The Evolution of Evolution

This is an alphabetical version.  For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: The Evolution of Evolution

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

The Idea Of Evolution

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

Reference

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

Application

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

Contrast (Nature VS Nurture)

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

Eugenics / Fiction

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley