Suggested Reading – Year 10 and 11 Biology The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins The Descent of Men by Steve Jones In the Blood: God, Genes and Destiny by Steve Jones Almost Like a Whale: The 'Origin of Species' Updated by Steve Jones The Language of the Genes by Steve Jones Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley The Language of Genes Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human by Matt Ridley DNA: The Secret of Life by James Watson The Double Helix: Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas The Rough Guide to the Brain (Rough Guides Reference Titles) by Barry Gibb The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi The Machinery of Life by David S. Goodsell This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World by Ernst Mayr Plan and Purpose in Nature by George C. Williams The Language Instinct by Steve Pinker The Diversity of Life by Edward O Wilson The Origin of Humankind by Richard Leaky A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat by Oliver Sachs What a Plant Knows by Daniel Chamovitz Bad Science by Ben Goldacre The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Genome by Matt Ridley The Spark of Life by Frances Ashcroft .