I challenged myself to read a science book out of my niche every month and this is what I ended up reading with links to the full descriptions on my Instagram.

You can also find all the books I’ve read (and want to read) on my Goodreads page!

January: the Genome Defense by Jorge  L. Contreras

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYWvlVwOVC6

February: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuZ2hZuKPy

March: the Best American Science and Nature Writing of 2022 by Ed Yong

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca-XjjaOoHg

April: Marketing for Scientists Marc J. Kuchner

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccie946OvJO

May: the Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeL4nplOszE

June: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMV3slOW7h

July: the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgmVgc9uWIK

August: Science Lessons by Gordon Binder

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7gloOuMSp

September: the Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjIpIdaugUj

October: Genentech, the Beginnings of Biotech by Sally Smith Hughes

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYxogYO8fV

November: Gene Machine by Venki Ramakrishnan

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cll3JeCuP6C

December: the Metaverse by Matthew Ball

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmzTQOVuXkK

Next Up?

I have a long list of books I’m constantly updating, but high up on the must-reads for 2023 are I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong and Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee.