Book Reviews

The 10 best fiction books of 2025 explore far-off planets, future climate catastrophes, and more

The 10 best nonfiction books of 2025, from the history of replaceable body parts to our AI future

A collection of seven book reviews from our archives, each paired with a recently published book we recommend

Here's a collection of exclusive book recommendations, from slithering snakes to a river’s impact, for your summer reading lists, curated by Scientific American

Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease

A novel that takes place in a near-future surveillance state plots a path toward liberation

Carl Zimmer’s new book dives into aerobiology and the reasons humans seem unwilling to confront airborne threats

Storytelling is part of being human. In this nonfiction book, we learn why and how such narratives can also be a trap

The nose knows more than we thought

In the often-gloomy genre of climate fiction, a new novel hits a high-water mark for its empathy

The connection between queer love and the power to imagine a more sustainable future

Oak trees have genetic flexibility that allows them to solve ecological problems. But even they will need our help to survive climate change