| The theory of island biogeography RH MacArthur, EO Wilson Princeton university press, 2001 | 27589 | 2001 |
| Sociobiology: The new synthesis EO Wilson Harvard University Press, 2000 | 21668 | 2000 |
| The ants B Hölldobler, EO Wilson Harvard University Press, 1990 | 14776 | 1990 |
| Biophilia EO Wilson Harvard university press, 1986 | 10238 | 1986 |
| Consilience: The unity of knowledge EO Wilson Vintage, 1999 | 10060 | 1999 |
| The insect societies. EO Wilson | 9164 | 1971 |
| The diversity of life EO Wilson WW Norton & Company, 1999 | 7643 | 1999 |
| On human nature EO Wilson Harvard University Press, 1978 | 5698 | 1978 |
| The biophilia hypothesis SR Kellert, EO Wilson | 4787 | 1995 |
| Biodiversity EO Wilson National Academies Press, 1988 | 4231 | 1988 |
| An equilibrium theory of insular zoogeography RH MacArthur, EO Wilson Evolution, 373-387, 1963 | 3644 | 1963 |
| Genes, mind, and culture-the coevolutionary process CJ Lumsden, EO Wilson World Scientific, 2005 | 3435 | 2005 |
| Caste and ecology in the social insects GF Oster, EO Wilson Princeton University Press, 1978 | 3117 | 1978 |
| The Future of Life: ALA Notable Books for Adults EO Wilson Vintage, 2002 | 2427 | 2002 |
| Character displacement WL Brown, EO Wilson Systematic zoology 5 (2), 49-64, 1956 | 2398 | 1956 |
| The social conquest of earth EO Wilson WW Norton & Company, 2012 | 2111 | 2012 |
| The superorganism: the beauty elegance and strangeness of insect societies B Holldobler, EO Wilson WW Norton & Company, 2009 | 2027 | 2009 |
| Half-earth: our planet's fight for life EO Wilson WW Norton & Company, 2016 | 1792 | 2016 |
| The current state of biological diversity EO Wilson Biodiversity 521 (1), 3-18, 1988 | 1760 | 1988 |
| The evolution of eusociality MA Nowak, CE Tarnita, EO Wilson Nature 466 (7310), 1057-1062, 2010 | 1750 | 2010 |
