 | The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Buy used from: $2.96 This is where it all began and it still stands the test of time today. Yes we have come a long way but Darwin got it all right.
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 | The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.90 My favorite book on evolution next to Origin. It is extremely advanced for the experienced reader but offers some of the most remarkable thoughts on evolution i have ever had.
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 | Adaptation and Natural Selection by George Christopher Williams
Buy new: $16.78 / Used from: $10.99 This is the book that set Dawkins mind alight and gets constant mention in The Selfish Gene. This book has a heavy focus on adaptation and trends but more importantly developed the gene-centered view of evolution. It is very advanced though.
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 | The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.91 The best introduction to Neo-darwinism (modern evolutionary synthensis) you can read and a super literary read.
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 | Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.12 With a focus on natural selection, CMI is based on a series of lectures Dawkins gives on this topics. This is the best book for natural selection in action.
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 | The Theory of Evolution (Canto) by John Maynard Smith
Buy new: $21.06 / Used from: $1.71 This is a mostly genetic walkthrough of the theory of evolution that goes through all parts of the theory step by step. It is technical and somewhat dated but the presentation is fantastic. It is really by the numbers.
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 | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.99 This is an important challange to group selection that invalidates that concept and replaces it with a gene view. This is mostly academic but can be read by the general reader who has some background in evolution.
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 | The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $11.02 / Used from: $3.51 The best walkthrough of evolution from chemical evolution to humans.
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 | The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection by R. A. Fisher
Buy new: $85.28 / Used from: $68.12 Apparently this is the book that used population genetics to merger Darwin's natural selection with Mendel's laws of segregation. A very important but advanced book on evolution.
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 | The Descent of Man (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $7.12 Darwin held back on examining the evolution of man for The Origin of Species but then let loose with this massive evolutionary work. It is mostly about sexual selection.
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 | On Human Nature: Revised Edition by Edward O. Wilson
Buy new: $16.92 / Used from: $9.87 The book that crossed the line by explaining human behavior in terms of evolution. Evolutionary psychology was born from sociobiology.
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 | The Counter-Creationism Handbook by Mark Isaak
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $9.20 This is an excellent guide to refuting creationism that sharpens your knowledge as an evolutionist. It's a point by point blow.
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 | Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality (Science Masters) by Jared Diamond
Buy new: $10.55 / Used from: $2.87 Diamond does the evolution of anything that has to do with sex.
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 | River Out Of Eden: A Darwinian View Of Life (Science Masters Series) by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.29 In this book Dawkins covers the main points of the gene view of evolution. It is a collection of 5 essays that uses evolution as an explaination.
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 | Dawkins vs Gould: Survival of the Fittest by Kim Sterelny
Buy used from: $2.49 The unit of selection and punctuated equilibrium debate made clear. For readers who want to learn more where Dawkins and Gould differ and why.
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 | What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $1.89 |
 | Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $3.75 This is part biological evolution and part memes but it mostly concerned with a critic of Gould's work.
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 | The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared M. Diamond
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $2.92 |
 | The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $4.74 |
 | The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.11 |
 | A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.15 |
 | Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition by Edward O. Wilson
Buy new: $37.12 / Used from: $19.53 |
 | Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea by Carl Zimmer
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $4.30 |
 | Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.59 |
 | The Causes of Evolution (Princeton Science Library) by John Burdon Haldane
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $15.22 |
 | Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up by Jonathan Kingdon
Buy new: $28.95 / Used from: $9.75 |
 | The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould by Stephen Jay Gould
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $14.70 Short works by Gould. Some evolution material. Some not. Worth looking at before getting into his deeper works.
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 | Evolution Boxed Set
Buy new: $67.49 / Used from: $52.47 This is the quickest way to get the full scope of evolution in the shortest time possible. Made by NOVA. An excellent TV series on evolution.
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