Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* (1859) and *The Descent of Man* (1871) are great books aimed at the educated public. They are still worth reading today. Good audiobook versions are also available. Darwin didn't know the "particulate" (genetic) nature of inheritance which would be discovered later by Mendel. Knaves and fools (some of the latter ITT) use that deficiency to misrepresent that Darwin's theory has been discredited. In fact the Mendelian laws of inheritance only strengthen the case, and Darwin's erroneous "blending" theory of inheritance is barely touched upon in the above works, so it doesn't make them any less valuable. The technical unification of Darwinian evolution and Mendelian genetics was accomplished by Ronald Fisher in his *Genetical Theory of Natural Selection* (1930). This book is less accessible to the layman, but Fisher does provide a less-technical summary of each chapter. Importantly, the book includes a large and brilliant section on the application of the theory to past and future human societies (i.e. the dysgenic problem and the possibilities of eugenics). I can recommend two based modern books: Edward Dutton's *At Our Wits' End* (2018) is focused particularly on the effect of natural selection on human intelligence. Kevin MacDonald's *Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition* (2019) is an evolutionary history of the European race. I found it interesting and (unlike his more famous book on the Jews, *Culture of Critique*) enjoyable. MacDonald reviews and summarizes recent discoveries, with footnotes citing the original sources. Among non-based modern authors, the best ones to read are probably David Reich, Richard Dawkins and Nicholas Wade.