Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Published
- 1859
- Pages
- 502
- Recommended
- 3 times
Why it’s on the list: Darwin’s 1859 argument for evolution by natural selection — the book that founded modern biology.
Where I heard about it
- How To Read a Book — Adler uses Darwin’s recapitulation-and-conclusion chapter as his recurring model of an author summarising his own argument.
- Li Lu — on Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, under History of Western Civilization.
- On @BooksInvesting’s X list of “8 books Nick Sleep has told people to read”, October 1, 2026. Captured on 8 books Nick Sleep has… (tweet).
Connections
- How To Read a Book — where this book is cited.
- 8 books Nick Sleep has… (tweet) — one of the eight books Nick Sleep has told people to read.