List of popular science books on evolution

This is a list of popular science books concerning evolution, sorted by surname of the author.

B

 * Paul M. Bingham and Joanne Souza (2009). Death from a Distance and the Birth of a Humane Universe: Human Evolution, Behavior, History, and Your Future.

C

 * Sean B. Carroll (2006). The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution.
 * Sean B. Carroll (2005). Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo.
 * Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth (2003). Evolution: A Very Short Introduction.
 * Matteo Conti (2008). The Selfish Cell: An evolutionary defeat.
 * Jerry Coyne (2009). Why Evolution Is True.

D

 * Charles Darwin (1859). The Origin of Species.
 * Charles Darwin (1871). The Descent of Man.
 * Richard Dawkins (1976). The Selfish Gene.
 * Richard Dawkins (1982). The Extended Phenotype.
 * Richard Dawkins (1986). The Blind Watchmaker.
 * Richard Dawkins (1995). River out of Eden.
 * Richard Dawkins (1996). Climbing Mount Improbable.
 * Richard Dawkins (2004). The Ancestor's Tale.
 * Richard Dawkins (2009). The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.
 * Daniel Dennett (1995). Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
 * Daniel Dennett (2003). Freedom Evolves.
 * Jared Diamond (1991). The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal 
 * Theodosius Dobzhansky (1937; 2nd ed 1941; 3rd ed 1951). Genetics and the Origin of Species.

E

 * Niles Eldredge (2001). The Triumph of Evolution: and the Failure of Creationism.

F

 * Daniel J. Fairbanks (2007). Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA.

G

 * Ann Gibbons (2007). The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors.
 * Stephen Jay Gould (1977). Ever Since Darwin.
 * Stephen Jay Gould (1989). Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History.
 * Stephen Jay Gould (1996). Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin.

H

 * Marc Hauser (2006). Moral Minds.
 * Jay Hosler (2011). Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth.
 * Julian Huxley (1942). Evolution: The Modern Synthesis.
 * Thomas Henry Huxley (1863). Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.

J

 * Donald Johansson (2006). From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded.
 * Shaun Johnston (2017). Re-thinking What it Means We Evolved: A new framework for universal moral values.
 * Shaun Johnston (2020). Are You wonderful? Good Science Says, Yes: How to tell good science from bad.
 * Alison Jolly (2001). Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution.
 * Steve Jones (1995). The Language of the Genes.
 * David Starr Jordan (1901). The Blood of the Nation: A Study in the Decay of Races by the Survival of the Unfit.
 * Joseph Jordania (2006). Who Asked the First Question?: The Origins of Human Choral Singing, Intelligence, Language and Speech.
 * Joseph Jordania (2011). Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution.

K

 * Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart (2006). The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma.
 * Peter Kropotkin (1902). Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution.
 * Arik Kershenbaum (2020). The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy - What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves.

L

 * Nick Lane (2010). Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.
 * Gabriel E. Lasker (1961). The Evolution of Man: A Brief Introduction to Physical Anthropology.
 * Daniel Levitin (2008). The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.

M

 * John Maynard Smith (1958). The Theory of Evolution.
 * John Maynard Smith (1972). On Evolution.
 * John Maynard Smith (1978). The Evolution of Sex.
 * John Maynard Smith (1982). Evolution and the Theory of Games.
 * John Maynard Smith (1989). Evolutionary Genetics.
 * John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1995). The Major Transitions in Evolution.
 * John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1999). The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language.
 * Ernst Mayr (2002). What Evolution Is.
 * Ernst Mayr (2007). One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought.
 * Kenneth R. Miller (2000). Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution.
 * Kenneth R. Miller (2008). Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul.

N

 * National Academies of Science (2008). Science, Evolution, and Creationism.
 * Bill Nye (2014). Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation.

P

 * Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu (2011). Evolution.
 * Donald Prothero (2006). After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals.
 * Donald Prothero (2007). Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters.
 * Steven Pinker (1997). How the Mind Works.

R

 * Matt Ridley (1993). The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature.
 * Matt Ridley (1996). The Origins of Virtue.
 * Matt Ridley (1999). Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters.
 * Matt Ridley (2003). Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human.
 * Reprinted as The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture.
 * Michael Ruse (1998). Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy.
 * Michael Ruse (1999). The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw.
 * Michael Ruse (2001). The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates.
 * Michael Ruse (2001). Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?.
 * Michael Ruse (2006). Darwinism and Its Discontents.
 * Michael Ruse (2006). Evolution-Creation Struggle.

S

 * Carl Sagan (1977). The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.
 * Neil Shubin (2008). Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body.
 * John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan (2002). Up from Dragons: The evolution of human intelligence.
 * Cameron M. Smith and Charles Sullivan (2006). The Top 10 Myths About Evolution.

W

 * Nicholas Wade (2006). Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors.
 * Jonathan Weiner (1994). The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time.
 * David Sloan Wilson (2007). Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives.
 * David Sloan Wilson (2019). This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
 * Bernard Wood (2006). Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction.

Z

 * Carl Zimmer (2001). Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea.
 * Carl Zimmer (2005). Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins.