#  Books 

 



Below is a selection of books focused on *Drosophila* research and related topics. This list was begun in February 2018 based on a community request. Please tweet suggestions for books or further sub-categories to @DRSC\_TRiP or use our "Submit news ..." form (link at top right of any page on the site).

Be sure to check out the many [online resources](/links) available as well.

**General audience:**  
[*First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery*](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674971011) by Stephanie E. Mohr (2018)  
[*Deep Homology? Uncanny Similarities of Humans and Flies*](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/deep-homology/2B10E6C213036BFCA1FC02FAE9578858) by Lewis Held (2017)  
[*Won for All: How the Drosophila Genome was Sequenced*](https://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=155870947915661621&fromlink=T&linkaction=full&linksortby=oop_title&--eqSKUdatarq=543) by Michael Ashburner (2006)  
[*Imaginal Discs*](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/imaginal-discs/F09BA008EAC7A9C2EFF2733BBC700233) by Lewis Held (2002)  
[*Fly the Unsung Hero of 20th Century Science*](https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060936792/fly/) by Martin Brookes (2001)  
[*Time, Love, Memory*](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/188067/time-love-memory-by-jonathan-weiner/9780679763901/) by Jonathan Weiner (1999)  
[*Lords of the Fly*](https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo3617623.html) by Robert Kohler (1994)  
[*The Making of a Fly*](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1993.6040609.x) by Peter Lawrence (1992)  
[*Biology of Drosophila*](https://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=155871033115979185&fromlink=T&linkaction=full&linksortby=oop_title&--eqSKUdatarq=671) by M. Demerec (1950)

**Protocol book or primer:**  
[*The Drosophila Model in Cancer*](https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030236281), edited by Wu-Min Deng (2019)  
[*Drosophila Workers Unite* (digital lab manual)](http://marksteinlab.org/dwu/), by Michelle Markstein (2019)  
[*Drosophila Models for Human Diseases*](https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811305283), edited by Masamitsu Yamaguchi (2018)  
[*Drosophila Cells in Culture, Second Edition*](https://www.elsevier.com/books/drosophila-cells-in-culture/echalier/978-0-12-809473-0)*,* edited by Guy Echalier, Norbert Perrimon, and Stephanie E. Mohr (2017)  
[*Drosophila Methods and Protocols, Second Edition*](https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781493963690), edited by Christian Dahmann (2016)  
[*Drosophila Neurobiology: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition*](https://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=155870978515711361&fromlink=T&linkaction=full&linksortby=oop_title&--eqSKUdatarq=853), edited by Bing Zhang, Mark Freeman, and Scott Waddell (2010)  
*Drosophila Methods and Protocols,* edited by Christian Dahmann (2008)  
[*Drosophila Protocols*](https://cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=155870982415717681&fromlink=T&linkaction=full&linksortby=oop_title&--eqSKUdatarq=673), edited by William Sullivan, Michael Ashburner, and R. Scott Hawley (2000)  
[*Drosophila: A Practical Approach, Second Edition*](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0307441287900744?via=ihub)*,* edited by D.B. Roberts (1998)  
*Drosophila Cells in Culture* by Guy Echalier (1997)  
[*Fly Pushing*](https://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=155870986615720534&fromlink=T&linkaction=full&linksortby=oop_title&--eqSKUdatarq=469) by Ralph Greenspan (1996)  
[*Drosophila Genetics: A Practical Course*](https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783540543275) by Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, and Fridrich E. Würgler (1992)  
*Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook*, edited by Michael Ashburner, Kent Golic, and R. Scott Hawley (1989)  
*Drosophila: A Practical Approach*, edited by D.B. Roberts (1986)  
*The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila* (multivolume series) by Ashburner, Carson, and Thompson (1976-1983)  
*Experiments in Genetics with Drosophila* by Monroe Strickberger (1966)

**Compendium or Atlas:**  
[*Atlas of Drosophila Morphology*](https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123846884/atlas-of-drosophila-morphology) by Sylwester Chyb and Nicolas Gompel (2013)  
[*Atlas of Drosophila Development*](https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/atlas/00atlas.htm) by Volker Hartenstein (1993)

**'Red Books' of Drosophila genes and mutants:**  
*The Genome of Drosophila Melanogaster* by Dan Lindsley and Georgianna Zimm (1992)  
*Genetic Variations of Drosophila melanogaster* by Dan Lindsley and E.H. Grell (1967)  
*The Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster* by Calvin Bridges and Katherine Brehme (1944)