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Genetics Book Summaries

The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins 1982 336 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes
From Sex to Money to Food Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham 2000 272 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
The Genius in All of Us Summary
The Genius in All of Us
Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by David Shenk 2010 320 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Genie in Your Genes Summary
The Genie in Your Genes
Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention
by Dawson Church 2007 363 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Identically Different Summary
Identically Different
Why You Can Change Your Genes
by Tim Spector 2012 338 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 355 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Genetics
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Science
Race
History
Power, Sex, Suicide Summary
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane 2005 354 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
The Stories in Our Genes
by Adam Rutherford 2016 419 pages
4.03
11k+ ratings
Science
History
Biology
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by Carl Zimmer 2018 657 pages
4.16
6k+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family
Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross 2016 304 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Genome Summary
Genome
The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages
4.06
27k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery
Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021 312 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Politics
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
by Robert Plomin 2018 288 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture
Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
by Matt Ridley 2003 352 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
The Genesis Machine Summary
The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by Amy Webb 2022 368 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Technology
Hacking Darwin Summary
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by Jamie Metzl 2019 327 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Epigenetics Revolution Summary
The Epigenetics Revolution
by Nessa Carey 2011 320 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The Music of Life Summary
The Music of Life
Biology Beyond Genes
by Denis Noble 2006 153 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
A Crack in Creation Summary
A Crack in Creation
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017 304 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
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