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.
(Read more on Wikipedia)12 Books Recommended
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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)
Also recommended by:
Vinod Khosla, Bryan Johnson, Max Levchin, Michael Mauboussin, Tom Bilyeu, Derren Brown, 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)
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
"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)
Also recommended by:
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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