Reading List for Former Or Incoming AP Biology Students

Reading List for Former or Incoming AP Biology Students

If you like to read and would not mind reading about science, here are some good reads may interest you. None of these is required, but some will certainly be referenced during AP Biology.

1.  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

2.  Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

3.  The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

4.  The Cobra Event by Richard Preston

5.  The Demon In The Freezer by Richard Preston

6.  Chromosome 6 by Robin Cook (in fact some other great medical novels by him)

7.  The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

8.  Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the boy Who Saved it by Ricki Lewis

9.  Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping by Robert Sapolsky

10.  Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (oldie but goodie!)

11.  Next by MIchael Crichton

12.  My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PIcoult

13.  Into the Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution: by Sean B. Carroll

14.  Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species by Sean B. Carroll

15.  Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner (another oldie but goodie)

16.  Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince

17.  The Making of the Fittest by Sean Carroll

18.  Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

19.  Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

20.  Letters to a Young Scientist by E. O. Wilson

21.  Genome by Matthew Ridley

22.  Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and The Consequences of A World Full Of Men by Mara Hvistendahl

23.  Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heilingman

24.  The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People by Neil Shubin