Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex

by Olivia Judson

Owl/Metropolitan/Henry Holt, $14; Vintage, £7.99

“Judson's text is both wonderfully entertaining and authoritative. All in all this is a stimulating feast of extraordinary sexual practices.” Tim Birkhead, Nature 418, 483 (2002).

Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact

by David H. Levy

Princeton University Press, $16.95, £11.95

“Levy writes well, and his pacey style keeps his personal story bubbling along superbly. The book is everything a 'good read' should be.” David W. Hughes, Nature 409, 133–135 (2001).

The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, The Big Consequences of Little Things

by Hannah Holmes

Wiley, US$14.95, Can$23.50

Shortlisted for the Aventis Prize for Science Books 2002.