Books like Your inner fish

Your inner fish by Neil Shubin reads as engaging, informative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The flamingo's smile

Stephen Jay Gould · 1985

Both explore evolution & natural history

74% genome match

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs

David Norman · 1985

Both explore paleontology & evolution

73% genome match

The major transitions in evolution

John Maynard Smith · 1995

Both explore evolution & scientific discovery

72% genome match

The moral animal

Wright, Robert · 1994

Both explore evolution & genetics

69% genome match

What Is Life?

Paul Nurse · 2020

Both explore evolution & genetics

67% genome match

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky · 1993

Both explore evolution

62% genome match

Only a Trillion [14 essays]

Isaac Asimov · 1957

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Otherlands

Thomas Halliday · 2022

Both explore paleontology & evolution

63% genome match

Why evolution is true

Jerry A. Coyne · 2009

Both explore evolution

60% genome match

A Brief History of Earth

Andrew H. Knoll · 2021

Both explore evolution

62% genome match

Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution

E. N. K. Clarkson · 1979

Both explore evolution & natural history

63% genome match

Principles of Development

Lewis Wolpert · 1997

Both explore genetics

59% genome match