 | The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $5.10 Reasoned, rational, patient, convincing. Dawkins cannot be beat for his understanding of science, and he brings plenty of it to bear on his arguments against adherence to the world's mythologies.
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 | The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.35 If you read only one book that presents the case against religion, this should be it. Clearly written and compelling, Harris presents simple common sense arguments to refute the continued widespread practice of our formal religions.
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 | God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.00 Good read - nothing really new as regards arguments for atheism, but well written and an enjoyable read.
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 | The Future of An Illusion by Sigmund Freud
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $32.68 No education in atheism is complete without Freud. Incredibly rational.
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 | Why I Am Not A Christian And Other Essays On Religion And Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $23.44 A key component for immunizing you against mysticism!
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 | The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.72 Very readable history of the transformation from polytheism to monotheism.
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 | The Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche
Buy new: $5.90 / Used from: $7.92 Doesn't pull any punches. Says it like it is. Christianity sucks.
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 | The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.50 Fantastic book for understanding some of the major ideas in physics. There is nothing like physics to debunk every single past and present wild-eyed prophet! Drink deeply of science!
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 | The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.44 Sagan is in a class by himself. Fantastic book for general reading on human superstition (and stupidity).
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 | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.95 A good read to build understanding of evolution and why we behave as we do. Title refers to a gene as being selfish (wants to survive), not a gene for selfishness. Dawkins refers obliquely to genes and their evolution of man's "kin altruism", setting the stage for later works on whether we have a genetic need for religion.
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