species by Lynn Margulis (expected 2.5, found 24)
  95. The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures that Have Ever Lived by Colin Tudge (expected 2.9, found 26)
  96. Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by Douglas Starr (expected 3.2, found 27)
  97. Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem (expected 11.9, found 65)
  98. Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable (Science Essentials) by Paul G. Falkowski (expected 1.1, found 18)
  99. Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston (expected 8.1, found 48)
  100. The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth by Richard Conniff (expected 2.3, found 23)

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