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This is a list of works centered around scientific skepticism, religious skepticism, critical thinking, scientific literacy, and refutation of claims of the paranormal. It also includes titles about atheism, irreligion, and related subjects. It is intended as a starting point for research into these areas of study.

This list is sorted by title but uses the Cite book template which begins each listing with the author's last name.

See also: List of science books on evolution, List of books about philosophy

This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

The Skeptic's Library[edit]

A[edit]

• Loxton, Daniel (2013). Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231153201. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Kitcher, Philip (1983). Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism (Paperback ed.). MIT Press. ISBN 026261037X.
• Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason. The Truth Seeker Company, Available for free on Google Books^[1]. ISBN 1603863419. {{cite book}}: ref stripmarker in |publisher= at position 65 (help)
• Gardner, Martin (1982). Aha! Gotcha: Paradoxes to Puzzle and Delight (Paperback ed.). W. H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 0716713616.
• Gardner, Martin (1978). Aha! Insight (Paperback ed.). W. H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 071671017X.
• Clayton, John C. (1998). Alexander Fox & the Amazing Mind Reader. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573922218.
• Raso, Jack (1994). Alternative Healthcare (Consumer Health Library) (Hardcover ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-0879758912.
• James, Peter (2001). Ancient Mysteries: Discover the Latest Intriguing, Scientifically Sound Explanations to Age-Old Puzzles (Paperback ed.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345434889. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Zusne, Leonard (1989). Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking (Second ed.). Psychology Press. ISBN 0805805087. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Hofstadter, Richard (1966). Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (Paperback ed.). Vintage Books. ISBN 0394703170.
• Capaldi, Nicholas (2007). The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (Revised ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 159102532X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Bronowski, Jacob (2011). The Ascent of Man (Paperback ed.). BBC Books. ISBN 1849901155.
• Asimov, Isaac (1988). Asimov's Guide to the Bible. Wings. ISBN 051734582X.
• Browne, M. Neil (2011). Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (10th ed.). Longman. ISBN 0205111165. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Crick, Francis (1995). The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul (Paperback ed.). Touchstone. ISBN 0684801582.
• McGowan, Dale (2013). Atheism for Dummies. For Dummies. ISBN 978-1118509203.
• Smith, George H. (1979). Atheism: The Case Against God (Paperback ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 087975124X.
• Offit, Paul A. (2008). Autism's False Prophets : Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure (First ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14636-4.

B[edit]

• Plait, Philip C. (2002). Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" (1 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471409766.
• Goldacre, Ben (2008). Bad Science (book): Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks (1 ed.). Faber & Faber. ISBN 0865479186.
• Goldacre, Ben (2012). Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients (1 ed.). Faber & Faber. ISBN 0865478007.
• Weiner, Jonathan (1995). The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (Paperback ed.). Vintage Books. ISBN 067973337X.
• Kovoor, Dr. Abraham (2012). Begone Godmen!: Encounters with Spiritual Frauds (Kindle ed.). Jaico Publishing House. ASIN B008JZQT12.
• Law, Stephen (2011). Believing Bullshit: How not to get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole. Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781616144111.
• Vyse, Stuart A. (2013). Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (Updated ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 019999692X.
• Kusche, Larry (2006). The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved (First ed.). Galahad Books. ISBN 1578661560.
• Callahan, Tim (1997). Bible Prophecy: Failure or Fulfillment? (Paperback ed.). Millennium Press. ISBN 0965504719.
• Sagan, Carl (1997). Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345379187.
• Dawkins, Richard (1986). The Blind Watchmaker ("later" ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393315703.
• Green, Ruth Hurmence (1979). Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the Bible. Freedom from Religion Foundation. ISBN 1877733016.
• Dennett, Daniel C. (2007). Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (Reprint ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 0143038338.
• Hawking, Stephen (1988). A Brief History of Time. Bantam. ISBN 0553380168.

C[edit]

• Magner, George (1995). Chiropractic : The Victim's Perspective (Hardcover ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1573920414.
• Ruchlis, Hy (1990). Clear Thinking: A Practical Guide (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755946. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Huizenga, John R. (1994). Cold Fusion: The Scientific Fiasco of the Century (Paperback ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198558171.
• Sagan, Carl (1997). Contact (Mass Market Paperback ed.). Pocket Books. ISBN 0671004107.
• Kuhn, Thomas S. (1992). The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (Paperback ed.). Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674171039.
• Schumaker, John F. (1995). The Corruption of Reality: A Unified Theory of Religion, Hypnosis, and Psychopathology. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879759356.
• Sagan, Carl (1985). Cosmos (Paperback ed.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345331354.
• Wilson, E.O. (2007). The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393330486.
• Forrest, Barbara; Gross, Paul R. (2004). Creationism's Trojan Horse : The Wedge of Intelligent Design (Hardcover ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515742-7.
• Angeles, Peter A. (2007). Critiques of God: Making the Case Against Belief in God (Paperback ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573921238.
• Nickell, Joe (2012). CSI Paranormal: Investigating Strange Mysteries. Inquiry Press. ISBN 1937998002.
• Appel, Willa (1985). Cults in America: Programmed for Paradise (Paperback ed.). Henry Holt & Co. ISBN 0805005242.

D[edit]

• Chapman, Matthew (2007). 40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, GOD, OxyContin and other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania. Harper. ISBN 9780061179464.
• Jones, Steve (2001). Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345422775.
• Wiseman, Richard (1997). Deception & Self-Deception: Investigating Psychics. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573921211.
• Sagan, Carl (1995). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345409469.
• Kalichman, Seth (2009). Denying AIDS (Second printing ed.). Copernicus. ISBN 978-0387794754.
• Shermer, Michael (2002). Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (Updated and Expanded ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23469-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Lipstadt, Deborah E. (1994). Denying the Holocaust : The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (Paperback ed.). Plume. ISBN 978-0452272743.
• Peele, Stanton (1999). Diseasing of America: How We Allowed Recovery Zealots and the Treatment Industry to Convince Us We Are Out of Control (Reissued Paperback ed.). Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0787946435.
• Kida, Thomas E. (2006). Don't Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591024080.
• Steiner, Robert (1989). Don't get Taken! Bunco and Bunkum Exposed. Wide-Awake Books. ISBN 0962347302.
• Sagan, Carl (1986). The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Later Printing ed.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345346297.
• Weinberg, Steven (1994). Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature (Reprint ed.). Vintage Books. ISBN 0679744088.
• Allen, Steve (1998). Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573922374.

E[edit]

• Hazlitt, Henry (1988). Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0517548232.
• Hyman, Ray (1989). The Elusive Quarry: A Scientific Appraisal of Psychical Research. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755040.
• Frasier, Kendrick, ed. (1998). Encounters With the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief. Prometheus Books. ISBN 157392203X.
• McKinsey, C. Dennis (1995). The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy (First Printing ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879759267.
• Randi, James; Clarke, Arthur C. (1997-03-15). An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0312151195.
• Milner, Richard (1990). The Encyclopedia of Evolution: Humanity's Search for Its Origins (First ed.). Facts on File. ISBN 0816014728.
• Horgan, John (1997). The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age (Reprint ed.). Broadway Books. ISBN 0553061747.
• Hansel, C.E.M. (1966). ESP: A Scientific Evaluation. Simon Schuster Trade. ISBN 0684717921.
• Gould, Stephen Jay (1977). Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History (Paperback ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393308189.
• Loxton, Daniel (2010). Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be. Kids Can Press. ISBN 9781554534302.
• Berra, Tim M. (1990). Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate (Paperback ed.). Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804717702.
• Scott, Eugenie C.; Eldredge, Niles (2009). Evolution vs. Creationism : An Introduction (Second ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520261877.
• Boening, Dean W. (2000). The Extinct Cognitive Christian (Paperback ed.). Writers Club Press. ISBN 0595098878.
• MacKay, Charles (2001). Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Great Minds Series ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573928917.

F[edit]

• Gardner, Martin (1957). Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Dover Publications. ISBN 0486203948.
• Randi, James. The Faith Healers. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755350.
• Polidoro, Massimo. Final Seance: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573928968.
• Daleiden, Joseph L. (1994). The Final Superstition: A Critical Evaluation of the Judeo-Christian Legacy (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879758961.
• Miller, Kenneth R. (2007). Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (Reprint ed.). Harper Perennial. ISBN 0061233501.
• Randi, James (1982-06). Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879751983. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Wheless, Joseph (2007). Forgery in Christianity: A Documented Record of the Foundations of the Christian Religion. FQ Classics. ISBN 1599869101.
• Feder, Kenneth (2002). Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. McGraw-Hill.
• Mehta, Hemant (2013). The Friendly Atheist: Thoughts on the Role of Religion in Politics and Media. Amazon Digital Services.
• Schultz, Ted (1989). The Fringes of Reason: A Whole Earth Catalog (Paperback ed.). Harmony Books. ISBN 051757165X.

G[edit]

• Huber, Peter W. (1993). Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom (Paperback ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465026249.
• de Becker, Gavin (1999). The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence (Paperback ed.). Dell Publishing. ISBN 0440508835.
• Bakker, Gary (2013). GOD: A Psychological Assessment. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 1612331858.
• Stollznow, Karen (2013). God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States. Pitchstone Publishing. ISBN 1939578000.
• Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Mariner Books. ISBN 0618918248.
• Hofstadter, Douglas R. (1999). Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (20th Anniversary ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465026567.
• Holbrook, Steward (1962). The Golden Age of Quackery. Collier Books.
• Frazer, James George (2009). The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Reissue ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199538824.
• Hitchens, Christopher (2007). God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Twelve Books. ISBN 0446552291.
• Helms, Randel (1988). Gospel Fictions (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755725.
• Campbell, Jeremy (1982). Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language and Life (First ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671440616.
• Valenstein, Elliot S. (1986). Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise and Decline of Psychosurgery and Other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness (First ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465027105.

H[edit]

• Stollznow, Karen (2013). Haunting America (Kindle ed.). James Randi Educational Foundation. ASIN B00DSQVBAQ.
• Barrett, Stephen (1993). The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America (Consumer Health Library ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879758554. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Dawes, Robyn (1996). House of Cards: Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth (First ed.). Free Press. ISBN 0684830914.
• Huff, Darrell (1993). How to Lie with Statistics (Reissue ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393310728.
• Schick, Theodore (2014). How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0078038367. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Stanovich, Keith E. (2013). How to Think Straight about Psychology (10th ed.). Pearson. ISBN 0205914128.
• Jillette, Penn (1992). How to Play with Your Food (First ed.). Villard Books. ISBN 0679743111. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Postman, Neil (2008). How to Watch TV News (Revised ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 0143113771. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Shermer, Michael (2003). How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (2nd ed.). Holt Paperbacks. ISBN 0805074791.
• Gilovich, Thomas (1993). How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Paperback ed.). Free Press. ISBN 0029117062.
• Showalter, Elaine (1997). Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media (Paperback ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231104596.

I[edit]

• Mehta, Hemant (2007). I Sold My Soul on eBay: Viewing Faith through an Atheist's Eyes. Waterbrook Press. ISBN 1400073472.
• Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo (1996). Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule our Minds (Paperback ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 047115962X.
• Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2007). Infidel (First ed.). Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-9503-X.
• Cialdini, Robert B. (2006). Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Revised ed.). Harper Business. ISBN 006124189X.
• Paulos, John Allen (2001). Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (Paperback ed.). Hill and Wang. ISBN 0809058405.
• Blackmore, Susan (1996). In Search of the Light: The Adventures of a Parapsychologist (2nd ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573920614.
• McGowan, Chris (1984). In the Beginning : A Scientist Shows why the Creationists Are Wrong (Paperback ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-0879752408.
• Kevles, Daniel J. (1998). In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674445570.
• Nickell, Joe (1998-07). Inquest on the Shroud of Turin: Latest Scientific Findings (Subsequent ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573922722. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Nickell, Joe (2001). Investigating the Paranormal (First Printing, Highlighted ed.). Barnes & Noble.

J[edit]

• Ehrman, Bart D (2009). Jesus, Interrupted. HarperOne. ISBN 0061173932.

K[edit]

L[edit]

• Radford, Benjamin (2006-05-05). Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures (First Edition ed.). The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813123941. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Humphrey, Nicholas (1999). Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation (Paperback ed.). Copernicus. ISBN 0387987207.
• Twain, Mark (2004). Letters from the Earth (Reprint ed.). Perennial Classics. ISBN 0060518650.
• Kitcher, Philip (2009). Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith (Philosophy in Action Series ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195384342.
• Cavender, Nancy (2014). Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life (12th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning. ISBN 1133942288. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Dorner, Dietrich (1997). The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations (First ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0201479486.
• Nickell, Joe (1999). Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573926809.

M[edit]

• Washington, Peter (1996). Madame Blavatsky's Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism America (Paperback ed.). Schocken Books. ISBN 0805210245.
• Dolnick, Edward (2007). Madness on the Couch: Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis (Paperback ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1416577947.
• Wylie, Philip (1969). The Magic Animal: Mankind Revisited (Paperback ed.). Pocket Books. ISBN 0671770667.
• Houdini, Harry (2002). A Magician Among the Spirits (Paperback ed.). Fredonia Books. ISBN 1589638956.
• Buckman, Robert (1995). Magic or Medicine?: An Investigation of Healing & Healers (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879759488. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Kutchins, Herb (2003). Making Us Crazy: DSM: The Psychiatric Bible and the Creation of Mental Disorders (Paperback ed.). Free Press (publisher). ISBN 0743261208. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Smith, Homer W. (1953). Man and His Gods (First ed.). Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 1112853235.
• Oliver, Sacks (1970). The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales (First ed.). Touchstone Books. ISBN 0-684-85394-9.
• Randi, James (1993-03). The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879758309. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Paulos, John Allen (2013). A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (Reprint ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465089992.
• Feynman, Richard (2005). The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist (Paperback ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465023940.
• Cohen, Edmund D. (1988). The Mind of the Bible-Believer (Revised ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879754958.
• Hogan, James P. (1999). Minds, Machines & Evolution (Mass Market Paperback ed.). Baen Books. ISBN 067157843X.
• Houdini, Harry (1993). Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Expose. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-817-1.
• Gould, Stephen Jay (1996). The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393314251.
• Tavris, Carol (1993). The Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex (Reprint ed.). Touchstone Books. ISBN 0671797492.
• Tavris, Carol (2007). Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why we Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts. Harvest Books. ISBN 978-0-15-603390-9.
• Revel, Jean-François (1999). The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life (Paperback ed.). Schocken Books. ISBN 0805211039. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Allen, Brooke (2007-10-05). Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers. Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 1566637511.
• Allen, Steve (1992). More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality (2nd Print ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879757361.
• Nickell, Joe (1992). Mysterious Realms: Probing Paranormal, Historical, and Forensic Enigmas (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879757655. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Salm, Rene (2008-03-10). The Myth of Nazareth: The Invented Town Of Jesus. American Atheist Press. ISBN 1578840031. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• McCabe, Joseph (1993). The Myth of the Resurrection and Other Essays. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879758333.

N[edit]

• Evans, Bergen (1958). The Natural History of Nonsense (Paperback ed.). Vintage. ASIN B0018XXAHS.
• Persinger, Michael A. (1987). Neuropsychological Bases of God Beliefs (First ed.). Praeger. ISBN 0275926486.
• Gardner, Martin (1991). The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879756446.
• Gardner, Martin (1997). The Night is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0312169493.
• Basil (ed.), Robert (1988). Not Necessarily the New Age: Critical Essays. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879754907. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

O[edit]

• Asma, Stephen T. (2011). On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199798094. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Gardner, Martin (1992). On the Wild Side. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591021154.
• Darwin, Charles (2003). The Origin of Species (150th Anniversary ed.). Signet Classics. ISBN 0451529065. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Tyson, Neil deGrasse (2005). Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution.
• Gamlin, Linda (1996). Origins of Life. Shooting Star Press. ISBN 1573355496.
• Harris, Marvin (1990). Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, & Where We Are Going (Paperback ed.). Harper Perennial. ISBN 0060919906.
• Haldeman-Julius, Emauel (1929). The Outline of Bunk. Haldeman-Julius Publishing.
• Nickell, Joe (1996). The Outer Edge: Classic Investigations of the Paranormal.

P[edit]

• Mnookin, Seth (2012). The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear (Paperback ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1439158654.
• Northcote, Jeremy (2007). The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth: A Sociological Account. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic. ISBN 9781845400712.
• Casti, John L. (1990). Paradigms Lost: Tackling the Unanswered Mysteries of Life. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0380711656.
• Wiseman, Richard (2010). Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there. London: Spin Solutions Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9568756-5-5.
• McGowan, Dale, ed. (2007-04-25). Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion. New York: AMACOM. ISBN 0814474268.
• Schonfield, Hugh J. (2004). The Passover Plot (40th Anniversary ed.). Disinformation Books. ISBN 1932857095.
• Feynman, Richard P. (2005). Robbins, Jeffrey (ed.). The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books Series ed.). New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0465023959.
• Vos Savant, Marilyn (1996). The Power of Logical Thinking: Easy Lessons in the Art of Reasoning...and Hard Facts About Its Absence in Our Lives. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-13985-3.
• Hines, Terence (2003). Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (Second ed.). Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573929794.
• Edward, Mark (2012). Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House. ISBN 978-1-936239-27-6.
• Sheaffer, Robert (2011). Psychic Vibrations: Skeptical Giggles from the Skeptical Inquirer. Rob Pudim (Illustrator). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1463601577.

Q[edit]

• Wynn, Charles; Wiggins, Arthur (2001). Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends... and Pseudoscience Begins. Cartoons by Sidney Harris. Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 978-0309073097.

R[edit]

• Malkiel, Burton G. (2012). A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (10th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393340740.
• McGowan, Dale; Matsumura, Molleen; Metskas, Amanda; Devor, Jan (2009). Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief. New York: AMACOM. ISBN 0814410960.
• Flew (ed.), Antony (1987). Readings in the Philosophical Problems of Parapsychology. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879753854. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
• Klass, Philip J. (1997). The Real Roswell Crashed-Saucer Coverup (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573921645.
• Gellner, Ernest (1992). Reason and Culture: New Perspectives on the Past (First ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0631137114.
• Hughes, Liz Rank, ed. (1984). Reviews of Creationist Books. National Center for Science Education. ISBN 0-939-873-52-4.

S[edit]

• Gardner, Martin (1989). Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755733.
• Futuyma, Douglas J. (1995). Science on Trial. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0878931848.
• Radford, Benjamin (2010-07-01). Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries. Lisa Jong-Soon Goodlin (ed.) (First Ed. ed.). Rhombus Publishing Company. ISBN 093645511X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
• Godfrey, Laurie R. (1981). Scientists Confront Creationism. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-30154-0.
• Sturgess, Kylie (2012). The Scope of Skepticism: Interviews, Essays and Observations from the Token Skeptic Podcast. Podblack Books. ISBN 978-1-291-00501-1.
• Kurtz (Editor), Paul. Skeptical Odysseys: Personal Accounts by the World's Leading Paranormal Inquirers. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-884-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
• Carroll, Robert Todd (2003-08-15). The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions (1 ed.). Wiley. ISBN 0471272426.
• Pigliucci, Massimo (2013). A Skeptic's Skeptic. RationallySpeaking.org. ASIN B00E402OAG.
• Tyson, Neil deGrasse (2004). The Sky is not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist. Prometheus Books.
• Kaminer, Wendy (1999). Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials - The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety. Pantheon Books.
• Macknik, Stephen L. (2011-11-22). Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions (Reprint ed.). Picador. ISBN 0312611676. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Roach, Mary (2005). Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-05962-6.
• Allen, Steve (1990). Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879756381.
• Kaplan, Louis (2008). The Strange Case of William Mumler Spirit Photographer. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5157-3.

T[edit]

• Weisberg, Barbara (2004). Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism. Harper.
• Pennock, Robert T. (2000). Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism. A Bradford Book. ISBN 9780262661652.
• Radford, Benjamin (2011-03-15). Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826350151.
• Nickell, Joe (2011). Tracking the Man-Beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-61614-415-9.
• Chapman, Matthew (2000). Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir. Picador USA. ISBN 0-312-30078-6.
• Ernst, Edzard (2009-10-19). Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine (1 ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393337782. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Flynn, Tom (1993). The Trouble with Christmas. Prometheus Books.
• Randi, James (1982-06). The Truth About Uri Geller. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879751991. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

U[edit]

• Cromer, Alan (1995). Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195096363.
• Krauss, Lawrence M. (2013-01-01). A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing. Atria Books. ISBN 1451624468.
• Dawkins, Richard (1998). Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder. Mariner Books. ISBN 0618056734.

V[edit]

• Park, Robert. Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195135156.

W[edit]

• Murray O'Hair, Madalyn (1969). What on Earth is an Atheist!. American Atheist Press. ISBN 1578849187.
• Shermer, Michael. Why Darwin Matters. ISBN 0805083065.
• Shermer, Michael (1997). Why People Believe Weird Things - Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. W.H. Freeman. ISBN 0965594874.

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Y[edit]

• Mehta, Hemant (2013). The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. Pantheos Press.

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References[edit]

External Links[edit]

• http://www.ncas.org/p/library.html National Capital Area Skeptics
• http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/ The Skeptic's Society