Science Related Non-Fiction
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics by James Kakalios
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery and the Genius of the Royal Society by Bill Bryson
The Science of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Obsessive Genus: The Inner World of Marie Curie by Barbara Goldsmith
The Science of Doctor Who by Paul Parsons
This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
A PhD is Not Enough! A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine by Carl Elliott
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science and Fear by Seth Mnookin
Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients by David Childress
Why Didn’t I Think of That? 101 Inventions that Changed the World by Hardly Trying by Anthony Rubino Jr.
Allies and Enemies: How the World Depends on Bacteria by Anne Maczulak
Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond by Meg Daley Olmert
Classic Science Fiction
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
1984 by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
The Invisible Man by HG Wells
The Time Machine by HG Wells
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Anything by Isaac Asimov or Ray Bradbury