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Showing 172 results from 1980 to 2025 with a minimum of 1,000 ratings.
Matched genres: Memoir, Science

Title Year Ratings Rating
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
Nonfiction , Psychology , Memoir , Science , Neuroscience , Biography , Mental Health
Marc Lewis
2011 2.2K 4.04
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
Nonfiction , Psychology , Biography , Science , Memoir , Gender , LGBT
John Colapinto
2001 7.8K 4.04
The Ra Expeditions
Nonfiction , Travel , History , Adventure , Anthropology , Science , Memoir
Thor Heyerdahl
1972 1.2K 4.03
On the Move: A Life
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Science , Psychology , Autobiography , Biography Memoir
Oliver Sacks
2015 21.1K 4.03
Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Science , Nonfiction , Biology , Biography , Genetics , Audiobook , Memoir
Venki Ramakrishnan
2018 1.9K 4.01
Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean
Nonfiction , Nature , Science , Travel , Animals , Memoir , Audiobook
Morten A. Strøksnes
2015 5.4K 4.01
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Nonfiction , Animals , Science , Memoir , Africa , Nature , Biography
Vanessa Woods
2010 2.0K 4.01
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
Nonfiction , Anthropology , History , Africa , Science , Memoir , War
Clea Koff
2005 2.9K 4.01
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Nonfiction , Science , Animals , Nature , Adventure , Memoir , Audiobook
Susan Casey
2006 6.9K 4.01
Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana
Nonfiction , True Crime , Crime , Science , Memoir , Death , Medical
Louis Cataldie
2006 1.2K 4.00
Uncle Tungsten
Science , Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Chemistry , History , Autobiography
Oliver Sacks
2002 6.8K 3.99
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
Nonfiction , Animals , Science , Short Stories , Nature , Memoir , Biography
Lucy H. Spelman
2008 1.6K 3.98
I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever
True Crime , Nonfiction , Crime , Science , Audiobook , Mystery , Memoir
Barbara Rae-Venter
2023 1.9K 3.98
Lab Girl
Nonfiction , Science , Memoir , Biography , Audiobook , Nature , Biography Memoir
Hope Jahren
2016 70.1K 3.98
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
Nonfiction , Medicine , Science , Medical , Memoir , Death , Philosophy
Christine Montross
2007 2.0K 3.97
Crashing Through
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Audiobook , Biography Memoir
Robert Kurson
2006 4.0K 3.97
Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Audiobook , Biography Memoir
Robert Kurson
2006 4.0K 3.97
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Nonfiction , Anthropology , Linguistics , Language , Memoir , Travel , Science
Daniel L. Everett
2008 5.7K 3.97
Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey
Biography , Nonfiction , Travel , Science , Memoir , History , Adventure
Ralph Leighton
2000 1.8K 3.97
Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Audiobook , Biography Memoir
Robert Kurson
2007 4.0K 3.97
Diagnosis: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Medical Mysteries
Nonfiction , Medicine , Medical , Science , Health , Audiobook , Memoir
Lisa Sanders
2009 8.6K 3.96
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
Nonfiction , Memoir , Psychology , Health , Science , Mental Health , Biography
Greg O'Brien
2014 1.1K 3.96
Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
Nonfiction , Medicine , Medical , Science , Health , Audiobook , Memoir
Lisa Sanders
2009 8.6K 3.96
Why We Swim
Nonfiction , Science , Sports , Memoir , Audiobook , History , Nature
Bonnie Tsui
2020 9.9K 3.95
On Immunity: An Inoculation
Nonfiction , Science , Essays , Health , Medicine , History , Memoir
Eula Biss
2014 11.6K 3.94
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
Nonfiction , Science , Animals , Nature , Audiobook , Memoir , Biology
Sy Montgomery
2015 54.9K 3.94
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
Nonfiction , Feminism , Memoir , Health , Science , Medical , Medicine
Abby Norman
2018 2.6K 3.93
A Mathematician's Apology
Mathematics , Nonfiction , Science , Philosophy , Biography , Memoir , History
G.H. Hardy
1992 7.4K 3.92
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
Nonfiction , Science , Nature , Memoir , Animals , Audiobook , History
Patrik Svensson
2020 20.4K 3.92
My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
Biography , Science , Nonfiction , History , Autobiography , Physics , Memoir
Nikola Tesla
2007 12.2K 3.91
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Nonfiction , Science , Memoir , Psychology , Biography , Neuroscience , Health
Jill Bolte Taylor
2006 31.2K 3.91
My Stroke of Insight
Nonfiction , Science , Memoir , Psychology , Biography , Neuroscience , Health
Jill Bolte Taylor
2006 31.2K 3.91
My Inventions
Biography , Science , Nonfiction , History , Autobiography , Physics , Memoir
Nikola Tesla
2006 12.2K 3.91
Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality [Paperback] [Nov 15, 2017] Lanier, Jaron
Nonfiction , Technology , Science , Philosophy , Biography , Memoir , Audiobook
Jaron Lanier
2017 1.1K 3.90
Eating Dirt
Nonfiction , Memoir , Canada , Nature , Environment , Science , Biography
Charlotte Gill
2011 1.5K 3.90
The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch
Nonfiction , Science , Design , Technology , Economics , Memoir , Art
Thomas Thwaites
2011 1.4K 3.89
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery
Nonfiction , Memoir , Science , Psychology , Medical , Mental Health , Biography
Barbara K. Lipska
2018 7.2K 3.89
Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis
Psychology , Nonfiction , Memoir , Mental Health , Medicine , Medical , Science
Christine Montross
2013 1.5K 3.88
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Nonfiction , Science , Psychology , Self Help , Audiobook , Memoir , Personal Development
Joshua Foer
2011 92.2K 3.88
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
Nonfiction , Memoir , Psychology , Medical , Science , Mental Health , Medicine
Adam Stern
2021 2.9K 3.87
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
Nonfiction , Science , Communication , Psychology , Audiobook , Self Help , Memoir
Alan Alda
2017 6.2K 3.86
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
Nonfiction , Psychology , Mental Health , Memoir , Self Help , Science , Health
Scott Stossel
2014 7.4K 3.86
Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem
Science , Nonfiction , Audiobook , Memoir , Biography , Self Help , Psychology
Bill Nye
2017 2.4K 3.85
Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Biography , Medical , Science , Autobiography
Michelle Williams
2010 2.3K 3.84
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
Nonfiction , Classics , Travel , Science , Nature , Memoir , Biography
John Steinbeck
2001 6.2K 3.84
Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
Nonfiction , History , Science , Travel , Audiobook , Memoir , Anthropology
Will Hunt
2019 2.6K 3.81
The Atomic Times: My H-Bomb Year at the Pacific Proving Ground
History , Nonfiction , Military Fiction , Memoir , Biography , War , Science
Michael Harris
2010 1.0K 3.79
About a Mountain
Nonfiction , Essays , Memoir , History , Science , Environment , Politics
John D'Agata
2010 1.4K 3.78
Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change
Nonfiction , Memoir , Psychology , Spirituality , Science , Philosophy , Biography
Tao Lin
2018 1.9K 3.78
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
Nonfiction , Biography , Space , Science , History , Memoir , Audiobook
Buzz Aldrin
2016 1.5K 3.75