Recommended Reading
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Mind and Life Sciences
Physics & Mathematics
Philosophy
History, Economics, and Politics
Religion and Religious Criticism
Eastern Philosophy and Meditation
General Nonfiction
Reader Recommendations
Mind and Life Sciences
Physics & Mathematics
Philosophy
History, Economics, and Politics
Religion and Religious Criticism
Eastern Philosophy and Meditation
General Nonfiction
Fiction
Authors by Last Name (b)
Baert, P.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism
Baker, D.
Baldwin, J.
Conversations with James Baldwin
Baldwin, James
Ballard, J.G.
Banks, Iain
Barbero, A.
Barfield, O.
Barker, Dan
Losing Faith in Faith - From Preacher to Atheist
Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists
Baron, J.
Baron-Cohen, S.
Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
Barr, J.
Barth, John
Barthes, R.
Bartlett, W.B.
God Wills It! - An Illustrated History of the Crusades
Batchelor, S.
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
Battuta, I.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: in the Near East, Asia and Africa, 1325-1354
Bauby, J.D.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bawer, B.
While Europe Slept
Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom
Bazerman, Max H.
Beah, I.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Beauvoir, S.
The Second Sex. Simon de Beauvoir
Becker, E.
The Denial of Death
The Birth and Death of Meaning
Bellow, Saul
The Adventures of Augie March
Herzog
Benedict, R.
Berger, John
Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series
Berger, Warren
Bering, J.
The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life
Berman, P.
Terror and Liberalism
Flight of the Intellectuals
Bernays, E.
Berry, T.
Bettelheim, B.
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Beversluis, J.
C. S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion
Bik, H.J.
Tyranny, Taboo, and the Ten Commandments
Blackburn, S.
Truth a Guide to the Perplexed.
Blackmore, S.
Conversations on Consciousness
The Meme Machine
Blair, J. et al.
The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain
Blakemore, C. and S. Jennett (Eds.)
The Oxford Companion to the Body
Blight, David W.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Block, N., O. Flanagan, and G. Güzeldere
The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates
Bloom, H.
The Book of J
The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation
Omens of the Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection
Bloom, Howard
Bloom, P.
A Wicked Company: The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment
Blumenthal, M.
Boghossian, P.
Bohm, D.
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
Bok, S.
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
Bonett, W.
The Australian Book of Atheism
Boorstin, D.J.
Borges, Jorge, Luis
Bostom, A.
The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims
Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)
Bowen, Elizabeth
Bowles, Paul
Bowman, J.
Boyd, Brian
On The Origin of Stories:Evolution, Cognition and Fiction
Boyer, P.
When Time Shall Be No More: Prophesy Belief In Modern American Culture
Religion Explained
Bradbury, Ray
Bradford, R.
Branden, N.
Bremmer, I.
The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?
Bridges, W.
Transitions: Making Sense of Life Changes
Briggs, R.
Witches and Neighbors: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft
Brock, D.
Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative
Brockman, J. (Ed.)
Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement
Broks, P.
Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology
Bromhall, C.
Brooke, A.
Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers
Brooks, D.
Brown, Dee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Browne, J.
Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. 1 - Voyaging
Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. 2 - The Power of Place
Browning, Christopher R.
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Bruckner, P.
The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism
Bruinius, H.
Bryson, B.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Buford, B.
Buonomano, D.
Burgess, Anthony
Burke, J.
Burr, W.H.
Self-Contradictions of the Bible
Burroughs, William S.
Burton, R.
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not
Burton, Robert
Buruma, I.
Buss, D.
Butler, P.
Byatt, A.S.
Byrom, T. (Trans.)
The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita
