![]() | The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $3.99 This is the famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins' book detailing the absurdity of religion and the danger religion poses in our society today.
It is superbly well written and despite the massive attempts at refuting it, it has stood the test of time. I highly recommend this book for anyone beginning their study of atheism and religion.
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![]() | God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Buy new: $15.74 / Used from: $2.50 This is Christopher Hitchens' contribution to the "new atheist" movement. Another well written work detailing the dangers and silliness of religion.
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![]() | The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.65 The third 'horseman' with his best seller, which he wrote shortly after the 9/11 attacks, detailing the reasons he feels religious faith should no longer get a free pass without being critically examined.
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![]() | Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage) by Sam Harris
Buy new: $7.92 / Used from: $6.37 A Letter to a Christian Nation is Sam Harris' latest book, and seeks to answer many letters from christians about his book, The End of Faith. It is another well written polemic against religion.
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![]() | Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $6.49 Daniel Dennett gives his reasons why he thinks religion should not be immune to scientific inquiry. I thought this book was well written, with good information, but over 300 pages explaining why religion shouldn't be immune to scrutiny was a little unnecessary in my opinion.
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![]() | Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History Vol. 1 by Chris Rodda
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $49.98 This book is a magnificent work detailing why several christian history revisionists are deceiving the people who read their misleading books regarding the history of religion in america. It is meticulously researched and well written. I highly recommend this book for anyone wishing to fact check many apologists' claims.
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![]() | The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts by Neil Asher Silberman
Buy new: $11.18 / Used from: $4.94 While this book includes some personal opinions of the authors, this is still an excellent look at what archaeology has really found regarding the accuracy of the bible in historical matters.
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![]() | The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief
Buy new: $132.64 / Used from: $89.94 This is an excellent book, by many scholars in their respective fields, detailing the many influential figures in the free thought/atheist movement, and has many detailed articles explaining many issues, such as the historicity of jesus, the bible, and a look at the demographics of unbelief throughout the world.
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![]() | Biblical Errancy: A Reference Guide by C. Dennis McKinsey
Buy new: $91.97 / Used from: $106.89 This massive book by Dennis McKinsey is a treasure trove of useful information detailing the many errors and discrepancies within the bible. Highly recommended for debating those christians who actually believe the bible to be inerrant.
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![]() | The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
Buy new: $22.61 / Used from: $14.99 This is an excellent book giving the reader a good history of atheism, arguments for and against atheism, demographics of non-belief, and an interesting look at several studies which show that atheists are oftentimes just as emotionally stable and moral as non-believers, despite all the claims to the contrary. This book is highly recommended for those just beginning to learn about the 'struggle.'
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![]() | Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism by David Mills
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.50 The Atheist Universe is an excellent, and well written book about the distortions of science by many theologians and attempts to set the record straight using true scientific information and logic to prove the author's case that atheism is often misunderstood, and intelligent design is supported by nothing.
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![]() | Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero
Buy new: $25.38 / Used from: $17.95 This is an excellent book that details the lies by creationists about the fossil record and is a very good look at evolution in general - it's history, it's basic concepts, and some modern day scientific disputes about it, and why these disputes are necessary for scientific knowledge to progress, and not any evidence that "darwinism" is in trouble, like so many theists like to claim.
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