56 books recommended by Sam Harris

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Behave

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination

by Gerald M. Edelman

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil de Grasse Tyson

“Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson 4.08 avg rating — 196,941 ratings.”
— Sam Harris - Recommended Reading (100 books)

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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

by Daniel C. Dennett

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Crowds and Power

by Elias Canetti

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Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

by Daniel C. Dennett

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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

by Hannah Arendt

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Enlightenment Now

by Steven Pinker

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Flow

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah

by Ajahn Chah

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God Is Not Great

by Christopher Hitchens

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History of Western Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell

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Hitch-22

by Christopher Hitchens

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Humiliation

by William Ian Miller

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I Am That

by Nisargadatta Maharaj

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In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

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Just Babies

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Machete Season

by Jean Hatzfeld

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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Mortal Questions

by Thomas Nagel

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On Having No Head

by Douglas E. Harding

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Our Final Invention

by James Barrat

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Predictably Irrational

by Dan Ariely

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Reasons and Persons

by Derek Parfit

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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

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Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom

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Terror and Liberalism

by Paul Berman

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The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch

“David Deutsch explores the limitless potential of human knowledge and the power of explanations in 'The Beginning of Infinity.'”
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The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The Blind Watchmaker

by Richard Dawkins

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The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory

by David J. Chalmers

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The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 109,664 ratings.”
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

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The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness

“Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein 4.38 avg rating — 2,066 ratings.”
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The History of Western Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell

“Bertrand Russell … is one of the great philosophers of his time… a remarkably clear thinker and writer… a great example of how English should be written and just a great voice to have in your head.”
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The Holy Qur’an

by Unknown

“Everyone should read the Holy Qur’an… Read it — it’s much shorter than the Bible; you can read it in a weekend, and you’ll be informed about the central doctrines of Islam in a way that you may not be.”
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The Last Word

by Thomas Nagel

“I’m a big fan of Thomas Nagel’s earlier work… He is a very fine writer — a very clear writer — and just as a style of communication … he’s worth going to school on.”
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The Path of Purification

by Buddhaghosa

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The Qur'an

by Translated by M. A. Haleem

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The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty

by Simon Baron-Cohen

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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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Waking Up

by Sam Harris

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What We Owe the Future

by William MacAskill

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Why Buddhism is True

by Robert Wright

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