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Note from Sam Harris: I do not necessarily share the views of every author on this list, but I have found each of these books well worth reading. All books purchased through this website generate a 7 percent return for my charitable foundation, Project Reason, through my Amazon Affiliates account.
Aaronovitch, D.. Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History. 2010.
Aczel, A.D. Probability 1: Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the Universe. 1998.
Ainslie, G. Breakdown of Will. 2001.
Ajahn Chah. Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah. 2002.
Allen, J (Ed). Without Sanctuary. 2000.
Anonymous. Terrorist Hunter. 2003.
Appiah, K.A.. Experiments in Ethics. 2009.
Ariely, D.. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. 2008.
Asbridge, T. The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam. 2005.
Aurelius, M. Meditations.
Barbero, A. The Day of the Barbarians. April 3, 2007.
Baron, J.. Thinking and Deciding. 2007.
Baron-Cohen, S.. Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind. 1997.
Batchelor, S.. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. 2010.
Batchelor, S.. Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. 1998.
Bauby, J.D. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. 2002.
Bawer, B. While Europe Slept. 2006.
Becker, E. The Denial of Death. 1997.
Benedict, R.. Patterns of Culture. 1934.
Berman, P. Terror and Liberalism. 2004.
Blackmore, S. Conversations on Consciousness. 2006.
Blair, J. et al.. The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain. 2005.
Blakemore, C. and S. Jennett (Eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2002.
Block, N., O. Flanagan, and G. Güzeldere. The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates. 1998.
Bok, S.. Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life. 1999.
Bostom, A.. The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims. 2008.
Bowman, J. Honor: A History. 2007.
Boyer, P. When Time Shall Be No More: Prophesy Belief In Modern American Culture. 1992.
Boyer, P. Religion Explained. 2002.
Briggs, R. Witches and Neighbors: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft. 2002.
Broks, P.. Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology. 2004.
Burr, WH. Self-Contradictions of the Bible. 1860.
Burton, R.. On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not. 2009.
Byrom, T (Trans.). The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita. 2001.
Caldwell, C.. Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West. 2009.
Canetti, E. Crowds and Power. 1966.
Carroll, J. Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews—A History. 2001.
Carter, R. Mapping the Mind. 2000.
Casebeer, W.D.. Natural Ethical Facts: Evolution, Connectionism, and Moral Cognition. 2005.
Chalmers, D.J. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. 1997.
Changeux, JP. The Physiology of Truth: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge. 2004.
Chinul. Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul’s Korean Way of Zen. 1991.
Churchland, P.M.. Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind. 1988.
Churchland, P.M.. The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain. 1996.
Churchland, P.M.. Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind. 1979.
Cialdini, R.B. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. 2006.
Collins, L and D Lapierre. Freedom at Midnight. 1975.
Coren, S.. Sleep Thieves. 1996.
Craik, K.J.W.. The Nature of Explanation. 1943.
Crick, F. The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul. 1995.
Critchley, S.. The Book of Dead Philosophers. 2009.
Dacey, A.. Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life. 2008.
Dalrymple, T. Life at the Bottom. May 25, 2003.
Damasio, A. Descartes Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. 2005.
Damasio, A. Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain. 2003.
Damasio, A.. The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. 2000.
Davidson, D. Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. 2001.
Davies, N. Human Sacrifice: In History and Today. 1981.
Davies, N. Europe: A History. 1998.
Dawkins, R. The God Delusion. September 18, 2006.
Dawkins, R. Climbing Mount Improbable. 2006.
Dawkins, R. A Devil’s Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and LoveR. 2004.
Dawkins, R. The Selfish Gene. 2006.
Dawood, N. J., Trans. The Koran. 1956.
de Grey, A.. Ending Aging. 2007.
De Waal, F. Primates and Philosophers. 2006.
Dennett, D. Breaking the Spell. 2006.
Dennett, D.C. Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. 1996.
Dennett, D.C. Consciousness Explained. 1992.
Dennett, D.C.. Freedom Evolves. 2004.
Dennett, D.C.. The Intentional Stance. 1989.
Dershowitz, A. Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking. 2007.
Dershowitz, A. The Case for Israel. 2004.
Deutsch, D. The Fabric of Reality. 1998.
Diamond, J. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. 2005.
Diamond, J. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. 2005.
Dowman, K (Ed). The Flight of the Garuda, Second Edition: The Dzogchen Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 2003.
Dyson, F. Imagined Worlds. 1998.
Eddington, A.S.. The Nature of the Physical World. 1928.
Edelman, G.. Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness. 2004.
Edelman, G.. Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge. 2007.
Edelman, G.. Remembered Present: A Biological Theory Of Consciousness. 1990.
Edelman, G. & Tononi, G.. A Universe Of Consciousness How Matter Becomes Imagination. 2001.
Edgerton, R.B.. Sick Societies: Challenging the Myth of Primitive Harmony. 1992.
Edwards, P., Ed. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 1967.
Ehrman, B. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. 2007.
Einstein, A. Ideas and Opinions. 1954.
Einstein, A. Out of My Later Years. 1956.
Ellens, J.H. (Ed.). The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [4 volumes]. 2004.
Feigl, H.. The Mental and the Physical: The Essay and a Postscript. 1967.
Feinberg, T.E. Altered Egos: How the Brain Creates the Self. 2002.
Feynman, R. The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition. 2005.
Feynman, R. Six Easy Pieces. 2005.
Feynman, R. Six Not-So-Easy Pieces. 2005.
Feynman, R. The Meaning Of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist. 2005.
Fingarette, H. Self-Deception. 2000.
Flanagan, O. The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them. 2002.
Flanagan, O.. The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World. 2009.
Freud, S.. The Future of an Illusion. 1927.
Freud, S.. Civilization and Its Discontents. 1929.
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