 | A Brief History of Time: Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition: 10th Anniversary Ed by Stephen Hawking
Buy used from: £7.09 Hawking explains blackholes, gravity and lightspeed with wit and humour
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 | The Fabric of Reality: Towards a Theory of Everything by David Deutsch
Buy new: £7.17 / Used from: £3.49 Fantastic book, attempts a sketchy ultimate theory, beyond what most physicists currently dare dream of
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 | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £5.76 / Used from: £3.83 Explains the gene's eye view of evolution. Classic, barbs aside.
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 | Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos by Michio Kaku
Buy new: £7.64 / Used from: £3.98 Esoteric astrophysics explained clearly with frequent diversions in to popular science fiction
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 | In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin
Buy new: £6.45 / Used from: £2.50 Best guide to the wonderful world of quantum physics I've found. I promise it will astound you.
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 | The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality (Penguin Press Science) by Brian Greene
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £4.70 US edition is nicer if you find yourself out that way, good book covering a lot of phyics with pop culture examples
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 | The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £22.99 Sorry but you must try to get hardback ed. Glossy and full of illustrations it traces our ancestry to the dawn of organic life on Earth.
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 | Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life by John Emsley
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.76 A collection of molecules discussed as if they were separate works of art at a gallery, an odd approach but it works.
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 | Warped Passages: Unravelling the Universe's Hidden Dimensions (Penguin Press Science) by Lisa Randall
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £3.75 More high end physics from someone who knows her stuff.
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 | The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 This is the one that started all the 'physics of..' or 'science of...' which started accompanying movies and is probably the only one that got it right. Good fun.
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 | Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas by Roger Highfield
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 More good fun, discusses a variety of sciences in festive settings. Supersonic reindeer was my favourite. Makes a great gift.
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 | Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud by Robert L. Park
Buy new: £8.16 / Used from: £6.60 This shows clearly the difference between science and its cheap imitators. Stuff worth knowing.
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 | Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Buy new: £8.39 / Used from: £8.00 All time classic, maybe the best popular science book ever, and possibly one that started the modern trend. Nobody does it better than Sagan.
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 | Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.03 Award winning title on genetic mutations.
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 | Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another by Philip Ball
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £1.23 The man writes excellent, learned popular science and this is his masterpiece
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 | Mendel's Demon: Gene Justice and the Complexity of Life by Mark Ridley
Buy used from: £1.68 Not always easygoing, but the insights are incredible. The hormonal battle between mother and fetus is incredible.
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 | The Variety of Life: A survey and a celebration of all the creatures that have ever lived by Colin Tudge
Buy new: £21.85 / Used from: £17.00 Explains modern classification then attempts to show the family tree of all living creatures. Impressive.
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 | The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
Buy used from: £12.48 All time classic, his last great work. Discusses the method behind science and offers a toolkit to expose fraudulent argument. A heroic book. Should be compulsory reading... for everyone.
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