Books Recommended by Richard Dawkins
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The Dawn of Language
Axes, lies, midwifery and how we came to talk
Sverker Johansson
Source: "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
1 recommender
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker
Source: "A truly brilliant book, elegantly written, sparkling with wit, driving nails hard home on every page." - Richard Dawkins
Conundrum
Jan Morris
Source: "A beautifully written account of what it's like to feel you're a woman trapped in a man's body." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
Collusion
Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
Luke Harding
Source: "Putin comes across as a deeply nasty piece of work, Trump a blundering idiot." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
The Good News Club
The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children
Katherine Stewart
Source: "Read [this book] and be horrified by what Supreme Court allowed." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
The Little Book of Humanism
Universal Lessons on Finding Purpose, Meaning and Joy
Alice Roberts
Source: "A delight. Give it like a bunch of flowers to someone you love." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Source: "Lovely book. Last chapter worthy of Carl Sagan himself." - Richard Dawkins
2 recommenders
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Greg Lukianoff
Source: "Utterly superb book, recommended unreservedly." - Richard Dawkins
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us
Adam Rutherford
Source: "Highly stimulating, lots to think about, lots to learn." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
Freedom from Speech
Greg Lukianoff
Source: "Strong title, and the book lives up to it." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
What a Wonderful World
One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff
Marcus Chown
Source: "A pretty wonderful book." - Richard Dawkins
1 recommender
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