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A Humanist's Skeptic Bookshelf
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Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing CuresLooking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures by Joe Nickell
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Religious miracles? Icons and apparitions? Here's the antidote.
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other DelusionsFlim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by James Randi
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Randi's sardonic wit makes debunking fun!
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Popular Science)Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Popular Science) by Martin Gardner
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Gardner's monumental tome. Single-handedly started the modern skeptics movement.
Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A Critical Examination of the EvidencePseudoscience and the Paranormal: A Critical Examination of the Evidence by Terence Hines
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A sober textbook on paranormal claims.
The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous SeerThe Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer by James Randi
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Nostradamus fans should read this!
Challenges to the Enlightenment: In Defense of Reason and ScienceChallenges to the Enlightenment: In Defense of Reason and Science by Paul Kurtz
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Postmodernism and anti-Enlightenment are bunk.
The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets NonsenseThe Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense by Michael Shermer
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Shermer studies the borderland cases between outright bunk and protoscience.
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking PseudoscienceDid Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience by Martin Gardner
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Another great book by Martin Gardner.
A Mathematician Reads the NewspaperA Mathematician Reads the Newspaper by John Allen Paulos
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How a skeptic should read the newspaper.
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and SupernaturalAn Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural by James Randi
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A humorous "encyclopedia" on all things irrational.
Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and MemoryDenying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory by Deborah E. Lipstadt
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Rationality vs Holocaust Revisionism.
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (Vintage)Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (Vintage) by John Allen Paulos
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Don't be afraid with numbers and mathematics, it's vital to your sanity.
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the UniverseRare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter Ward
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The Drake Equation has never been more thoroughly thrashed.
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our TimeWhy People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer
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Shermer at his skeptical best.
How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of ScienceHow We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science by Michael Shermer
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Understanding the psychology of religious (and supernatural) belief.
Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of PietySleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety by Wendy Kaminer
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A remarkably erudite social commentary of hokum.
Think to Win: The Power of Logic in Everyday LifeThink to Win: The Power of Logic in Everyday Life by S. Cannavo
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A self-help book on thinking clearly, whatta concept!
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
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Sagan's gentle debunking of woo-woo, a class act.
Tales of the Rational : Skeptical Essays About Nature and ScienceTales of the Rational : Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science by Massimo Pigliucci
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A skeptic debunks god through science.
Science on Trial: The Case for EvolutionScience on Trial: The Case for Evolution by Douglas J. Futuyma
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Skeptical of Creationism? Here's a very useful tome.
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to FraudVoodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud by Robert L. Park
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Infinite energy and perpetual motion machines are impossible. Has a much-needed treatment of the excesses of NASA and the space program