I was asked recently if I would be willing to recommend some of the books I've read on skepticism that I considered helpful. In no particular order (except for the first one, which should be considered essential), here are some of the books I have enjoyed on skepticism and closely related subjects:
- The demon-haunted world: Science as a candle in the dark
- Why people believe weird things: Pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
- How we believe: Science, skepticism, and the search for god
- Sleeping with extra-terrestrials: The rise of irrationalism and perils of piety
- The believing brain: From ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies---How we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
- Idiot America: How stupidity became a virtue in the land of the free
- An essay concerning human understanding
- God: The failed hypothesis. How science shows that god does not exist
- The portable atheist: Essential readings for the nonbeliever
- Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds
- Multiple identities & false memories: A sociocognitive perspective
- Flim-flam! Psychics, ESP, unicorns, and other delusions
- Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there
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