Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old black woman died after a fierce battle with rapidly spreading cancer. During her treatment, the doctors at John Hopkins extracted some cells from her withering body and used them for research purposes. This was not usual thing to happen in 1951.

The best place to start is the Best American Science Writing series, the earliest of Rebecca Skloot's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Science Writing 2003 (2003) and runs to 10 books across 2003–2012, ending with The Best American Science Writing 2012 (2012). Rebecca Skloot's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Rebecca Skloot has 23 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2021. 22 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Best American Science and Nature Writing series with 12 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rebecca Skloot's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Best American Science Writing (2003–2012, 10 books) and Best American Science and Nature Writing (2010–2021, 12 books).

This guide splits Rebecca Skloot's 23 books into 2 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Best American Science and Nature Writing (12 books, 2010–2021); Best American Science Writing (10 books, 2003–2012).