Evolution & the Natural World
Individual topics classified under "Evolution & the Natural World", ranked by how many awards the books carrying each one have won combined. Open a topic to see its most-awarded books.
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- 1
Evolutionary biology
19 books
9
wins
123
score
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History · Stephen Jay Gould2 wins · 17 score
- On Human Nature · Edward O. Wilson1 win · 12 score
- The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections on Natural History · Stephen Jay Gould1 win · 12 score
- Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters · Matt Ridley0 wins · 10 score
- Right Hand, Left Hand · Chris McManus1 win · 8 score
- 2
Evolution
19 books
8
wins
111
score
- The Beak of the Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our Time · Jonathan Weiner2 wins · 20 score
- A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters · Henry Gee1 win · 8 score
- Life Ascending · Nick Lane1 win · 8 score
- The Blind Watchmaker · Richard Dawkins1 win · 8 score
- The Gene: An Intimate History · Siddhartha Mukherjee1 win · 8 score
- 3
Human evolution
23 books
7
wins
110
score
- Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind · Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey1 win · 12 score
- Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins · Roger Lewin1 win · 8 score
- The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee · Jared Diamond1 win · 8 score
- The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal · Jared Diamond1 win · 8 score
- The Wisdom of Bones · Alan Walker and Pat Shipman1 win · 8 score
- 4
Natural history
13 books
6
wins
90
score
- Leviathan or, The Whale · Philip Hoare1 win · 12 score
- Science in the British Colonies of America · Raymond Phineas Stearns1 win · 12 score
- The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections on Natural History · Stephen Jay Gould1 win · 12 score
- The Sea Around Us · Rachel Carson1 win · 12 score
- Wandering through Winter: A Naturalist's Record of a 20,000-Mile Journey through the North American Winter · Edwin Way Teale1 win · 12 score
- 5
Paleontology
7 books
6
wins
58
score
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History · Stephen Jay Gould2 wins · 17 score
- The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections on Natural History · Stephen Jay Gould1 win · 12 score
- A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters · Henry Gee1 win · 8 score
- Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body · Neil Shubin1 win · 8 score
- Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth · Andrew H. Knoll1 win · 5 score
- 6
Genetics
14 books
4
wins
65
score
- Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters · Matt Ridley0 wins · 10 score
- The Gene: An Intimate History · Siddhartha Mukherjee1 win · 8 score
- The Language of the Genes · Steve Jones1 win · 8 score
- The Making of the Fittest · Sean B. Carroll1 win · 5 score
- Your Heredity and Environment · Amram Scheinfeld1 win · 5 score
- 7
Natural selection
4 books
3
wins
35
score
- 8
Evolutionary psychology
4 books
3
wins
32
score
- How the Mind Works · Steven Pinker1 win · 16 score
- Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds · Cordelia Fine1 win · 8 score
- Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others · David Livingstone Smith1 win · 5 score
- The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are -- The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology · Robert Wright0 wins · 3 score
- 9
Paleoanthropology
4 books
3
wins
31
score
- Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind · Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey1 win · 12 score
- Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins · Roger Lewin1 win · 8 score
- The Wisdom of Bones · Alan Walker and Pat Shipman1 win · 8 score
- The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors · Ann Gibbons0 wins · 3 score
- 10
Eugenics
4 books
3
wins
29
score
- A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled · Alex Green1 win · 12 score
- The Gene: An Intimate History · Siddhartha Mukherjee1 win · 8 score
- The Science and Politics of Racial Research · William H. Tucker1 win · 5 score
- In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Use of Human Heredity · Daniel J. Kevles0 wins · 4 score
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Origins of life
5 books
3
wins
26
score
- Life Ascending · Nick Lane1 win · 8 score
- The Blind Watchmaker · Richard Dawkins1 win · 8 score
- Cradle of Life: The Discovery of the Earth's Earliest Fossils · J. William Schopf1 win · 5 score
- Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology · Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili0 wins · 3 score
- Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive · Carl Zimmer0 wins · 2 score
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Mass extinction
3 books
2
wins
37
score
- 13
Marine biology
5 books
2
wins
21
score
- How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures · Sabrina Imbler1 win · 8 score
- War of the Whales: A True Story · Joshua Horwitz1 win · 5 score
- Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss · Brad Matsen0 wins · 3 score
- Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs · Juli Berwald0 wins · 3 score
- The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths · Brad Fox0 wins · 2 score
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Animal behavior
5 books
1
win
24
score
- The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations · George B. Schaller1 win · 12 score
- Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures · Virginia Morell0 wins · 3 score
- Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence · James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould0 wins · 3 score
- Sonoran Desert Summer · John Alcock0 wins · 3 score
- The Unexpected Truth About Animals · Lucy Cooke0 wins · 3 score
- 15
Biodiversity
4 books
1
win
24
score
- 16
Ornithology
7 books
1
win
24
score
- Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl · Jonathan Slaght1 win · 5 score
- Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds · Scott Weidensaul, Scott Weidensaul0 wins · 4 score
- The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us · Richard Prum0 wins · 4 score
- A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds · Scott Weidensaul0 wins · 3 score
- Bird Sense · Tim Birkhead0 wins · 3 score
- 17
Evolution of intelligence
3 books
1
win
22
score
- The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence · Carl Sagan1 win · 16 score
- Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence · James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould0 wins · 3 score
- The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence · William H. Calvin0 wins · 3 score
- 18
Marine ecology
3 books
1
win
18
score
- 19
Primatology
4 books
1
win
14
score
- Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves · Frans de Waal1 win · 5 score
- A Primate's Memoir · Robert M. Sapolsky0 wins · 3 score
- Different: What Apes Can Teach Us About Gender · Frans de Waal0 wins · 3 score
- Walking With the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas · Sy Montgomery0 wins · 3 score
- 20
Molecular biology
4 books
0
wins
13
score
- The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology · Horace Freeland Judson0 wins · 4 score
- Is Science Necessary?: Essays on Science and Scientists · Max F. Perutz0 wins · 3 score
- Signs of Life: The Language and Meanings of DNA · Robert Pollack0 wins · 3 score
- What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery · Francis Crick0 wins · 3 score
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Animal cognition
3 books
0
wins
8
score
- Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures · Virginia Morell0 wins · 3 score
- Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life · Peter Godfrey-Smith0 wins · 3 score
- The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think · Jennifer Ackerman0 wins · 2 score
Recent Standout Topics (2020+)
- 1Marine biology1 win
- 2Ornithology1 win
- 3Human evolution0 wins
Where This Data Comes From
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction2012–2026
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award1936–2026
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1999–2026
- Bancroft Prize1948–2026
- Cundill History Prize2008–2026
- Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award2005–2026
- J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize1999–2026
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography1919–2025
- Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction2014–2026
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography1981–2025