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These '''Biology books''' are recommended by [[Art of Problem Solving]] administrators and members of the [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/index.php AoPS Community].

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== Botany ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892784157/artofproblems-20 Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification] by Thomas J Elpel.
=== Elementary school ===
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892784157/artofproblems-20 A Seed Grows : My First Look at a Plant's Life Cycle] by Pamela Hickman, Heather Collins (Illustrator).


== Ecology ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226705943/artofproblems-20 Foundations of Ecology : Classic Papers with Commentaries] by Leslie A. Real (Editor), James H. Brown (Editor).
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878932739/artofproblems-20 A Primer of Ecology] by Nicholas J. Gotelli.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520210646/artofproblems-20 Microcosmos : Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution] by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan.


== Evolution and Population Biology ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785819118/artofproblems-20 Origin of Species] by Charles Darwin.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878939261/artofproblems-20 A Primer of Population Biology] by Edward O. Wilson.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878930418/artofproblems-20 Molecular Markers, Natural History, and Evolution] by John C. Avise.


== Genetics ==


== Immunology ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/063204702X/artofproblems-20 How the Immune System Works] by Lauren Sompayrac.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691095949/artofproblems-20 Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease] by Steven Frank.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0815341016/artofproblems-20 Immunobiology] by C. Janeway.


== Microbiology ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/155581171X/artofproblems-20 Bacterial Pathogenesis] by Abigail A. Salyers.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1555812597/artofproblems-20 Principles of Virology] by Flint. S. J..


== Molecular Biology ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0815316194/artofproblems-20 Molecular Biology of the Cell] by Bruce Alberts.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716743663/artofproblems-20 Molecular Cell Biology] by Harvey Lodish.


== Zoology ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1552978699/artofproblems-20 Frogs: Inside Their Remarkable World] by Ellin Beltz.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067945120X/artofproblems-20 The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America] by David Allen Sibley and Rich Cech

=== Elementary school ===
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0763622281/artofproblems-20 Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up] by Robert Sabuda (Illustrator) and Matthew Reinhard (Illustrator).


== Online Resources ==
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books&itool=toolbar PubMed Online Bookshelf] a growing collection of texts.  Includes past editions of several highly used undergraduate and graduate Biology texts (Alberts, Janeway).
*[http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science] Publishing open access peer reviewed journals.  Searchable.  Set up RSS feeds to receive news, top stories and tables of contents.  


== General Interest ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1420825399/artofproblems-20 Drosophila] by Nick Sapien.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345371984/artofproblems-20 Last Chance to See] by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198607830/artofproblems-20 Oxygen] by Nick Lane.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060556579/artofproblems-20 The Red Queen] by Matt Ridley.
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0199291152/artofproblems-20 The Selfish Gene] by Richard Dawkins.


== See Also ==
* [[Biology competitions]]
* [[Science books]]
* [[Science scholarships]]