Books of Interest

Books are alphabetical by author


Ali: Infidel - by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, February 2007

Armstrong: The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism - by Karen Armstrong, Ballantine Books, 2001

Aronson: Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided - by Ronald Aronson, Counterpoint, Sept. 2008

Barker: Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists - by Dan Barker, Ulysses Press, Sept. 2008

Barker: Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist - by Dan Barker, Freedom from Religion Foundation, 1992

Blackmore: Conversations on Consciousness - by Susan Blackmore, Oxford University Press, 2006

Blumenthal: Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party - by Max Blumenthal, Nation Books, 2009

Bothwell: The Prince of War: Billy Graham’s Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire - by Cecil Bothwell, Brave Ulysses Books, 2007

Carrier: Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism - by Richard Carrier, Authorhouse, 2005

Carroll: Endless Forms Most Beautiful - by Sean B. Carroll, Norton, 2005

Carroll: The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution - by Sean B. Carroll, Norton, 2006

Carroll: Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species - by Sean B. Carroll, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009

Catholic League: The Golden Compass: Agenda Unmasked, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 2007

Darwin: The Origin of Species - 6th Edition - by Charles Darwin, ebook

Dawkins: The God Delusion - by Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Dawkins: The Selfish Gene - by Richard Dawkins, Oxford University Press, 30th Anniversary Edition, 2006

Dennett: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - by Daniel C. Dennett, Penguin Group USA, Feb. 2006

Dreyfuss: Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam - by Robert Dreyfuss, Owl Books, Aug. 2006

Ehrman: Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why - by Bart D. Ehrman, Harper Collins, 2006

Eldredge: Darwin. Discovering the Tree of Life - by Niles Eldredge, Norton, 2005

Epstein: Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe - by Greg Epstein, Harper Collins, 2009

Ericson: The Humanist Way: An Introduction to Ethical Humanist Religion - by Edward L. Ericson, Ungar Pub Co, 1988

Forrest: Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design - by Barbara Forrest & Paul R. Gross, Oxford University Press, 2004/updated paperback, 2007

Gaddy: First Freedom First: A Citizen's Guide to Protecting Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State - by C. Welton Gaddy and Barry W. Lynn, Beacon, 2008

Goldberg: Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism - by Michelle Goldberg, Norton, 2006

Harris: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason - by Sam Harris, Norton, 2004

Harris: Letter to a Christian Nation - by Sam Harris, Random House, 2006

Hauser: Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong - by Marc Hauser, Ecco, 2006

Hedges: I Don't Believe in Atheists - by Chris Hedges, Free Press, March 4, 2008

Hedges: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America - by Chris Hedges, Free Press, January 9, 2007

Herrick: Humanism: An Introduction - by Jim Herrick, 2nd ed., Rationalist Press Association, 2009

Hitchens: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - by Christopher Hitchens,Twelve Books, May 1, 2007

Humes: Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America's Soul - by Edward Humes, Ecco, 1st ed. January 2007

Humphrey: Seeing Red: A Study in Consciousness - by Nicholas Humphrey, Harvard University Press, March 2006

Jacoby: Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism - by Susan Jacoby, Metropolitan Books, 2004

Kick: Everything You Know About God is Wrong - Russ Kick, ed., The Disinformation Company, 2007

Lamont: The Philosophy of Humanism, 8th ed., revised (link to entire book) - by Corliss Lamont, Humanist Press, 1997

Lanham: The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right - by Robert Lanham, Penguin/NAL, 2006

Loftus: Why I Rejected Christianity: A Former Apologist Explains - by John W. Loftus, Trafford Publishing, 2006

Lynn: Piety & Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom - by Barry Lynn, Harmony Books (Random House), Oct. 2006

Majid: A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America - by Anouar Majid, University Of Minnesota Press, Sept. 2007

Mayr: What Evolution Is - by Ernst Mayr, Basic Books, 2002

McGowan: Parenting Beyond Belief - Dale McGowan ed., AMACOM, 2007

McGowan: Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief - Dale McGowan, Molleen Matsumura, Amanda Metskas, Jan Devor, AMACOM, 2009

Mindell: The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life - by David P. Mindell, Harvard University Press, 2006

Morgan: Fighting Words: A Toolkit for Combating the Religious Right - by Robin Morgan, Nation Books, 2006

National Academy of Sciences: Science, Evolution, and Creationism - National Academy of Sciences (Francisco Ayala, committee chair), 2008

Park: Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science - by Robert L. Park, Princeton University Press, 2008

Peters: When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law - by Shawn Francis Peters, Oxford University Press, 2007

Posner: God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters - by Sarah Posner, Polipoint Press, 2008

Russell: Why I Am Not A Christian - by Bertrand Russell, 1927

Sagan: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - by Carl Sagan, Random House, 1996

Sandel: Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? - by Michael J. Sandel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009

Scott: Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction - by Eugenie C. Scott, University of California Press, 2005

Scott & Branch: Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools - edited by Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch, Beacon Press, 2006

Shanks: God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory - by Niall Shanks, Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 (paperback Jan. 2007)

Shubin: Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body - by Neil Shubin, Pantheon, 2008

Shulman: Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration - by Seth Shulman, University of California Press, 2007

Sloan: Blind Faith: The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine - by Richard Sloan, St. Martin's Press, 2006

Stenger: God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist - by Victor J. Stenger, Prometheus Books, Jan. 2007

Tarico: The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth - by Valerie Tarico, Lulu.com, 2006

Tremblay: The Code for Global Ethics: Ten Humanist Principles - by Rodrigue Tremblay, Prometheus Books, April 1, 2010

Zindler: The Jesus the Jews Never Knew: Sepher Toldoth Yeshu and the Quest of the Historical Jesus in Jewish Sources - by Frank R. Zindler, American Atheist Press, March 2003

Zuckerman: Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment - by Phil Zuckerman, NYU Press, 2008

For a large collection of freethought books see http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/ft_books.html.


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