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Books Like The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins · about this book

Loved The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins? If its nonfiction, popular science and science writing hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Origin of Species, Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution and The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Selfish Gene: Nonfiction · Popular Science · Science Writing · Biology · Evolution

  1. The Origin of Species cover

    The Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Genetics · Animal Behavior

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  2. Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution cover

    Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

    Nick Lane

    Evolution · Biology · Genetics · Popular Science · Science Writing

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  3. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

    The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

    Matt Ridley

    Evolution · Biology · Genetics · Popular Science · Science Writing

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  4. Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures cover

    Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

    Carl Zimmer

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Popular Science · Animal Behavior

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  5. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo cover

    Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

    Sean B. Carroll

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Popular Science · Genetics

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  6. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time cover

    The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

    Jonathan Weiner

    Biology · Evolution · Science Writing · Popular Science · Animal Behavior

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  7. Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease cover

    Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

    Sharon Moalem

    Evolution · Genetics · Biology · Popular Science · Science Writing

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  8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari

    Evolution · Popular Science · Biology · Genetics · Animal Behavior

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  9. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation cover

    Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

    Olivia Judson

    Evolution · Biology · Popular Science · Science Writing · Animal Behavior

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  10. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis cover

    Sociobiology: The New Synthesis

    Edward O. Wilson

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Animal Behavior · Popular Science

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  11. The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates cover

    The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

    Frans de Waal

    Evolution · Popular Science · Biology · Science Writing · Animal Behavior

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  12. How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of de-Extinction cover

    How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of de-Extinction

    Beth Shapiro

    Science Writing · Evolution · Biology · Genetics · Popular Science

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  13. Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History cover

    Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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  14. Why Evolution is True cover

    Why Evolution is True

    Jerry A. Coyne

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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  15. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body cover

    Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

    Neil Shubin

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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  16. Life: An Unauthorised Biography: A Natural History of the First Four Thousand Million Years of Life on Earth cover

    Life: An Unauthorised Biography: A Natural History of the First Four Thousand Million Years of Life on Earth

    Richard Fortey

    Evolution · Biology · Science Writing · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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  17. Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle cover

    Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle

    Andreas Wagner

    Evolution · Genetics · Biology · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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  18. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life cover

    Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

    Daniel C. Dennett

    Evolution · Biology · Genetics · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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  19. Almost Like A Whale: The Origin Of Species Updated cover

    Almost Like A Whale: The Origin Of Species Updated

    Steve Jones

    Evolution · Biology · Popular Science · Science Writing · Nonfiction

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  20. Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life cover

    Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life

    Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb

    Evolution · Biology · Genetics · Popular Science · Nonfiction

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