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The only book I've read in the last 6 months that I would recommend to Lurkers is:
"The Origins of Order, self organisation and selection in evolution", Stuart A Kuaffman (Oxford University Press 1993)

I wish I had read this book while I was still at secondary school, I think my life would have been different... I am now thinking of doing mathematical biology after the finance degree.

Brief overview: Evolution as taught in schools and universities does not work, too many unlikely events (powers of mutation over-emphasized etc.). And it explains an alternative/expanded version that has fewer problems. Covers evolution at different scales(first life, cellular level, system level)
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