

Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism by Paul Kurtz

Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacobyġ9. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwinġ8. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel Dennettġ6. Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermerġ2. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harrisġ0. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchensĩ. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Saganħ. Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand RussellĢ. More than 250 suggested works later, the results have been finalized, and now formulate what they call the “Essential Freethought Library.” Here is the list:ġ. The people that run the Web site American Freethought spent the last couple months asking notable freethinkers - including authors, podcasters, bloggers, and movement leaders, from people like Sam Harris, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Phil Plait, and Massimo Pigliucci, to me - to compile and submit a list of books that they believe a well-informed freethinker ought to have read.
