Amazon announces picks for best science books of 2021 — so far

{"value":"\n\nAfter curating titles released from January through June 2021, Amazon book editors have selected their picks for 2021's best books so far, including the top 20 within the science category. Two of the books, 'The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race' by Walter Isaacson, and 'Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It' by Ethan Kross, are among the editors' Top 10 picks among all genres and categories.\n\nCREDIT: GLYNIS CONDON\n\nEarlier today, Amazon announced its picks for ++[2021’s Best Books of the Year So Far](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210609005020/en/Great-Circle-by-Maggie-Shipstead-is-Amazon%E2%80%99s-Best-Book-of-the-Year-So-Far-for-2021)++, including those within the science category.\n\nThroughout the year, Amazon Books editors pore over thousands of pages to determine the ++[Best Books of the Month](https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17143709011)++, ++[Best Books of the Year So Far](http://www.amazon.com/bestbookssofar)++, and ++[Best Books of the Year](https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011)++, debating new releases across various categories.\n\n**How Amazon Books editors made their selections**\n\nIn ++[this interview](https://www.amazon.science/latest-news/3-questions-with-amazon-books-editor-al-woodworth)++, Amazon Books editor Al Woodworth explains how the Amazon Books editorial team makes its selections.\n\nAfter curating titles released from January through June 2021, Amazon editors selected options to read by the pool or listen to on summer road trips, or to help readers who seek to better understand diverse experiences and cultures.\n\nHere are the Top 20 picks of 2021 so far within the science category, as chosen by the Amazon Books editors.\n\n\n#### **1. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race**\n\n\nBy ++[Walter Isaacson](https://www.amazon.com/Walter-Isaacson/e/B000APFLB8?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Code-Breaker-Jennifer-Doudna-Editing/dp/1982115858/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AQIX57EXRGO6&dchild=1&keywords=the+code+breaker+walter+isaacson+book&qid=1623085702&sprefix=The+Code+Breaker%2Caps%2C318&sr=8-1)\n\n\n#### **2. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need**\n\n\nBy ++[Bill Gates](https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Gates/e/B000AQ2T7Q?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/How-Avoid-Climate-Disaster-Breakthroughs/dp/0385546130/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623085751&sr=8-1)\n\n\n#### **3. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It**\n\n\nBy ++[Ethan Kross](https://www.amazon.com/Ethan-Kross/e/B088TVCBT5?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Chatter-Voice-Head-Matters-Harness/dp/0525575235/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2KJH0WPK7KWUC&dchild=1&keywords=chatter+the+voice+in+our+head&qid=1623085792&sprefix=Chatter%2Caps%2C298&sr=8-2)\n\n\n#### **4. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future**\n\n\nBy ++[Elizabeth Kolbert](https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Kolbert/e/B001JPC7CE?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Under-White-Sky-Nature-Future/dp/0593136276/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Under+a+White+Sky&qid=1623085839&sr=8-1)\n\n\n#### **5. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing**\n\n\nBy ++[Bruce D. Perry](https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-D.-Perry/e/B004G8LMOU?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++, ++[Oprah Winfrey](https://www.amazon.com/Oprah-Winfrey/e/B08Z31GHLK?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623082868&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **6. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else**\n\n\nBy ++[Jordan Ellenberg](https://www.amazon.com/Jordan-Ellenberg/e/B001K8IUCG?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Geometry-Information-Democracy-Everything/dp/1984879057/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZGI043YV2KO1&dchild=1&keywords=shape+jordan+ellenberg&qid=1623083098&s=books&sprefix=Shape%2Cstripbooks%2C310&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **7. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred**\n\n\nBy ++[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein](https://www.amazon.com/Chanda-Prescod-Weinstein/e/B08CPR86Q6?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Disordered-Cosmos-Journey-Spacetime-Deferred/dp/1541724704/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OFQH2QKJX4ZR&dchild=1&keywords=the+disordered+cosmos&qid=1623083375&s=books&sprefix=The+Disordered+%2Cstripbooks%2C280&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **8. A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds**\n\n\nBy ++[Scott Weidensaul](https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Weidensaul/e/B000APOYCK?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/World-Wing-Global-Odyssey-Migratory/dp/0393608905/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1J2OWUQ04PXP0&dchild=1&keywords=a+world+on+the+wing&qid=1623083571&s=books&sprefix=A+World+%2Cstripbooks%2C288&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **9. The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine**\n\n\nBy ++[Janice P. Nimura](https://www.amazon.com/Janice-P.-Nimura/e/B00O74HGDE?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Blackwell-Pioneering-Sisters-Medicine/dp/0393635546/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1J1JQNFM1VVIU&dchild=1&keywords=the+doctors+blackwell+by+janice+p.+nimura&qid=1623083772&s=books&sprefix=The+Doctors+%2Cstripbooks%2C311&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **10. Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear**\n\n\nBy ++[Carl L. Hart](https://www.amazon.com/Carl-Hart/e/B00D7JJPQG?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Use-Grown-Ups-Chasing-Liberty/dp/1101981644/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623083967&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **11. Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth**\n\n\nBy ++[Avi Loeb](https://www.amazon.com/Avi-Loeb/e/B088P877H1?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth/dp/0358278147/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=extraterrestrial+by+Avi+Loeb&qid=1623084150&s=books&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExQTRXQTZCTFBYQVpLJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTI1NTg3VFlSNktURUJJQzJPJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0NDI5Mzk4MUlQSlc3WlM1RUMmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl)\n\n\n#### **12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest**\n\n\nBy ++[Suzanne Simard](https://www.amazon.com/Suzanne-Simard/e/B08PMC74S9?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Mother-Tree-Discovering-Wisdom/dp/052565609X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DCNBJ63PODGH&dchild=1&keywords=finding+the+mother+tree+suzanne+simard&qid=1623084327&s=books&sprefix=Finding+the+Mother+%2Cstripbooks%2C306&sr=1-2)\n\n\n#### **13. The Premonition**\n\n\nBy ++[Michael Lewis](https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Lewis/e/B000APZ33E?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Lewis/dp/0393881555/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OA3YKKCNP0XZ&dchild=1&keywords=the+premonition+michael+lewis&qid=1623084472&s=books&sprefix=The+Premonition%2Cstripbooks%2C297&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **14. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything**\n\n\nBy ++[Michio Kaku](https://www.amazon.com/Michio-Kaku/e/B00J02CFW0?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/God-Equation-Quest-Theory-Everything/dp/0385542747/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29A8XHAGI9ACU&dchild=1&keywords=the+god+equation+by+michio+kaku&qid=1623084637&s=books&sprefix=The+God+Equation%2Cstripbooks%2C290&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **15. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty**\n\n\nBy ++[Patrick Radden Keefe](https://www.amazon.com/Patrick-Radden-Keefe/e/B001K8TZ1Q?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623084866&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **16. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters**\n\n\nBy ++[Andrew H. Knoll](https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-H.-Knoll/e/B001IXU90Y?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Earth-Billion-Chapters/dp/0062853910/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C5DOWAR355QJ&dchild=1&keywords=a+brief+history+of+earth&qid=1623085029&s=books&sprefix=A+Brief+History+of+%2Cstripbooks%2C296&sr=1-1)\n\n\n#### **17. Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer**\n\n\nBy ++[Steven Johnson](https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Johnson/e/B000APC0M6?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Life-History-Living-Longer/dp/0525538852/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25I5M61D731DX&dchild=1&keywords=extra+life+by+steven+johnson&qid=1623085191&sprefix=Extra+Life+by+Steven%2Cstripbooks%2C288&sr=8-1)\n\n\n#### **18. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain**\n\n\nBy ++[Annie Murphy Paul](https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Murphy-Paul/e/B001KHDM66?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Outside-Brain-Annie-Murphy/dp/0544947665/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1LV9M54FUD2V4&dchild=1&keywords=the+extended+mind+by+annie+murphy+paul&qid=1623085351&sprefix=Tje+Extended+%2Caps%2C279&sr=8-2)\n\n\n#### **19. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters**\n\n\nBy ++[Steven E. Koonin](https://www.amazon.com/Steven-E.-Koonin/e/B001H9Q9ZS?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Unsettled-Climate-Science-Doesnt-Matters/dp/1950665798/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2Y7CD5W7O11A7&dchild=1&keywords=unsettled+steven+koonin&qid=1623085508&sprefix=Unsettled+%2Caps%2C294&sr=8-3)\n\n\n#### **20. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know**\n\nBy ++[Adam Grant](https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Grant/e/B00ATUAAWE?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000)++\n\n[](https://www.amazon.com/Think-Again-Power-Knowing-What/dp/1984878107/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623085634&sr=8-2)\n\nFor more coverage of the books featured on the Best Books of the Year So Far list, as well as insightful reviews on new books, author interviews, and hand-curated roundups in popular categories, visit the ++[Amazon Book Review](https://www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview)++. You can also follow the Amazon Book editors’ recommendations and conversations on ++[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Amazon.comBooks)++, ++[Twitter](https://twitter.com/amazonbooks)++, and ++[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/amazonbooks/)++.\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n**Staff writer**","render":"<p><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/5ed8912378f8499191ef27b04e7d817f_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></p>\n<p>After curating titles released from January through June 2021, Amazon book editors have selected their picks for 2021’s best books so far, including the top 20 within the science category. Two of the books, ‘The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race’ by Walter Isaacson, and ‘Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It’ by Ethan Kross, are among the editors’ Top 10 picks among all genres and categories.</p>\n<p>CREDIT: GLYNIS CONDON</p>\n<p>Earlier today, Amazon announced its picks for <ins><a href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210609005020/en/Great-Circle-by-Maggie-Shipstead-is-Amazon%E2%80%99s-Best-Book-of-the-Year-So-Far-for-2021\" target=\"_blank\">2021’s Best Books of the Year So Far</a></ins>, including those within the science category.</p>\n<p>Throughout the year, Amazon Books editors pore over thousands of pages to determine the <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=17143709011\" target=\"_blank\">Best Books of the Month</a></ins>, <ins><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/bestbookssofar\" target=\"_blank\">Best Books of the Year So Far</a></ins>, and <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=17276804011\" target=\"_blank\">Best Books of the Year</a></ins>, debating new releases across various categories.</p>\n<p><strong>How Amazon Books editors made their selections</strong></p>\n<p>In <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.science/latest-news/3-questions-with-amazon-books-editor-al-woodworth\" target=\"_blank\">this interview</a></ins>, Amazon Books editor Al Woodworth explains how the Amazon Books editorial team makes its selections.</p>\n<p>After curating titles released from January through June 2021, Amazon editors selected options to read by the pool or listen to on summer road trips, or to help readers who seek to better understand diverse experiences and cultures.</p>\n<p>Here are the Top 20 picks of 2021 so far within the science category, as chosen by the Amazon Books editors.</p>\n<h4><a id=\"1_The_Code_Breaker_Jennifer_Doudna_Gene_Editing_and_the_Future_of_the_Human_Race_19\"></a><strong>1. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Walter-Isaacson/e/B000APFLB8?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Walter Isaacson</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Code-Breaker-Jennifer-Doudna-Editing/dp/1982115858/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AQIX57EXRGO6&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+code+breaker+walter+isaacson+book&amp;qid=1623085702&amp;sprefix=The+Code+Breaker%2Caps%2C318&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/7cbf644b7e9d4fee96186fa822533e7a_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"2_How_to_Avoid_a_Climate_Disaster_The_Solutions_We_Have_and_the_Breakthroughs_We_Need_27\"></a><strong>2. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Gates/e/B000AQ2T7Q?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Gates</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/How-Avoid-Climate-Disaster-Breakthroughs/dp/0385546130/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1623085751&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/4db8f7f0163749ae8ca0c95fe6be7db4_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"3_Chatter_The_Voice_in_Our_Head_Why_It_Matters_and_How_to_Harness_It_35\"></a><strong>3. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Ethan-Kross/e/B088TVCBT5?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Kross</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Chatter-Voice-Head-Matters-Harness/dp/0525575235/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2KJH0WPK7KWUC&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=chatter+the+voice+in+our+head&amp;qid=1623085792&amp;sprefix=Chatter%2Caps%2C298&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/7e7c8725212c499687a03a1a0d592756_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"4_Under_a_White_Sky_The_Nature_of_the_Future_43\"></a><strong>4. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Kolbert/e/B001JPC7CE?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Kolbert</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Under-White-Sky-Nature-Future/dp/0593136276/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Under+a+White+Sky&amp;qid=1623085839&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/8d1a6210a91a4af0b9f45a53cb48a051_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"5_What_Happened_to_You_Conversations_on_Trauma_Resilience_and_Healing_51\"></a><strong>5. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-D.-Perry/e/B004G8LMOU?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce D. Perry</a></ins>, <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Oprah-Winfrey/e/B08Z31GHLK?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i0\" target=\"_blank\">Oprah Winfrey</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1623082868&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/83a5b11ee63a48c2b2080e0bb0e2549f_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"6_Shape_The_Hidden_Geometry_of_Information_Biology_Strategy_Democracy_and_Everything_Else_59\"></a><strong>6. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Jordan-Ellenberg/e/B001K8IUCG?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Ellenberg</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Geometry-Information-Democracy-Everything/dp/1984879057/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZGI043YV2KO1&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=shape+jordan+ellenberg&amp;qid=1623083098&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=Shape%2Cstripbooks%2C310&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/456a82e8876e4bb89d748520a1007611_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"7_The_Disordered_Cosmos_A_Journey_into_Dark_Matter_Spacetime_and_Dreams_Deferred_67\"></a><strong>7. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Chanda-Prescod-Weinstein/e/B08CPR86Q6?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Chanda Prescod-Weinstein</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Disordered-Cosmos-Journey-Spacetime-Deferred/dp/1541724704/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OFQH2QKJX4ZR&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+disordered+cosmos&amp;qid=1623083375&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=The+Disordered+%2Cstripbooks%2C280&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/43bb889623ed47c887177c57cbf33ab2_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"8_A_World_on_the_Wing_The_Global_Odyssey_of_Migratory_Birds_75\"></a><strong>8. A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Weidensaul/e/B000APOYCK?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Weidensaul</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/World-Wing-Global-Odyssey-Migratory/dp/0393608905/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1J2OWUQ04PXP0&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=a+world+on+the+wing&amp;qid=1623083571&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=A+World+%2Cstripbooks%2C288&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/29a5f82cc1a14d248485eebbff2602f6_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"9_The_Doctors_Blackwell_How_Two_Pioneering_Sisters_Brought_Medicine_to_Women_and_Women_to_Medicine_83\"></a><strong>9. The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Janice-P.-Nimura/e/B00O74HGDE?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Janice P. Nimura</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Blackwell-Pioneering-Sisters-Medicine/dp/0393635546/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1J1JQNFM1VVIU&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+doctors+blackwell+by+janice+p.+nimura&amp;qid=1623083772&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=The+Doctors+%2Cstripbooks%2C311&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/32e20eaee09d4ceba3e3ad9a16a9ae1a_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"10_Drug_Use_for_GrownUps_Chasing_Liberty_in_the_Land_of_Fear_91\"></a><strong>10. Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Carl-Hart/e/B00D7JJPQG?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Carl L. Hart</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Use-Grown-Ups-Chasing-Liberty/dp/1101981644/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1623083967&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/6e7a74bf0b2e44ac9fc003610a25ad3d_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"11_Extraterrestrial_The_First_Sign_of_Intelligent_Life_Beyond_Earth_99\"></a><strong>11. Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Avi-Loeb/e/B088P877H1?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Avi Loeb</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth/dp/0358278147/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&amp;keywords=extraterrestrial+by+Avi+Loeb&amp;qid=1623084150&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExQTRXQTZCTFBYQVpLJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTI1NTg3VFlSNktURUJJQzJPJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0NDI5Mzk4MUlQSlc3WlM1RUMmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/dc395674912f4bbe99185611cd57dda2_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"12_Finding_the_Mother_Tree_Discovering_the_Wisdom_of_the_Forest_107\"></a><strong>12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Suzanne-Simard/e/B08PMC74S9?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne Simard</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Mother-Tree-Discovering-Wisdom/dp/052565609X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DCNBJ63PODGH&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=finding+the+mother+tree+suzanne+simard&amp;qid=1623084327&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=Finding+the+Mother+%2Cstripbooks%2C306&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/55b5ff4195b24792a7f9cfb92037a6d0_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"13_The_Premonition_115\"></a><strong>13. The Premonition</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Lewis/e/B000APZ33E?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Lewis</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Premonition-Pandemic-Story-Michael-Lewis/dp/0393881555/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OA3YKKCNP0XZ&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+premonition+michael+lewis&amp;qid=1623084472&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=The+Premonition%2Cstripbooks%2C297&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/22c8a676839a419093838d4036d48f0c_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"14_The_God_Equation_The_Quest_for_a_Theory_of_Everything_123\"></a><strong>14. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Michio-Kaku/e/B00J02CFW0?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Michio Kaku</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/God-Equation-Quest-Theory-Everything/dp/0385542747/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29A8XHAGI9ACU&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+god+equation+by+michio+kaku&amp;qid=1623084637&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=The+God+Equation%2Cstripbooks%2C290&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/d5c0cd2ee9d240729d32b0ed25162315_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"15_Empire_of_Pain_The_Secret_History_of_the_Sackler_Dynasty_131\"></a><strong>15. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Patrick-Radden-Keefe/e/B001K8TZ1Q?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Radden Keefe</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1623084866&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/b4efbac856d8428bafc33bcb70bfe317_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"16_A_Brief_History_of_Earth_Four_Billion_Years_in_Eight_Chapters_139\"></a><strong>16. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-H.-Knoll/e/B001IXU90Y?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew H. Knoll</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Earth-Billion-Chapters/dp/0062853910/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C5DOWAR355QJ&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=a+brief+history+of+earth&amp;qid=1623085029&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=A+Brief+History+of+%2Cstripbooks%2C296&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/3d173dd5336a47c1a2ca4e9aacc2b279_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"17_Extra_Life_A_Short_History_of_Living_Longer_147\"></a><strong>17. Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Johnson/e/B000APC0M6?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Johnson</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Life-History-Living-Longer/dp/0525538852/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25I5M61D731DX&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=extra+life+by+steven+johnson&amp;qid=1623085191&amp;sprefix=Extra+Life+by+Steven%2Cstripbooks%2C288&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/0750701bab4046f5966f766dc03786fa_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"18_The_Extended_Mind_The_Power_of_Thinking_Outside_the_Brain_155\"></a><strong>18. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Murphy-Paul/e/B001KHDM66?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Annie Murphy Paul</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Outside-Brain-Annie-Murphy/dp/0544947665/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1LV9M54FUD2V4&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+extended+mind+by+annie+murphy+paul&amp;qid=1623085351&amp;sprefix=Tje+Extended+%2Caps%2C279&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/934ebfbb289b4964a1b9f5a965c955bc_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"19_Unsettled_What_Climate_Science_Tells_Us_What_It_Doesnt_and_Why_It_Matters_163\"></a><strong>19. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Steven-E.-Koonin/e/B001H9Q9ZS?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Steven E. Koonin</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Unsettled-Climate-Science-Doesnt-Matters/dp/1950665798/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2Y7CD5W7O11A7&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=unsettled+steven+koonin&amp;qid=1623085508&amp;sprefix=Unsettled+%2Caps%2C294&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/dc9e75bbba5e4d4f86f13f75c5f3032d_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<h4><a id=\"20_Think_Again_The_Power_of_Knowing_What_You_Dont_Know_171\"></a><strong>20. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know</strong></h4>\n<p>By <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Grant/e/B00ATUAAWE?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Grant</a></ins></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Think-Again-Power-Knowing-What/dp/1984878107/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1623085634&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://dev-media.amazoncloud.cn/77fea6d32cd04ca2b6c60e74cf04b23f_image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" /></a></p>\n<p>For more coverage of the books featured on the Best Books of the Year So Far list, as well as insightful reviews on new books, author interviews, and hand-curated roundups in popular categories, visit the <ins><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Book Review</a></ins>. 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