Richard Dawkins Book Recommendations
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author.
(Read more on Wikipedia)12 Books Recommended
Freedom from Speech
by Greg Lukianoff
"Strong title, and the book lives up to it." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
by Greg Lukianoff
"Utterly superb book, recommended unreservedly." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Also recommended by:
Vinod Khosla, Bryan Johnson, Max Levchin, Michael Mauboussin, Tom Bilyeu, Derren Brown, Glenn Beck
The Little Book of Humanism
Universal Lessons on Finding Purpose, Meaning and Joy
by Alice Roberts
"A delight. Give it like a bunch of flowers to someone you love." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker
"A truly brilliant book, elegantly written, sparkling with wit, driving nails hard home on every page." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Yuval Noah Harari, A.J. Jacobs, David Deutsch, Michael Mauboussin, David Friedberg
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us
by Adam Rutherford
"Highly stimulating, lots to think about, lots to learn." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Collusion
Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
by Luke Harding
"Putin comes across as a deeply nasty piece of work, Trump a blundering idiot." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Lovely book. Last chapter worthy of Carl Sagan himself." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Also recommended by:
Conundrum
by Jan Morris
"A beautifully written account of what it's like to feel you're a woman trapped in a man's body." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
What a Wonderful World
One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff
by Marcus Chown
"A pretty wonderful book." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
The Good News Club
The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children
by Katherine Stewart
"Read [this book] and be horrified by what Supreme Court allowed." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
The Dawn of Language
Axes, lies, midwifery and how we came to talk
by Sverker Johansson
"Teaches me things I didn’t know while provoking in me thoughts I never had before, setting my mind racing in new directions." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
