Biology Book Summaries

Stronger Summary
Stronger
The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
by Michael Joseph Gross 2025 480 pages
3.86
133 ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.66
441 ratings
Science
History
Sociology
Creation Summary
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
by Adam Rutherford 2013 288 pages
3.98
748 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Microbes
by Jason Tetro 2013 272 pages
3.75
142 ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Mutants Summary
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
by Armand Marie Leroi 2003 448 pages
4.05
3.9K ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
Don't Lose Out, Work Out! Summary
Don't Lose Out, Work Out!
by Rujuta Diwekar 2014 284 pages
4.03
2.7K ratings
Health
Fitness
Self Help
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.07
617 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Learning From the Octopus Summary
Learning From the Octopus
How Secrets from Nature Can Help Us Fight Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Disease
by Rafe Sagarin 2012 320 pages
3.76
223 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
by New Scientist 2017 202 pages
3.91
341 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Beyond Words Summary
Beyond Words
What Animals Think and Feel
by Carl Safina 2015 461 pages
4.41
4.5K ratings
Animals
Science
Nature
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky
The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
by Gerald M. Edelman 2004 224 pages
3.67
412 ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Counting Sheep Summary
Counting Sheep
The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams
by Paul R. Martin 2002 432 pages
3.98
426 ratings
Science
Psychology
Popular Science
The Immune System Summary
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages
3.83
159 ratings
Science
Biology
Health
The Wisdom of Birds Summary
The Wisdom of Birds
An Illustrated History of Ornithology
by Tim Birkhead 2008 433 pages
4.21
251 ratings
Birds
Nature
Science
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream Summary
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
A Day in the Life of Your Body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2007 253 pages
3.59
954 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters 2003 224 pages
3.71
178 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Behind the Mirror Summary
Behind the Mirror
A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge
by Konrad Lorenz 1973 261 pages
4.02
157 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
A Very Short Introduction
by Rodolfo Saracci 2010 145 pages
3.36
336 ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Life Everlasting Summary
Life Everlasting
The Animal Way of Death
by Bernd Heinrich 2012 256 pages
3.97
1.2K ratings
Nature
Science
Animals
The Brain Summary
The Brain
A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine
by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages
4.12
655 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Dinosaurs Summary
Dinosaurs
A Concise Natural History
by David E. Fastovsky 2009 394 pages
4.20
187 ratings
Science
Dinosaurs
Palaeontology
Domesticated Summary
Domesticated
Evolution in a Man-Made World
by Richard C. Francis 2015 498 pages
3.98
578 ratings
Science
Animals
History
Gulp Summary
Gulp
Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by Mary Roach 2013 348 pages
3.93
50.8K ratings
Science
Humor
Food
The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought
Unlocking Glia--the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease
by Andrew Koob 2009 186 pages
3.69
134 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Popular Science
The Next Species Summary
The Next Species
The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
by Michael Tennesen 2015 336 pages
3.71
308 ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
First Human Body Encyclopedia Summary
First Human Body Encyclopedia
by Penny Smith 2005 128 pages
4.29
161 ratings
Science
Childrens
Reference
Warriors and Worriers Summary
Warriors and Worriers
The Survival of the Sexes
by Joyce F Benenson 2014 288 pages
4.11
150 ratings
Psychology
Science
Biology
Immunology Summary
Immunology
by Thomas J. Kindt 2002
4.24
329 ratings
Science
Textbooks
Medicine
The Web of Life Summary
The Web of Life
A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
by Fritjof Capra 1996 347 pages
4.18
1.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Ecology
Anatomy 101 Summary
Anatomy 101
From Muscles and Bones to Organs and Systems, Your Guide to How the Human Body Works
by Kevin Langford 2015 289 pages
3.59
249 ratings
Science
Biology
Reference
Growth Summary
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
by Vaclav Smil 2019 664 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Nine Pints Summary
Nine Pints
A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
by Rose George 2018 289 pages
3.83
3.9K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption Summary
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
by Gad Saad 2007 360 pages
3.87
52 ratings
Psychology
Evolution
Science
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life Summary
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2011 256 pages
3.57
667 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Gene Machine Summary
Gene Machine
The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2018 288 pages
4
2.0K ratings
Science
Biology
Biography
Deadliest Enemy Summary
Deadliest Enemy
Our War Against Killer Germs
by Michael T. Osterholm 2017 352 pages
4.33
3.4K ratings
Science
Health
Medical
Adaptable Summary
Adaptable
How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us
by Herman Pontzer 2025 352 pages
4.11
131 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Brain Bugs Summary
Brain Bugs
How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives
by Dean Buonomano 2011 310 pages
3.8
2.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Secret of Scent Summary
The Secret of Scent
Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell
by Luca Turin 2006 224 pages
3.73
891 ratings
Science
History
Biology
Creating a Forest Garden Summary
Creating a Forest Garden
Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops
by Martin Crawford 2010 384 pages
4.44
428 ratings
Gardening
Food
Plants
The Hidden Spring Summary
The Hidden Spring
A Journey to the Source of Consciousness
by Mark Solms 2021 432 pages
4.25
1.1K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Social Conquest of Earth Summary
The Social Conquest of Earth
by Edward O. Wilson 2012 352 pages
4.02
4.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
Patient Zero Summary
Patient Zero
A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
by Lydia Kang 2021 390 pages
4.14
2.8K ratings
Science
History
Medical
The Frontiers of Knowledge Summary
The Frontiers of Knowledge
What We Know about Science, History and the Mind
by A.C. Grayling 2021 432 pages
3.98
337 ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Health Guide Summary
Health Guide
by Mahatma Gandhi 2004 212 pages
3.58
146 ratings
Health
Philosophy
Biology
Vanishing Treasures Summary
Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
by Katherine Rundell 2024 224 pages
4.16
4.1K ratings
Nature
Science
Animals
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