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READING LIST - Our Top Ten


By Mike - Posted on 07 November 2009

We are looking to produce a reading list of books on humanism, atheism and religion that provide a good, balanced overview of the subjects

The rules are simple: we will keep the list to just ten books. Anyone wanting to suggest a new title, should also name a book that should be removed. This way quality is retained. Here's a start:

  • Blackham, HJ (1968): 'Humanism', Pelican
  • Dawkins, Richard (2006): 'The God Delusion', Bantom Books [0-618-68000-4]
  • Dennett, Daniel (2006): 'Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon', Viking (Penguin) [ISBN 0-670-03472-X] 
  • Hitchens, Christopher (2007): 'God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything', Twelve Books [ISBN 978-0-446-57980-3] 
  • Smoker, Barbara (2005): 'Humanism', South Place Ethical Society [0 902368 23 0]
  • Benson, Ophelia & Stangroom, Jeremy (2009): 'Does God Hate Women?', Continum