Skeptic Shop Books for Skeptics and Soon to Be Skeptics

Books for Skeptics and Soon to Be Skeptics

The Skeptics Society maintains an extensive selection of often hard-to-find skeptical items that cater to the needs of those seeking truth. Click on any individual item listed below to view a description and image, as well as to place an order.

Cosmos-Physics & Astrophysics
     Astrology: True or False? A Scientific Evaluation    by Roger Culver and Philip Ianna
     UFOs: The Public Deceived    by Philip J. Klass
     Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"    by Philip C. Plait
     Sasquatches from Outerspace    by Tim Yule
Critical Thinking
     Dumbth    by Steve Allen
     Maybe Yes, Maybe No    by Dan Backer
     How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life    by Thomas Gilovich
     Flim Flam!    by James Randi
     The Demon Haunted World    by Carl Sagan
     How to Think About Weird Things    by Theordore Schick, Jr. and Lewis Vaughn
     Baloney Detection Kit    by Dr. Michael Shermer
     Why People Believe Weird Things, 1st ed    by Dr. Michael Shermer
     Why People Believe Weird Things, 2nd ed    by Dr. Michael Shermer
Environment
     Guns, Germs & Steel    by Dr. Jared Diamond
Evolution
     In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace    by Dr. Michael Shermer
Evolution vs. Creationism
     The Ancestor's Tale : A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution    by Richard Dawkins
     The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design    by Richard Dawkins
     The Third Chimpanzee    by Dr. Jared Diamond
     Dinosaur in a Haystack    by Stephen Jay Gould
     Tower of Babal    by Robert Pennock
Extremists, Cults, Racism
     Denying History: Who Says the Holacaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?    by Dr. Michael Shermer
Math, Statistics & Risk
     How to Lie with Statistics    by Darrell Huff
     Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences    by John Allen Paulos
Pseudoscience
     Debunked! ESP, Telekinesis, and Other Pseudoscience    by Georges Charpak Henri Broch
Psychology & Human Nature
     Influence!    by Robert Cialdini
     The Mismeasure of Man    by Stephen Jay Gould
     Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds    by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
     Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, Creative Lives    by Dr. Frank Sulloway
     The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations    by James Surowiecki
     The Mismeasure of Woman    by Carol Tavris
Religion
     Secret Origins Of the Bible    by Tim Callahan
     Gospel Fictions    by Randel Helms
     Who Wrote the Gospels?    by Randel Helms
     Living Without Religion    by Paul Kurtz
     The Faith Healers    by James Randi
     How to Debate A Creationist: 25 Creationists Arguments & 25 Evolutionists Answers    by Dr. Michael Shermer
     How We Believe, 1st edition    by Dr. Michael Shermer
     How We Believe, 2nd edition    by Dr. Michael Shermer
     Atheism: The Case Against God    by George Smith
Science & Pseudoscience
     Test Your Science IQ    by Charles Cazeau
     Voodoo Science    by Robert L. Park
     Borderlands Of Science    by Dr. Michael Shermer
Skepticism
     The Health Robbers    by Drs. Stephen Barrett and William Jarvis
     Dying to Live: Near Death Experiences    by Dr. Susan Blackmore
     The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions    by Robert Todd Carroll
     Doubt: A History : the Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson    by Jennifer Michael Hecht
     Transcendental Temptation    by Paul Kurtz
     The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher    by Gardner Martin
     The Magic Detectives    by Joe Nickel
     The Mask of Nostradamus    by James Randi
     Science Friction    by Michael Shermer
     The Science of Good and Evil    by Dr. Michael Shermer
     The Skeptics Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience    edited by Dr. Michael Shermer co-editor Pat Linse
     Believing In Magic: The Psychology of Superstition    by Stuart A. Vyse