List of popular science books on evolution

This is a list of popular science books concerning evolution, sorted by surname of the author.

B

• Paul M. Bingham and Joanne Souza (2009). Death from a Distance and the Birth of a Humane Universe: Human Evolution, Behavior, History, and Your Future.

C

• Sean B. Carroll (2006). The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution.
• Sean B. Carroll (2005). Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo.
• Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth (2003). Evolution: A Very Short Introduction.
• Matteo Conti (2008). The Selfish Cell: An evolutionary defeat.
• Jerry Coyne (2009). Why Evolution Is True.

D

• Charles Darwin (1859). The Origin of Species.
• Charles Darwin (1871). The Descent of Man.
• Richard Dawkins (1976). The Selfish Gene.
• Richard Dawkins (1982). The Extended Phenotype.
• Richard Dawkins (1986). The Blind Watchmaker.
• Richard Dawkins (1995). River out of Eden.
• Richard Dawkins (1996). Climbing Mount Improbable.
• Richard Dawkins (2004). The Ancestor's Tale.
• Richard Dawkins (2009). The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.
• Daniel Dennett (1995). Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
• Daniel Dennett (2003). Freedom Evolves.
• Jared Diamond (1991). The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
• Theodosius Dobzhansky (1937; 2nd ed 1941; 3rd ed 1951). Genetics and the Origin of Species.

E

• Niles Eldredge (2001). The Triumph of Evolution: and the Failure of Creationism.

F

• Daniel J. Fairbanks (2007). Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA.

G

• Ann Gibbons (2007). The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors.
• Stephen Jay Gould (1977). Ever Since Darwin.
• Stephen Jay Gould (1989). Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History.
• Stephen Jay Gould (1996). Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin.

H

• Marc Hauser (2006). Moral Minds.
• Jay Hosler (2011). Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth.
• Julian Huxley (1942). Evolution: The Modern Synthesis.
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1863). Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.

J

• Donald Johansson (2006). From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded.
• Shaun Johnston (2017). Re-thinking What it Means We Evolved: A new framework for universal moral values.
• Shaun Johnston (2020). Are You wonderful? Good Science Says, Yes: How to tell good science from bad.
• Alison Jolly (2001). Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution.
• Steve Jones (1995). The Language of the Genes.
• David Starr Jordan (1901). The Blood of the Nation: A Study in the Decay of Races by the Survival of the Unfit.
• Joseph Jordania (2006). Who Asked the First Question?: The Origins of Human Choral Singing, Intelligence, Language and Speech.
• Joseph Jordania (2011). Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution.

K

• Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart (2006). The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma.
• Peter Kropotkin (1902). Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution.
• Arik Kershenbaum (2020). The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy - What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves.

L

• Nick Lane (2010). Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.
• Gabriel E. Lasker (1961). The Evolution of Man: A Brief Introduction to Physical Anthropology.
• Daniel Levitin (2008). The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.

M

• John Maynard Smith (1958). The Theory of Evolution.
• John Maynard Smith (1972). On Evolution.
• John Maynard Smith (1978). The Evolution of Sex.
• John Maynard Smith (1982). Evolution and the Theory of Games.
• John Maynard Smith (1989). Evolutionary Genetics.
• John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1995). The Major Transitions in Evolution.
• John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1999). The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language.
• Ernst Mayr (2002). What Evolution Is.
• Ernst Mayr (2007). One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought.
• Kenneth R. Miller (2000). Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution.
• Kenneth R. Miller (2008). Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul.

N

• National Academies of Science (2008). Science, Evolution, and Creationism.
• Bill Nye (2014). Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation.

P

• Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu (2011). Evolution.
• Donald Prothero (2006). After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals.
• Donald Prothero (2007). Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters.
• Steven Pinker (1997). How the Mind Works.

R

• Matt Ridley (1993). The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature.
• Matt Ridley (1996). The Origins of Virtue.
• Matt Ridley (1999). Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters.
• Matt Ridley (2003). Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human.
  • Reprinted as The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture.
• Michael Ruse (1998). Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy.
• Michael Ruse (1999). The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw.
• Michael Ruse (2001). The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates.
• Michael Ruse (2001). Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?.
• Michael Ruse (2006). Darwinism and Its Discontents.
• Michael Ruse (2006). Evolution-Creation Struggle.

S

• Carl Sagan (1977). The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.
• Neil Shubin (2008). Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body.
• John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan (2002). Up from Dragons: The evolution of human intelligence.
• Cameron M. Smith and Charles Sullivan (2006). The Top 10 Myths About Evolution.

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W

• Nicholas Wade (2006). Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors.
• Jonathan Weiner (1994). The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time.
• David Sloan Wilson (2007). Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives.
• David Sloan Wilson (2019). This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
• Bernard Wood (2006). Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction.

Z

• Carl Zimmer (2001). Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea.
• Carl Zimmer (2005). Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins.