The most popular genetics books of 2021

Books about genetics ask what happens when we can rewrite life. Clones, designer babies, engineered plagues and cures raise hopes and fears in thrillers and thoughtful science fiction. True stories of discovery and of families living with inherited conditions are here too. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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The Echo Wife
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The Echo Wife

Sarah Gailey

Published 2021

256 pages

Shards of Earth
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Shards of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Published 2021

533 pages

Find You First
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Find You First

Linwood Barclay

Published 2021

400 pages

Fated Blades
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Fated Blades

Ilona Andrews

2021 · 2022 edition

222 pages

Elder Race
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Elder Race

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Published 2021

208 pages

Bear Head
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Bear Head

Adrian Tchaikovsky

2021 · 2025 edition

400 pages

Noor
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Noor

Nnedi Okorafor

Published 2021

224 pages

Appleseed
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Appleseed

Matt Bell

2021 · 2022 edition

496 pages

Ten Low
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Ten Low

Stark Holborn

Published 2021

320 pages

The Segonian
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The Segonian

Dianne Duvall

Published 2021

378 pages

Catalyst Gate
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Catalyst Gate

Megan E. O'Keefe

Published 2021

592 pages

Hell Divers VIII
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Hell Divers VIII

Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Published 2021

632 pages