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Title: Books of interest to atheists
Post by: Unbeliever on October 14, 2006, 12:14:26 pm
Here's a good list of books about atheism:


50 reasons people give for believing in a god (http://members.shaw.ca/tfrisen/one_book_i_would_highly_recommend.htm)

Book of Books (http://www.freewebs.com/thebgma/a18books.html)
Atheism books (http://www.amazon.com/atheism-books/lm/FNUAQL42AWHW)
More Atheism Books (http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/search?q=su%3AAtheism.&qt=hot_subject)
Against Religious Foolishness (http://skeptically.org/againstreligion/id16.html)
Books about Jesus (http://altreligion.about.com/od/jesusmysteries/Jesus_Mysteries_Historical_Jesus.htm)




The Christian Delusion (http://sites.google.com/site/thechristiandelusion/)
Did Man Create God? Is your spiritual brain at peace with 
your thinking brain?
(http://www.didmancreategod.com/)
The Atheist's Introduction to the New Testament: How the Bible Undermines the Basic Teachings of Christianity (http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Introduction-New-Testament-Christianity/dp/1432726919)
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (http://www.amazon.com/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0151010986)
The Impossibility of God (http://atheism.about.com/od/bookreviews/fr/ImpossibleGod.htm)
Holy Homicide: An Encyclopedia of Those Who Go With Their God & Kill (http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Homicide-Encyclopedia-Those-Their/dp/1559501642)
The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France (http://books.google.com/books?id=MAw5Ol_VnmwC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=iJPayb6f6E&sig=lb49K2Mb5Uy5CPfLYoIz1woVSmA&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dend%2Bsoul%2Bhecht&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPP11,M1)
Is the Bible Divine? (http://books.google.com/books?id=0jU2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22charles+bradlaugh%22+texts+writings&source=web&ots=JN7Zyrw7S0&sig=gcWIWcz5rpSbq5MziQUeI5Qy5Hg#PPA1,M1)
Why I Am Not a Muslim (http://www.amazon.com/Why-I-Am-Not-Muslim/dp/0879759844) (Review (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/ibn_al-rawandi/review.html))
Why I Am Not a Jew (http://www.dvorkin.com/essays/yinotjew.htm)
Why I Am Not a Hindu (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/ramendra_nath/hindu.html)
Has Science Found God? (http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/god.html)
Parenting Beyond Belief (http://www.parentingbeyondbelief.com/)
Leaving the Fold: Testimonies of former fundamentalists (http://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Fold-Testimonies-Former-Fundamentalists/dp/0879759070)
Humanism for Parents: Parenting Without Religion (http://www.amazon.com/Humanism-Parents-Parenting-without-Religion/dp/1430314257)
With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military (http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/602)
Ken's Guide to the Bible (http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/product444.html)
Celebrities in Hell (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_5_62/ai_91350330)
Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition? (http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Shrinking-Son-Man-Tradition/dp/1591021219/ref=pd_sim_b_4/104-6242385-7945511)
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780062509253/The_Womans_Encyclopedia_of_Myths_and_Secrets/index.aspx) - Index (http://www.womens-way.com/WEMS-5.pdf)
Review of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=1136) Johann Hari
Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist (http://ffrf.org/books/lfif/)
The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth (http://books.google.com/books?id=DLnYtsfZtegC&pg=PA273&dq=%22ken%27s+guide+to+the+bible%22&as_brr=3&ei=QXPLRqLIF4KmowKh2MndBA&sig=4A4M05mmixG0JtGqzFAo-ViBm4Y#PPA30,M1)
Everything You Know About God is Wrong (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932857591/disinformation)
AC Grayling - The Good Book - A Humanist Bible.pdf (http://kat.ph/ac-grayling-the-good-book-a-humanist-bible-pdf-t5836842.html)


Doubt: A History (http://books.google.com/books?id=QJb16_AAePkC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=doubt+hecht&source=web&ots=Kt07eQ3wt5&sig=fjvAtvcq2nvs3tfIKuAtVaw_gc0#PPR9,M1)
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up (http://www.math.temple.edu/~paulos/irrel-revs.html)
Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (http://http://secweb.infidels.org/?kiosk=books&id=1001)
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (http://www.amazon.com/Atheist-Manifesto-Against-Christianity-Judaism/dp/1559708204)
Religion and Science (http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Science-Bertrand-Russell/dp/0195115511)
What's the Matter with Kansas? (http://www.tcfrank.com/wmk.html)
Critiques of God (http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=70390909)
The Atheist's Bible: an illustrious collection of irreverent thoughts (http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Bible-Illustrious-Collection-Irreverent/dp/0061349151)
Atheists: A Groundbreaking Study of America's Nonbelievers (http://atheism.about.com/od/bookreviews/fr/AtheistStudy.htm)
God and Caesar in America (http://www.buzzflash.com/reviews/05/11/rev05125.html)
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (http://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446579807)
101 Myths of the Bible (http://ggreenberg.tripod.com/101myths-book.htm)
Crux Ansata (http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~tdoyle/hgwells/crux.shtml)
The Quotable Atheist (http://www.atomicbooks.com/products/-/14766.html)
The New Golden Bough (http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Bough-James-George-Frazer/dp/0875990363)
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Spell-Religion-Natural-Phenomenon/dp/067003472X)
Religion Explained: Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought (http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Explained-Evolutionary-Origins-Religious/dp/0465006965)
Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have a Thing to do With It (http://www.amazon.com/Atheist-Universe-Didnt-Have-Thing/dp/1413434819)
The Evolution-Creation Struggle (http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/RUSEVO.html)
The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right (http://www.evangelicalright.com/)
The God Delusion (http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618680004)
The Counter-Creationism Handbook (http://books.google.com/books?id=dGFJXLEWogEC&pg=PP1&dq=The+Counter-Creationism+Handbook&as_brr=3&ei=EXXLRvrWHIqKoQLwstnZBA&sig=YkTemGwUmvfXqilmx6cCB8Vg2aU#PPR5,M1)
A Devil's Chaplain (http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Chaplain-Reflections-Hope-Science/dp/0618335404)
Religion and the Natural Sciences (http://www.a1books.com/cgi-bin/mktSearch?act=showDesc&code=gbase&rel=1&ITEM_CODE=1597520845)
Philosophy of Religion (http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Religion-4th-John-Hick/dp/0136626289)
The Heathens: Primitive Man and His Religions (http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-heathens-primitive-man-and-his-religions-by-william-howells.jsp)
Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus (http://www.amazon.com/Caesars-Messiah-Roman-Conspiracy-Invent/dp/1569754578)
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviours (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/kersey_graves/16/)
How We believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science (http://www.nobeliefs.com/howwebelieve.htm)
Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism betrays Christianity (http://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Jesus-Fundamentalism-Betrays-Christianity/dp/0609802224)
The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege (http://www.amazon.com/Theocons-Secular-America-Under-Siege/dp/0385516479)
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why (http://www.amazon.com/Misquoting-Jesus-Story-Behind-Changed/dp/0060738170)
The Varieties of Scientific Experience (http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594201073,00.html)
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469)
The Dark Side of Christian History (http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Christian-History/dp/0964487349)
Atheism: The Case Against God (http://www.amazon.com/Atheism-Case-Against-Skeptics-Bookshelf/dp/087975124X)
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (http://www.amazon.com/End-Faith-Religion-Terror-Future/dp/0393035158)
Russell on Religion (http://www.amazon.com/Russell-Religion-Selections-Writings/dp/0415180929)
An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism (http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Atheism-Rationalism-Gordon-Stein/dp/0879752564)
God, The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows that God Does Not Exist (http://www.amazon.com/God-Failed-Hypothesis-Science-Shows/dp/1591024811)
Atheism - A Reader (http://www.amazon.com/Atheism-Reader-S-T-Joshi/dp/1573928550)
The Improbability of God (http://www.amazon.com/Improbability-God-Michael-Martin/dp/1591023815)
The Gnostic Gospels (http://www.amazon.com/Gnostic-Gospels-Elaine-Pagels/dp/0679724532)
Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture (http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-through-Centuries-History-Culture/dp/0300079877)
Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" (http://www.amazon.com/Catholicism-Fundamentalism-Attack-Romanism-Christians/dp/0898701775)
Title: Re: Books about atheism
Post by: Hyperion on November 03, 2006, 12:03:39 am
Thanks for the list; I've been interested in getting recommendations for pro-atheist books, just as I have pro-religious (even though my conviction is that atheism is the sound, logical conclusion and that all religion is baseless superstition).

The only book in that list you linked that I've read is The Demon-Haunted World. I didn't very much consider it an atheist book per say, though. The only book I've read that I think much explicity falls into pro-atheism and argues for it is The End of Faith by Sam Harris. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins will be the second falling into said category that I'll be reading as soon as I'm done with The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen.

Much of my pro-atheist influence has come from people online. Perhaps the most notable of these is one Michael Wong, owner of a science fiction board. I wish he'd write a book on the subject.

-- Nonoy
Title: Re: Books of interest to atheists
Post by: Angolo on April 22, 2008, 06:23:24 pm
There are also: