Carl Zimmer is a columnist for the New York Times and the author of many books about science. His latest book is Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe. Visit him at carlzimmer.com.
Books in order of publication:
At the water’s edge: macroevolution and the transformation of life. New York: Free Press. – 1998
At the water’s edge: fish with fingers, whales with legs, and how life came ashore but then went back to sea (First Touchstone ed.). New York: Touchstone. – 1999
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures – 2000
Evolution: the triumph of an idea – 2001
Soul made flesh. Free Press. – 2004
Smithsonian intimate guide to human origins. New York: Smithsonian Books – 2005
Where did we come from? An intimate guide to the latest discoveries in human origins. Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. – 2005
The descent of man: the concise edition. Selections and commentary by Carl Zimmer – 2007
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life – 2008
The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution. Roberts, 2009
Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through the Mind. Independent Publishers Group, 2010
More Brain Cuttings: Further Explorations of the Mind. New York : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2011
A Planet of Viruses (2011)
Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed (2011)
Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed. Reprint. Sterling: New York, 2014.
A Planet of Viruses. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2015.
Evolution: Making Sense of Life. co-authored with Douglas Emlen. Roberts and Company; Greenwood Village, Colorado, 2016
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity. Dutton: New York, New York, 2018
Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive New York: Dutton, 2021.
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe New York: Dutton, 2025.
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