Neil deGrasse Tyson Book Recommendations

How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

"A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things who people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The System of the World

by Isaac Newton

"To learn that the universe is a knowable place." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

Age Of Reason

by Thomas Paine

"To learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin

"To learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Principia

The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

by Isaac Newton

"The man was connected to the universe in ways that I've never seen another human being connect." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

"To learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

Holy Bible

"To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Art Of War

by Sun Tzu

"To learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

"To learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

"To learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Almagest

Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens

by Claudius Ptolemy

"The crowning achievement of a geocentric universe. Of course, the whole concept was wrong, but it was interestingly wrong." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I can’t do that. I’m sorry. I’ll never be a novelist." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

by Steven Novella

"If this book does not become required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilization unravel before our eyes." - Neil deGrasse Tyson (Source)