🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Siddhartha Mukherjee
He was born in New Delhi, India on July 21, 1970 to a Bengali Brahmin family. His dad (Sibeswar) was an executive with Mitsubishi, and his mom (Chandana Mukherjee) was a former school teacher from Calcutta. He went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi, where he won the ‘Sword of Honour’ the school’s highest award. While at Stanford, as a biology major, he worked in Nobel Laureate Paul Berg’s laboratory, defining cellular genes which change the behaviors of cancer cells. In 1992, he earned membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and completed his Bachelor of Science degree in 1993. After he completed secondary school education in India, he studied biology at Stanford University. He obtained a D. Phil.
All Book Series by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2010 Anthology · Tim Folger,Freeman Dyson
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
Book 2 of 12 · published 2011 Anthology · Mary Roach
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012
Book 3 of 12 · published 2012 Anthology · Tim Folger,Dan Ariely
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
Book 4 of 12 · published 2013 Co-authored · Tim Folger
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014
Book 5 of 12 · published 2014 Anthology · Tim Folger,Deborah Blum
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015
Book 6 of 12 · published 2015 Anthology · Rebecca Skloot
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016
Book 7 of 12 · published 2016 Anthology · Tim Folger,Amy Stewart
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017
Book 8 of 12 · published 2017 Anthology · Tim Folger,Hope Jahren
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018
Book 9 of 12 · published 2018 Anthology · Tim Folger,Sam Kean
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2019
Book 10 of 12 · published 2019 Anthology · Sy Montgomery,Jaime Green
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2020
Book 11 of 12 · published 2020 Anthology · Michio Kaku,Jaime Green
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Ed Yong,Jaime Green
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Siddhartha Mukherjee?
He was born in New Delhi, India on July 21, 1970 to a Bengali Brahmin family. His dad (Sibeswar) was an executive with Mitsubishi, and his mom (Chandana Mukherjee) was a former school teacher from Calcutta. He went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi, where he won the ‘Sword of Honour’ the school’s highest award.
Which Siddhartha Mukherjee series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Best American Science and Nature Writing series, the earliest of Siddhartha Mukherjee's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010 (2010) and runs to 12 books across 2010–2021, ending with The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021 (2021).
How many books has Siddhartha Mukherjee written?
Siddhartha Mukherjee has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2010 and 2022. 12 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Best American Science and Nature Writing series with 12 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Siddhartha Mukherjee's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Siddhartha Mukherjee's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Best American Science and Nature Writing (2010–2021, 12 books).
How are Siddhartha Mukherjee's books organised into series?
This guide splits Siddhartha Mukherjee's 18 books into 1 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Best American Science and Nature Writing (12 books, 2010–2021).