1. “The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics” by Robin Marantz Henig
2. “The Interior Castle” by Teresa of Ávila
3. “The Lives of a Cell” by Lewis Thomas
4. “I, Robot” by Isaac Asimov
5. “Daughter of Fortune” by Isabel Allende
6. “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly
7. “A Wrinkle In Time” by Madeline L’Engle