The most popular scientists books of 2025

Books about scientists follow people driven to understand. Novels and biographies show the long hours, the rivalries, the breakthroughs and what the work costs in ordinary happiness. They make heroes of curious, stubborn people, and they are as much about character as about science. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin

John Muirhead MacFarlane

Published 2025

62 pages

Life of Darwin
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Life of Darwin

G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

Published 2025

160 pages

SILICON QUEEN
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SILICON QUEEN

Edward M. Godfrey

Published 2025

138 pages

Louis Agassiz
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Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz

Published 2025

348 pages

Alexandr Wang
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Alexandr Wang

Logan E. Hart

Published 2025

133 pages

APOLLO 13
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APOLLO 13

Aeliana Veyra

Published 2025

148 pages

Mary Anning
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Mary Anning

Jonathan Blake

Published 2025

60 pages

Samuel F.B. Morse
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Samuel F.B. Morse

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse

Published 2025

596 pages