Books You Should Read!

Most of the books in this section will consist of Religion, Politics, History, Philosophy and Science:

This list comprises over 500 books. As such, it will take time to digitize all to here, so please know that this list is very much, incomplete.

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Capital
by Thomas Piketty, Translated by Arthur Goldhammer
ISBN: 9780674430006, 685 pages  |  Economics, Politics, History, Science, Non Fiction 

It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System…
by Thomas E. Mann & Norman J. Ornstein
ISBN: 9780465031337, 225 pages  |  Politics, History, Non Fiction

Why Nations Fall: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson
ISBN: 0307719219, 544 pages  |  Economics, Politics

The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen
ISBN: 0465031420, 272 pages  |  Psychology, Science

The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
by Matt Taibbi & Molly Crabapple
ISBN: 9780812993424, 416 pages  |  Politics, Non Fiction

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari
ISBN: 9781620408902, 400 pages  |  Politics, Non Fiction

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert
ISBN: 9780805092998, 319 pages  |  Science, Evolution, Biology, Non Fiction

Dawn of the Deed: The Prehistoric Origins of Sex
by John A. Long
ISBN: 9780226492544, 296 pages  |  Science, Sexuality, Non Fiction, Biology, Evolution

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True
by Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9780552778053, 257 pages  |  Science, Philosophy, Religion, Atheism, Non Fiction

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
by Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9780593061732, 470 pages  |  Science, Evolution, Non Fiction

The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9780618680009, 374 pages  |  Religion, Philosophy, Science, Non Fiction 

Darwin
by Philip Appleman
ISBN: 9780393011920, 582 pages  |  Science, Evolution, Non Fiction

Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9780140432688, 432 pages  |  Science, Classics, Non Fiction

The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9780451529060, 576 pages  |  Science, Classics, Biology, Non Fiction

Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
ISBN: 9780375508325, 384 pages  |  Science, Astronomy, Non Fiction

Free Will
by Sam Harris
ISBN: 9781451683400, 83 pages  |  Philosophy, Science, Non Fiction

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
by Daniel C. Dennett
ISBN: 9780143038337, 464 pages  |  Religion, Philosophy, Non Fiction

Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz
ISBN: 9780061176043, 405 pages  |  Psychology, Science, Philosophy, Non Fiction

Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America’s Enemies
by Peter W. Galbraith
ISBN: 9781416562252, 224 pages  |  Politics, War, Non Fiction

The Most Exclusive Club: A History of the Modern United States Senate
by Lewis L. Gould
ISBN: 9780465027798, 416 pages  |  Politics, History, Non Fiction

Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity…and Why It Matters
by David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons
ISBN: 9780801013003, 255 pages  |  Christianity, Religion, Non Fiction

The Social Contract
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by Maurice Cranston
ISBN: 9780143037491, 168 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, Classics, Non Fiction

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt
ISBN: 9780307455772, 528 pages  |  Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, Politics, Non Fiction

The Color Complex (Revised): The Politics of Skin Color in a New Millennium
by Kathy Russell, Midge Wilson & Ronald Hall
ISBN: 030774423X, 306 pages  |  Sociology, Politics, Race, Non Fiction

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky
ISBN: 9780679721130, 196 pages  |  Politics, Philosophy, Non Fiction

Basic Writings of Nietzsche
by Friedrich Nietzsche, Translated by Walter Kaufmann
ISBN: 9780679783398, 862 pages  |  Philosophy, Classics, Non Fiction

Thus Spake Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche
ISBN: 9788182522220, 381 pages  |  Classics, Religion, Non Fiction

Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche, Translated by Anthony Mario Ludovici
ISBN: 9781435105256, 128 pages  |  Philosophy, Classics, Non Fiction

The Birth of Tragedy
by Friedrich Nietzsche, Translated by Douglas Smith
ISBN: 9780199540143, 173 pages  |  Philosophy, Classics, Non Fiction

The Antichrist: A Criticism of Christianity
by Friedrich Nietzsche, Translated by Dennis Sweet
ISBN: 9780760777701, 80 pages  |  Philosophy, Classics, Christianity, Non Fiction

The Republic and Other Works
by Plato, Translated by Benjamin Jowett
ISBN: 9780385094979, 560 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, Classics, Non Fiction

The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato, Translated by Benjamin Jowett
ISBN: 9780760762004, 128 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, Classics, History, Non Fiction

The Present Age: On the Death of Rebellion
by Soren Kierkegaard
ISBN: 9780061990038, 128 pages  |  Philosophy, Religion, Non Fiction

Spiritual Writings: Gift, Creation, Love: Selections from the Upbuilding Disrourses
by Soren Kierkegaard
ISBN: 9780061875991, 298 pages  |  Philosophy, Religion, Non Fiction

Works of Love
by Soren Kierkegaard, 400 pages  |  Philosophy, Religion, Non Fiction

Basic Writings of Existentialism
by Gordon Daniel Marino
ISBN: 9780375759895, 505 pages  |  Philosophy, Non Fiction

The Communism Manifesto
by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
ISBN: 9780199535723, 68 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, Classics, History, Economics, Non Fiction

Marx and the Disillusionment of Marxism
by Walter L. Adamson, 268 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, History, Non Fiction

From Feudalism to Capitalism: Marxian Theories of Classical Struggle and Social Change
by Claudio J. Katz
ISBN: 9780313264238, 197 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, History, Non Fiction

Lenin: Revolution and Power: A History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1953
by Helene Carrere d’Endcausse, Translated by Valence Ionescu
ISBN: 9780582295599, 286 pages  |  Politics, History, Non Fiction

A History of Soviet Russia (Sixth Edition)
by Georg Von Rauch, Translated by Peter Jacobsohn
ISBN: N/A, 541 pages  |  Politics, History, Philosophy, Non Fiction 

Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution…
by Alister E. McGarth
ISBN: 9780061436864, 560 pages  |  History, Religion, Christianity, Non Fiction

Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States: A Documentary History
by Walter L. Williams
ISBN: 9780313306969, 368 pages  |  LGBT, Politics, History

Political History of America’s Wars
by Alan Axlerod
ISBN: 9781568029566, 556 pages  |  History, War, Politics

The Rise of the Fall of the Third Reich: An Illustrated History
by Chris Bishop & David Jordan
ISBN: 9781905704125, 384 pages  |  History, Non Fiction 

A Brief History of Vikings
by Jonathan Clements
ISBN: 9781845290764, 273 pages  |  History, Non Fiction 

The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism
by Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9780345391698, 442 pages  |  Religion, History, Philosophy, Theology, Non Fiction 

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
by Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9780345384560, 496 pages  |  Religion, History, Philosophy, Theology, Non Fiction

The Bible: A Biography
by Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9780802143846, 302 pages  |  Religion, History, Christianity, Non Fiction 

Buddha
by Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9781407233710, 193 pages  |  Religion, History, Philosophy, Non Fiction

Islam: A Short Story
by Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9780812966183, 272 pages  |  Religion, History, Philosophy, Non Fiction 

Fundamentalism: The Search for Meaning
by Malise Ruthven
ISBN: 9780192840912, 246 pages  |  Religion, Non Fiction 

Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History 
by James Carroll
ISBN: 9780618219087, 768 pages  |  Religion, History, Non Fiction 

A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9781416554776, 895 pages  |  Philosophy, History, Non Fiction 

Capitalism and Socialism: A History of Industrial Growth
by John Vaizey
ISBN: 9780297778486, 283 pages  |  Philosophy, History, Economics, Non Fiction 

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left…
by Jonah Goldberg
ISBN: 9780767917186, 512 pages  |  Politics, History, Economics, Non Fiction 

Bad Religion
by Ross Douthat
ISBN: 9781439178348, 352 pages  |  Religion, History, Politics, Christianity, Theology

The World’s Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions
by Huston Smith
ISBN: 9780062508119, 399 pages  |  Religion, Philosophy, History, Non Fiction 

Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right
by Mel White
ISBN: 9781585425310, 384 pages  |  Religion, Politics, Non Fiction 

The Evolution of God
by Robert Wright
ISBN: 9780316067447, 592 pages  |  Religion, Philosophy, History, Non Fiction 

Dismantling Discontent: Buddha’s Way Through Darwin’s World
by Charles A. Fisher
ISBN: 9781600700316, 442 pages  |  Religion, History, Philosophy, Non Fiction 

The Bible: King James Version
by Anonymous
ISBN: N/A, 1590 pages  |  Christianity, Religion, Theology

The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible
by Anonymous, Edited by Martin G. Abegg Jr., Eugene Ulrich, & Peter W. Flint
ISBN: 9780060600648, 672 pages  |  Christianity, Religion, Theology

The Lost Books of the Bible
by William Hone
ISBN: 9780517277959, 320 pages  |  Christianity, Religion, Theology

The Jefferson Bible
by Thomas Jefferson
ISBN: 9781585429165, 160 pages  |  Christianity, Religion, Philosophy, History

The Koran
by Anonymous, Translated by J.M. Rodwell
ISBN: 9781842126097, 544 pages  |  Islam, Religion, Theology

The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Padmasambhava, Translated by Gyurme Dorje
ISBN: 9780670858866, 592 pages  |  Buddhism, Religion, Philosophy

The Book of the Dead: The Hieroglyphic Transcript and Translation into English…
by E.A. Wallis Budge
ISBN: 9780517122839, 704 pages  |  Egypt, Mythology, Religion, History

The Bhagavad Gita
by Anonymous, Translated by Eknath Easwaran
ISBN: 9781586380199, 294 pages  |  Hinduism, Religion, Mythology, Non Fiction

Capitalism and Freedom
by Milton Friedman
ISBN: 9780226264219, 208 pages  |  Economics, Politics, Philosophy

The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith, Edited by Edwin Cannan
ISBN: 9780679424734, 1,200 pages  |  Economics, Politics, Philosophy

Libertarianism: A Primer
by David Boaz
ISBN: 9780684847689, 320 pages  |  Economics, Politics, Philosophy

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand
ISBN: 9780451147950, 402 pages  |  Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Classics

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
by Ayn Rand
ISBN: 9780451163936, 176 pages  |  Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Classics

Anthem
by Ayn Rand
ISBN: 9780452281257, 105 pages  |  Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Fiction

Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
ISBN: 9780452011878, 1,168 pages  |  Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Fiction

The Tea Party Goes to Washington
by Rand Paul
ISBN: 9781455503117, 272 pages  |  Politics, Non Fiction

The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli, Translated by Peter Constantine
ISBN: 9780812978056, 160 pages  |  Economics, Philosophy, Classics, Literature

Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools
by Jonathan Kozol
ISBN: 9780060974992, 272 pages  |  Poverty, Politics, Education, Sociology

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America
by Jonathan Kozol
ISBN: 9780307345899, 303 pages  |  Poverty, Politics, Education, Sociology

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
by Jonathan Kozol
ISBN: 9780060976972, 304 pages  |  Poverty, Politics, Education, Sociology 

Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
by Bell Hooks
ISBN: 9780896086289, 123 pages  |  Feminism, Gender, Politics

The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?
by Leslie Bennetts
ISBN: 9781401309381, 384 pages  |  Feminism, Gender, Politics

Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance
by Noam Chomsky
ISBN: 9780805076882, 320 pages  |  Politics, Philosophy, History

Authorizing Marriage?: Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions
by Mark D. Jordan
ISBN: 9781400827138, 208 pages  |  Religion, Marriage, LGBT, Politics, Philosophy, Sexuality

The Boswell Thesis: Essays on Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
by Matthew Kuefler
ISBN: 9780226457413, 344 pages  |  Religion, History, LGBT, Politics, Philosophy, Sexuality 

Same Sex: Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality
by John Corvino
ISBN: 9780847684830, 422 pages  |  Religion, History, LGBT, Culture, Philosophy, Sexuality

Greek Homosexuality
by Kenneth James Dover
ISBN: 9780674362703, 256 pages  |  Religion, History, LGBT, Sexuality 

Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance
by Janet R. Jakobsen & Ann Pellegrini
ISBN: 9780807041338, 192 pages  |  Religion, Politics, Sexuality, Sociology, Culture

Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha
ISBN: 9780061707803, 400 pages  |  Sexuality, History, Anthropology, Psychology

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
ISBN: 9780307352149, 352 pages  |  Psychology, Science, Sociology, Non Fiction 

The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS
by Neal Boortz & John Linder
ISBN: 9780060875411, 188 pages  |  Economics, Politics, Non Fiction 

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
ISBN: 9780061234002, 320 pages  |  Economics, Politics

Waiting for SUPERMAN: A Participant Media Guide
by Karl Weber
ISBN: 9781586489274, 320 pages  |  Education, Politics, Sociology, Non Fiction

American Progressivism: A Reader
by Ronald J. Pestritto & William J. Atto
ISBN: 9780739123041, 327 pages  |  Politics, History, Non Fiction

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View
by Stephen G. Breyer
ISBN: 9780307390837, 288 pages  |  Politics, Law, History, Philosophy

The Death of the Liberal Class
by Chris Hedges
ISBN: 9781568586441, 248 pages  |  Politics, History, Economics, Non Fiction

 

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