Alphabetical by author
- A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil GusherJoel Achenbach
- The Science Magpie: A Hoard of Fascinating Facts Simon Flynn
- The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner
- Erwin Schrödinger and the Quantum Revolution John Gribbin
- The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters Mark Henderson
- Life’s Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from ChaosPeter M Hoffmann
- How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture and the Quantum Revival David Kaiser
- How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog Chad Orzel
- Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics and the 300-Year Journey to the Black–Scholes Equation George Szpiro
- Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of Everything Margaret Wertheim
I will try to read books in this list, probably, from bottom up!
John Gribbin is an excellent writer.