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* Bays, R.L. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1981158464?tag=httpwwwration-20 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts: A Brief Guide to Critical Thinking]
 
* Bays, R.L. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1981158464?tag=httpwwwration-20 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts: A Brief Guide to Critical Thinking]
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* Blue, Dennis - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/holy-deception-dennis-r-blue/1128633257 Holy Deception? A Recovering Fundamentalist Explores the Bible]
  
 
* Boyer, Pascal - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465006965?tag=httpwwwration-20 Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thoughts]
 
* Boyer, Pascal - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465006965?tag=httpwwwration-20 Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thoughts]
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* Coste, R. D. - [http://www.rdcoste.com ''Night at the Gates''] "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"
 
* Coste, R. D. - [http://www.rdcoste.com ''Night at the Gates''] "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"
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* Coyne, Jerry A. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-evolution-is-true-coyne/1116745079 Why Evolution Is True]
  
 
* Dawkins, Richard - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618918248?tag=httpwwwration-20 The God Delusion]
 
* Dawkins, Richard - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618918248?tag=httpwwwration-20 The God Delusion]
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* Dawkins, Richard - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/magic-of-reality-richard-dawkins/1101373498 The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True]
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* Dawkins, Richard - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/greatest-show-on-earth-richard-dawkins/1100333495 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution]
  
 
* Dennett, Daniel - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038338?tag=httpwwwration-20 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon]
 
* Dennett, Daniel - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038338?tag=httpwwwration-20 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon]
  
 
* Faircloth, Sean - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984493255?tag=httpwwwration-20 Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It!]
 
* Faircloth, Sean - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984493255?tag=httpwwwration-20 Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It!]
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* Garcia, Hector - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alpha-god-hecto-garcia/1120019750 Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression]
  
 
* Grayling, A. C. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019517755X?tag=httpwwwration-20 Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God]  
 
* Grayling, A. C. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019517755X?tag=httpwwwration-20 Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God]  
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* Hitchens, Christopher - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306816083?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever], a guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages.
 
* Hitchens, Christopher - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306816083?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever], a guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages.
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* Jacoby, Susan - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freethinkers-susan-jacoby/1112257653 Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism]
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* Jacoby, Susan - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-agnostic-susan-jacoby/1110948323 The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought]
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* Krueger, Douglas - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-is-atheism-douglas-e-krueger/1114960008 What Is Atheism?: A Short Introduction / Edition 1]
  
 
* McAfee, David G. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mom-dad-im-an-atheist-the-guide-to-coming-out-as-a-non-believer-g-david-mcafee/1114021779 Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer]
 
* McAfee, David G. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mom-dad-im-an-atheist-the-guide-to-coming-out-as-a-non-believer-g-david-mcafee/1114021779 Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer]
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* Paulos, John Allen - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809059185?tag=httpwwwration-20 Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up]  
 
* Paulos, John Allen - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809059185?tag=httpwwwration-20 Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up]  
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* Ray, Darrel - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-god-virus-darrel-w-ray/1111374515 The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture]
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* Ray, Darrel - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sex-and-god-i-p-c-press/1114403683 Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality]
  
 
* Sagan, Carl - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345346297?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence]
 
* Sagan, Carl - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345346297?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence]
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* Shermer, Michael - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250008808?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths]
 
* Shermer, Michael - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250008808?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths]
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* Smith, George H. & Krauss, Lawrence M. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/atheism-george-h-smith/1119371750 Atheism: The Case Against God]
  
 
* Stenger, Victor J. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145994?tag=httpwwwration-20 God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion]
 
* Stenger, Victor J. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145994?tag=httpwwwration-20 God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion]
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* Wathey, John C. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-illusion-of-gods-presence-john-c-wathey/1121772833 The Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing]
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=== Books listings & reviews ===
 
=== Books listings & reviews ===

Revision as of 02:21, 15 July 2020

Books

  • Cortesi, David - "Secular Wholeness" Religious practice has benefits—people wouldn't do it otherwise. How can we get those benefits without the superstition?
  • Coste, R. D. - Night at the Gates "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"


Books listings & reviews

  • Five Books interviews experts & authors and asks them to recommend the best books in their subject and explain why they matter (link to the Atheism section).