BOOK DISCUSSIONS
These are the books we've read and discussed as a community over the years. Below each book you'll find a link to the corresponding discussion forum. And on some books you'll notice links to chat transcripts. This is because we've conducted live chats with many of our authors over the years. You may wish to see all chat transcripts in one index.
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
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#180: Jan. - Mar. 2021
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Non-Fiction
#177: Aug. - Oct. 2021
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Books do Furnish a Life: An electrifying celebration of science writing
Non-Fiction
#176: May - July 2021
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Non-Fiction
#169: Dec - Mar. 2020
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The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
Non-Fiction
#165: June - Aug. 2019
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Non-Fiction
#164: Feb. - April 2019
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Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If the Universe Doesn't
Non-Fiction
#160: Aug. - Nov. 2018
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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#157: Jan. - Mar. 2018
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Non-Fiction
#152: Mar. - May 2017
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God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
Non-Fiction
#148: Sept. - Nov. 2016
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The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition
Fiction
#146: May - July 2016
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On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt
Non-Fiction
#143: Jan. - Mar. 2016
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Good Thinking: What You Need to Know to be Smarter, Safer, Wealthier, and Wiser
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#141: Oct. - Dec. 2015
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
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#137: May - July 2015
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Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark
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#136: Feb. - Mar. 2015 Join Discussion
King Henry IV, Part 1 (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)
Fiction
#135: Dec. 2014 and Jan. 2015
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Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart: Rewriting the Ten Commandments for the Twenty-first Century
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#134: Dec. - Feb. 2015
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Science Was Born of Christianity: The Teaching of Fr. Stanley L. Jaki
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#130: April - June 2014
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
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#129: Mar., April & May 2014
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A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
Fiction
#128: Mar., April & May 2014
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Tempesta's Dream: A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera
Fiction
#127: Jan., Feb. & Mar. 2014
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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#126: Jan., Feb. & Mar. 2014
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The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
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#124: Oct, Nov. & Dec. 2013
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The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, Book One: The Mormons
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#123: Sept., Oct. & Nov. 2013
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
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#120: May, June & July 2013
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
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#117: Feb., Mar. & Apr. 2013
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Non-Fiction
#115: Dec. 2012 & Jan. & Feb. 2013
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Fiction
#108: July, Aug., & Sept. 2012
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A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
Non-Fiction
#96: May, June & July 2011
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Predictably Irrational:
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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#85: June, July & Aug. 2010
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When Good Thinking Goes Bad: How Your Brain Can Have a Mind of Its Own
Non-Fiction
#70: Aug. & Sept. 2009
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Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
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#67: June, July & August 2009
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God Is Not Great:
How Religion Poisons Everything
Non-Fiction
#64: Mar., April & May 2009
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Dreams from My Father:
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Non-Fiction
#62: Feb. & Mar. 2009
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Non-Fiction
#60: Jan. & Feb. 2009
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Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Non-Fiction
#58: Dec. - Jan. 2009
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
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#56: Oct. & Nov. 2008
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On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
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#53: Sept. & Oct. 2008
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature
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#43: Jan. & Feb. 2008
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Non-Fiction
#41: Nov. & Dec. 2007
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Religious Expression and the American Constitution
Non-Fiction
#37: April, May & June 2007
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Non-Fiction
#36: April, May & June 2007
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
Non-Fiction
#34: Jan., Feb. & Mar. 2007
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Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction
Non-Fiction
#32: Oct., Nov. & Dec. 2006
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Non-Fiction
#31: Oct., Nov. & Dec. 2006
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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54
Non-Fiction
#30: Sept. & Oct. 2006
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Non-Fiction
#29: July, Aug. & Sept. 2006
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Non-Fiction
#28: July - Sept. 2006
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Non-Fiction
#26: April, May & June 2006
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Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
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#20: July, Aug. & Sept. 2005
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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#19: April, May & June 2005
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What is Good? The Search for the Best Way to Live
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#16: Sept. & Oct. 2004
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Civilization and It's Enemies: The Next Stage of History
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#15: July & August 2004
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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#14: May & June 2004
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How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Non-Fiction
#13: March & April 2004
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Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain
Non-Fiction
#12: Jan. & Feb. 2004
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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Non-Fiction
#11: Nov. & Dec. 2003
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
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#10: Sept. & Oct. 2003
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Non-Fiction
#9: July & August 2003
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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
Non-Fiction
#8: May & June 2003
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Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From the Big Bang To the 21st Century
Non-Fiction
#6: Jan. & Feb. 2003
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The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
Non-Fiction
#5: Nov. & Dec. 2002
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Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Non-Fiction
#4: Sept & Oct. 2002
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Non-Fiction
#3: August 2002
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Non-Fiction
#2: July 2002
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