Best Science Books 2010: LacrosseTribune, StLToday and Barnes & Noble

Another bunch of shorter lists for your reading, gift giving and collection development pleasure.

LaCrosse Tribune

• Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside by Brad Steiger
• Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist, Doctor-Writers Share Their Experiences edited by Lee Gutkind
• How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom
• How It Ends: From You to the Universe by Chris Impey

STLtoday

• The Gun by C.J. Chivers
• The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World by David Kirkpatrick
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner

Barnes & Noble

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

I'm always looking for recommendations and notifications of book lists as they appear in various media outlets. If you see one that I haven't covered, please let me know at jdupuis at yorku dot ca or in the comments.

I am picking up a lot of lists from Largehearted Boy.

Earlier entries in this year's list of lists can be found here and the 2009 summary post here.