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Loved Inheritance and selection by Ann Fullick? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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  1. 1On the Origin of Species

    On the Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin

    The original account of natural selection, a central idea in this book's title, though it is written for adults.

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  2. 2Life on Earth

    Life on Earth

    David Attenborough

    A broad survey of how life developed and diversified through natural processes, for a general readership.

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  3. 3The Way Things Work

    The Way Things Work

    David Macaulay

    A richly illustrated explanatory book that shows how mechanisms work, suited to curious young readers.

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  4. 4Your Inner Fish

    Your Inner Fish

    Neil Shubin

    Traces how the body's features come from ancient ancestors, a clear entry point into inheritance and evolution.

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  5. 5The Selfish Gene

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins

    Explains inheritance and selection from the viewpoint of genes, a well-known popular treatment of the same ideas.

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  6. 6The Gene

    The Gene

    Siddhartha Mukherjee

    Follows the history of ideas about heredity from early theories to modern genetics, in accessible prose.

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  7. 7The Beak of the Finch

    The Beak of the Finch

    Jonathan Weiner

    Follows scientists studying natural selection in the wild on the Galápagos, showing evolution in real time.

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  8. 8Why Evolution Is True

    Why Evolution Is True

    Jerry A. Coyne

    Sets out the evidence for evolution by natural selection in clear, direct chapters.

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