Ranked: The Evolution of Evolution

This is a subjective Ranked version of Intriguing Connections: The Evolution of Evolution

A list of books that contain information on what evolution means.  

The Idea Of Evolution

1. The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve by Steve Stewart-Williams
2. The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson
3. The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
4. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
5. Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger by Peter Bevelin
6. The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson
7. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
8. The Dragon Seekers: How An Extraordinary Circle Of Fossilists Discovered The Dinosaurs And Paved The Way For Darwin by Christopher McGowan
9. The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant
10. Galapagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution by Carol Ann Bassett
11. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World by Charles C. Mann

Reference

1. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch
2. Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright
3. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it by Will Storr

Application

1. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich
2. The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good by Robert H. Frank
3. The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
4. The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics by Eric D. Beinhocker
5. The Evolutionary Transition To Capitalism edited by Kazimierz Z. Poznański
6. On Pauperism in Present and Past by Jan Breman

Contrast

1. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
2. The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society by Debra Soh
3. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker

Eugenics / Fiction

1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley