Richard Dawkins Recommended Books
Richard Dawkins has recommended 12 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author.
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Freedom from Speech
"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
"Utterly superb book, recommended unreservedly." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
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Vinod Khosla recommended this bookVinod Khosla
"Dives into the new problem on college campuses, Safetyism." - Vinod Khosla
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Bryan Johnson recommended this bookBryan Johnson
"Excited to read this new book by my friends." - Bryan Johnson
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Max Levchin recommended this bookMax Levchin
"Highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort." - Max Levchin
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Michael Mauboussin recommended this bookMichael Mauboussin
"[One of the] books that helped me think better in 2018." - Michael Mauboussin
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Tom Bilyeu recommended this bookTom Bilyeu
Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on Twitter.
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Derren Brown recommended this bookDerren Brown
Derren Brown mentioned this book on Twitter.
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- Glenn Beck
"Not only correctly identifies what ails us but also gives practical steps to cure. MUST READ." - Glenn Beck
- Glenn Beck
Free Speech And Why It Matters
"Powerful book." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
The Little Book of Humanism
Universal Lessons on Finding Purpose, Meaning and Joy
"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
"A truly brilliant book, elegantly written, sparkling with wit, driving nails hard home on every page." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"My new favorite book of all time." - Bill Gates
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Sam Harris recommended this bookSam Harris
Sam Harris picked this as the first book in his Book Club.
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Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
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Yuval Noah Harari recommended this bookYuval Noah Harari
"It is the most optimistic book I’ve read in a long time." - Yuval Noah Harari
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A.J. Jacobs recommended this bookA.J. Jacobs
"We should be thrilled to be alive now." - A.J. Jacobs
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David Deutsch recommended this bookDavid Deutsch
"There are a few philosophical errors and poor arguments in [this] otherwise excellent book." - David Deutsch
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- Michael Mauboussin
"[One of the] books that helped me think better in 2018." - Michael Mauboussin
- David Friedberg
"A great book." - David Friedberg
- Michael Mauboussin
The Book of Humans
A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us
"Highly stimulating, lots to think about, lots to learn." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Collusion
Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
"Putin comes across as a deeply nasty piece of work, Trump a blundering idiot." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Lovely book. Last chapter worthy of Carl Sagan himself." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
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"Great, very quick overview of astrophysics." - Vinod Khosla
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Conundrum
"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
"A pretty wonderful book." - Richard Dawkins (Source)
The Good News Club
The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children
"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
"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)
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