Not surprisingly, being a science magazine Seed has a very fine list of books for science enthusiasts:
- Boyle: Between God and Science by Michael Hunter
- A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age by João Magueijo
- NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
- Moyasimon 1: Tales of Agriculture by Masayuki Ishikawa
- Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts (Shapes, Flow, Branches) by Philip Ball
- Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate by Stephen H. Schneider
- This Will Change Everything: Ideas That Will Shape the Future edited by John Brockman
- The Animal Series by series editor: Jonathan Burt
- The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray
- Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City by Eric W. Sanderson
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