Chadarevian, S. (2002) Designs For Life: Molecular Biology After World War II. Cambridge University Press ISBN0-521-57078-60-521-57078-6
Chargaff, E. (1978) Heraclitean Fire. New York: Rockefeller Press.
Chomet, S., ed., (1994) D.N.A.: Genesis of a Discovery London: Newman-Hemisphere Press.
Collins, Francis. (2004) Coming to Peace With Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology. InterVarsity Press. ISBN978-0-8308-2742-8978-0-8308-2742-8
Collins, Francis. (2007) The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief Free Press. ISBN978-1-4165-4274-2978-1-4165-4274-2
Crick, F. H. C. (1988) What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery (Basic Books reprint edition, 1990) ISBN0-465-09138-50-465-09138-5
John Finch; 'A Nobel Fellow On Every Floor', Medical Research Council 2008, 381 pp, ISBN978-1-84046-940-0978-1-84046-940-0; this book is all about the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.
Friedberg, E.C.; "Sydney Brenner: A Biography", CSHL Press October 2010, ISBN0-87969-947-70-87969-947-7.
Friedburg, E. C. (2005) "The Writing Life of James D. Watson". "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press" ISBN0-87969-700-80-87969-700-8
Hunter, G. (2004) Light Is A Messenger: the life and science of William Lawrence Bragg. Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-852921-X0-19-852921-X
Inglis, J., Sambrook, J. & Witkowski, J. A. (eds.) Inspiring Science: Jim Watson and the Age of DNA. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2003. ISBN978-0-87969-698-6978-0-87969-698-6.
Judson, H. F. (1996). The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology, Expanded edition. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. ISBN0-87969-478-50-87969-478-5
Maddox, B. (2003). Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. Harper Perennial. ISBN0-06-098508-90-06-098508-9
McEleheny, Victor K. (2003) Watson and DNA: Making a scientific revolution, Perseus. ISBN0-7382-0341-60-7382-0341-6
Robert Olby; 1974 The Path to The Double Helix: Discovery of DNA. London: MacMillan. ISBN0-486-68117-30-486-68117-3; Definitive DNA textbook, with foreword by Francis Crick, revised in 1994 with a 9-page postscript.
Robert Olby; "Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN978-0-87969-798-3978-0-87969-798-3, August 2009.
Ridley, M. (2006) Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (Eminent Lives) New York: Harper Collins. ISBN0-06-082333-X0-06-082333-X.
James D. Watson, "The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, edited by Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski" (2012) Simon & Schuster, ISBN978-1-4767-1549-0978-1-4767-1549-0.
Wilkins, M. (2003) The Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-860665-60-19-860665-6.
The History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 4 (1870 to 1990), Cambridge University Press, 1992.
DNA Interactive – This site from the Dolan DNA Learning Center (part of CSHL) commemorates the discovery of the structure of DNA and includes dozens of animations, as well as interviews with James Watson and others.
DNA from the Beginning – another DNA Learning Center site on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity, from Mendel to the Human Genome Project.