Recent Books

Here you can find the best recent books on the topic of Atheism, sorted by year of publication. Short reviews of these books are available in the Book of Books. If you'd like to discuss these works, we recommend www.booktalk.org. Booktalk.org is an excellent website, dedicated to the discussion of freethought books. More information about Booktalk.org can be found in the Book of Resources.

The Demon-Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark
(Carl Sagan, 1997)

Humanism
(Tony Davies, 1997)

Why People Believe Weird Things - Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
(Michael Shermer, 1997)

Women Without Superstition - No Gods - No Masters
(Annie L. Gaylor {Editor}, 1997)

Humanism As the Next Step
(Lloyd and Mary Morain, 1998)

What Is Atheism? - A Short Introduction
(Douglas E. Krueger, 1998)

At the Water's Edge - Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
(Carl Zimmer, 1999)

Why Atheism?
(George H. Smith, 2000)

Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
(Carl Zimmer, 2002)

Meditations for the Humanist - Ethics for a Secular Age
(A.C. Grayling, 2002)

Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
(Julian Baggini, 2003)

Atheist Universe - Why God Didn't Have a Thing to Do With It
(David Mills, 2003)

The Black Humanist Experience - An Alternative to Religion
(Norm R. Allen Jr. {Editor}, 2003)

A Short History of Nearly Everything
(Bill Bryson, 2003)

The Skeptic's Dictionary - A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions
(Robert Todd Carroll, 2003)

The Ancestor’s Tale - A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
(Richard Dawkins, 2004)

The End of Faith - Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
(Sam Harris, 2004)

Freethinkers - A History of American Secularism
(Susan Jacoby, 2004)

Like Rolling Uphill - Realizing the Honesty of Atheism
(Dianna Narciso, 2004)

Natural Atheism
(David Eller, 2004)

On Humanism
(Richard Norman, 2004)

Big Bang
(Simon Singh, 2005)

The Counter-Creationism Handbook
(Mark Isaak, 2005)

Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction
(Eugenie C. Scott, 2005)

Humanism: An Introduction
(Jim Herrick, 2005)

Science Friction - Where the Known Meets the Unknown
(Michael Shermer, 2005)

Sense and Goodness Without God - A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism
(Richard Carrier, 2005)

Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe
(Erik J. Wielenberg, 2005)

Breaking the Spell - Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
(Daniel C. Dennett, 2006)

** NEW! ** The God Delusion
(Richard Dawkins, 2006)

** NEW! ** Letter to a Christian Nation
(Sam Harris, 2006)

** NEW! ** An Infidel Manifesto - Why Sincere Believers Lose Faith
(Gary Lenaire, 2006)

** NEW! ** The Reason Driven Life - What Am I Here on Earth For?
(Robert M. Price, Julia Sweeney, 2006)

** NEW! ** The Cambridge Companion to Atheism
(Michael Martin {Editor}, available in 2006 or 2007)

** NEW! ** Letting Go of God
(Julia Sweeney audio CD)

** NEW! ** The Heathen's Guide to World Religions - A Secular Guide to the One True Faiths
(William Hopper)

** NEW! ** Parenting Beyond Belief - On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion
(Dale McGowan {editor}, 2007) (Foreword by Michael Shermer, contributors include Richard Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Julia Sweeney, and Dr. Donald B. Ardell)

** NEW! ** A 21st Century Rationalist in Medieval America - Essays on Religion, Science, Morality, and the Bush Administration
(John Bice, 2007)

** NEW! ** The Top 10 Myths About Evolution
(Cameron M. Smith & Charles Sullivan, 2006)




Works geared toward children

Maybe Yes, Maybe No - A Guide for Young Skeptics
(Dan Barker, illustrated by Brian Strassburg, 1990)

How Do You Know It's True? - Discovering the Difference Between Science and Superstition
(Hyman Ruchlis, 1991)

From the Beginning: The Story of Human Evolution
(David Peters, 1991)

Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong - A Guide for Young Thinkers
(Dan Barker, illustrated by Brian Strassburg, 1992)

Big Bang
(Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest, illustrated by Luciano Corbella, 1997)

Eyewitness: Evolution
(Linda Gamlin, 2000)

The Birth of the Earth - Cartoon History of the Earth, Volume 1
(Jacqui Bailey, illustrated by Mathew Lilley, 2001)

Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution
(Steve Jenkins, 2002)

Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
(Lisa Westerberg Peters, illustrated by Lauren Stringer, 2003)

The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin
(Peter Sis, 2003)




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