Here, in alphabetic order, are some of our listeners' top picks from the SciFri Bookshelf in the past year. Happy reading!

"A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society," by James D. Watson. CSHL Press, 2000.

"Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health," by Laurie Garrett. Hyperion, 2000.

"Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century," by Simson Garfinkel. O'Reilly, 2000.

"Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond," by Gene Kranz. Simon and Schuster, 2000.

"Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution," by Kenneth R. Miller. Cliff Street Books, 1999.

"Genome : The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters," by Matt Ridley. HarperCollins, 2000.

"Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect," by Paul R. Ehrlich. Island Press, 2000.

"Hurricane Calculus," by John Hahn. Prometheus Enterprises Inc, 1996.

"Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose," by Stephen Schneider. Basic Books, 1997.

"Skull Wars : Kennewick Man, Archeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity," by David Hurst Thomas. Basic Books, 2000.

"Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion," by Edward J. Larson. Harvard Univ Pr, 1998.

"The Age of Spiritual Machines : When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence," by Ray Kurzweil. Scholastic, 2000.

"The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory," by Brian Greene. Vintage, 2000.

"The Handy Bug Answer Book" by Gilbert Waldbauer. Visible Ink Press, 1998.

"The Inflationary Universe : The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins," by Alan H. Guth and Alan P. Lightman. Perseus Press, 1998.

"The Sibley Guide to Birds," by David Allen Sibley. Random House, 2000.

"What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives," by Michael Dertouzos. Harperbusiness, 1998.

"Woman: An Intimate Geography," by Natalie Angier. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

"Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea," by Charles Seife. Viking, 2000.