17 Top philosophy books like Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith

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Atheism: The Case Against God

By: George H. Smith

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Does a god exist? This question has undoubtedly been asked, in one form or another, since man has h…

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1. Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

By: Jerry A. Coyne

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with sci… read more

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  • science
  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • skepticism
"For good people to do evil doesn't require only religion, or even any religion, but simply one of it's key elements: belief without evidence-in other words, faith. And that kind of faith is seen not …"

-Jerry A. Coyne, Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

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2. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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3. The Complete Fiction

By: H.P. Lovecraft , S.T. Joshi

4.34

Format: 1098 pages, Leather Bound

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three … read more

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"But of these things I must not now speak. I will tell only of the lone tomb in the darkest of the hillside thickets."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Fiction

"Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Fiction

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4. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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5. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

By: Christopher Hitchens

3.96

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

God Is Not Great makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the maj… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Actually, the “leap of faith"

-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."

-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."

-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

"The essential principle of totalitarianism is to make laws that are impossible to obey."

-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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6. Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism

By: David Mills , Dorion Sagan

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Clear, concise, and persuasive, Atheist Universe details exactly why God is unnecessary to explain … read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
"Let's look at one more quick example of modern evolution at work. In the early 1800s, light-colored lichens covered many of the trees in the English countryside. The peppered moth was a light-colored…"

-David Mills, Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism

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7. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

By: Sam Harris

3.90

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and relig… read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
"Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love"

-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

"Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance."

-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

"120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer."

-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

"Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction."

-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

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8. Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity

By: John W. Loftus

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For about two decades John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of th… read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • skepticism
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9. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

By: Brian Greene

4.13

Format: 569 pages, Paperback

The fabric of the cosmos read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"life"

-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

"Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored."

-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

"наша история прошлого часто лишь информирует о наших переживаниях в настоящем."

-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

"полная скорость движения любого объекта в пространстве и во времени всегда в точности равна скорости света."

-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

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10. Atheism: The Case Against God

By: George H. Smith

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Does a god exist? This question has undoubtedly been asked, in one form or another, since man has h… read more

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  • science
  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • skepticism
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11. The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

3.88

Format: 704 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking ph… read more

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  • philosophy
"This is pity,"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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12. Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation

By: Bill Nye

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Sparked by a provocative comment to BigThink.com last fall, and fueled by a highly controversial de… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • science
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13. The God Delusion

By: Richard Dawkins

3.90

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

A preeminent scientist - and the world's most prominent atheist - asserts the irrationality of beli… read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
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  • science
"Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

"نؤمن بنظريةالتطور لان الادلة تدعمها وسنرفضها بين ليلة وضحاها عندما تظهر ادلة تنفيها"

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

"لا تلقن اطفالك بل علمهم طريقة التفكير المستقلة وكيفية التاكد من الادلة وكيف يمكنهم مخالفتك فى الرأي"

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

"As J. B. S. Haldane said when asked what evidence might contradict evolution, 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian."

-Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

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14. Free Will

By: Sam Harris

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think abo… read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • science

15. Mortality

By: Christopher Hitchens

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens wa… read more

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16. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan

4.29

Format: 459 pages, Paperback

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more

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  • atheism
  • skepticism
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Gullibility kills."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

17. Rocannon's World

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". A world shared by three native human… read more

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18. The Anti-Christ

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , H.L. Mencken

3.68

Format: 420 pages,

Monumento de escandalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre postuma del inquieta… read more

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19. Reality is Not What it Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.17

Format: 120 pages,

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more

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20. Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

By: Bruno Latour

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Reassembling the Socialis a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists … read more

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21. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

By: Sam Harris

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

Sam Harris' first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion… read more

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22. Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God

By: Armin Navabi , None

3.67

Format: 499 pages,

* "Science can't explain the complexity and order of life; God must have designed it to be this way… read more

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23. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe

By: Steven Weinberg

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

This classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains to general… read more

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24. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

By: Sam Harris

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a gu… read more

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25. In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

By: John Gribbin

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it pr… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"If the business of physics is ever finished, the world will be a much less interesting place in which to live . . ."

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

"...it is not the way of science to sit idly back and hope that someone will come up with a "better" answer to our problems. In the absence of a better answer, we have to face up to the implications o…"

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

"In the world of the very small, where particle and wave aspects of reality are equally significant, things do not behave in any way that we can understand from our experience of the everyday world...…"

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

"Heisenberg's uncertainty relation measures the amount by which the complementary descriptions of the electron, or other fundamental entities, overlap. Position is very much a particle property - part…"

-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality

26. The Denial of Death

By: Daniel Goleman , Ernest Becker , Sam Keen

4.32

Format: 80 pages,

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is… read more

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27. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

By: Daniel C. Dennett

3.74

Format: 646 pages,

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28. Letter to a Christian Nation

By: Sam Harris

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriati… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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  • spirituality
  • science
"There had been ample warning that a storm “of biblical proportions"

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."

-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

29. Twilight of the Idols/The Anti-Christ

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

In 1888, the last sane year of his life Nietsche produced these two brief but devastating books. Tw… read more

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30. Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

By: Richard Dawkins

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science wri… read more

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  • atheism
  • philosophy
  • religion
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  • science
"These beliefs contradict each other, so they can’t be all right"

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

"If I’d been born in ancient Greece, I’d worship Zeus and Aphrodite"

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

"But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it."

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

"There are so many different faiths. How do you know the holy book you have been brought up with is the true one? And if all the others are wrong, what makes you think your holy book isn’t wrong too?"

-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism

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31. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion

By: Sean Carroll

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science

13 Top religion books like Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith

Transform Your Habits

Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

Jerry A. Coyne

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

3.96

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8 Best audiobook books like Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

Transform Your Habits

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

3.96

Transform Your Habits

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Richard Dawkins , Lawrence M. Krauss

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

3.90

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