The God Delusion

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.

• God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
• The Selfish Gene
• The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
• The End of Faith
• The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
• Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
• The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
• Letter to a Christian Nation
• The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
• Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon