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1. The Code Book by Simon Singh, Fourth Estate
2. Almost like a Whale by Steve Jones, Transworld
3. Genome by Matt Ridley, Fourth Estate
4. Dorothy Hodgkin by Georgina Ferry, Granta
5. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman, Fourth Estate
6. Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins, Penguin
7. I Wish I’d Made You Angry Earlier by Max Perutz, Oxford University Press
8. The Man who Invented the 20th Century: Nikola Tesla by Robert Lomas, Hodder Headline
9. Cod by Mark Kurlansky, Vintage
10. Merde by Ralph Lewin, Aurum

Best author’s photo I’ve ever seen—Genome— encapsulates
the entire writer in a simple image. For a close-up of the real Matt Ridley,
look inside the back cover of his book. You’ll be surprised. Mind you, it
wouldn’t be much use in a line up.

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