Nonfiction Steves - Secular Selections

Explore Nonfiction Steves' Secular Selections—a curated list of top nonfiction books for secular readers. Discover thought-provoking reads handpicked for critical thinkers.

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Cover
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

by Sam Harris

Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

Argues that belief in God is irrational, and describes examples of religion's negative influences on society throughout the centuries, such as war, bigotry, child abuse, and violence.
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God is Not Great

by Christopher Hitchens

"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.
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Freethinkers

by Susan Jacoby

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The Bible According to Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

Compiles letters, essays, diaries, and excerpts about heaven, hell, sinners, and saints
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Under the Banner of Heaven

by Jon Krakauer

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. “Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.
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