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==Reception==
''Genome'' has been reviewed in scientific journals including ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''<ref name=Kealey>{{cite journal |last1=Kealey |first1=Terence |title=Book Review Genome:The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters |journal=Nature |date=2000 |volume=24 |issue=21 |pages=21 |doi=10.1038/71638 |pmid=10615121 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and in medical journals such as the ''[[New England Journal of Medicine]]'', where Robert Schwartz notes that Ridley speculates, "sometimes wildly".<ref name=Schwartz>{{cite journal |last1=Schwartz|first1=Robert S. |title=Book Review Genome: The autobiography of a species in 23 chapters |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |date=2000 |volume=342 |page=1763 |doi=10.1056/NEJM200006083422321 }}</ref> The book is a "gambol" through the human chromosomes. All the same, Schwartz writes, the book is "instructive, challenging, and fun to read. I envy Ridley's talent for presenting, without condescension, complex sets of facts and ideas in terms comprehensible to outsiders."<ref name=Schwartz/>
Lee M. Silver, reviewing ''Genome'' in ''[[The New York Times]]'', argues that the book's theme is that each individual's genome contains "echoes" (Ridley's word) of their ancestors' lives. Silver calls Ridley "adamant" in believing that the use of "personal genetics" must not be left for doctors or governments to control, following on from the mistakes of [[eugenics]] a century ago, but that it's a fundamental human right to "see and use the messages in their own DNA as they see fit." Silver describes the book as remarkable for focusing on "pure intellectual discovery", providing "delightful stories". He suggests that even practising geneticists will gain a sense of wonder from the "hidden secrets" in the book.<ref name=Silver>{{cite news |last1=Silver |first1=Lee M. |title=Map of Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/27/reviews/000227.27silvert.html?mcubz=3 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 February 2000}}</ref>
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