NPR recommended this summer's best science books, "five engrossing summer releases that will satisfy anyone from a curious nonscientist to a biochemist eager to refresh her mind with new ideas in neuroscience."

Suggested titles:

• Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success by Matthew Syed

• Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

• The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

• How to Defeat Your Own Clone... and Other Tips for Surviving the Biotech Revolution by Kyle Kurpinsky and Terry D. Johnson

•  Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner.

(Courtesy of Shelf Awareness eNewsletter)