Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America’s Growing Conspiracist Underground

“America,” Jonathan Kay writes in Among the Truthers, “has always been a land of cranks.” And his investigation of contemporary paranoid conspiracy theories and their precursors, and the people who cherish them, tends to prove... Read More
Book Review: The End of Country

As rumor has it, Seamus McGraw’s rough draft of The End of Country ignited a bidding war among New York’s leading publishing houses. It doesn’t take more than the first few pages and an... Read More
Sex, Mom & God How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics—and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway

Frank Schaeffer is an apostate, and apostates can be a lot of fun. Individuals who are raised in a restrictive religious environment and later decide to reject it usually have interesting tales to tell. Schaeffer... Read More
Book Review: A Visit from the Goon Squad

In April, author Jennifer Egan was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her latest work, A Visit from the Goon Squad. A heartbreaking and illuminating reflection on the passage of time, the Goon Squad... Read More
Humanist Books for Your Reading List

Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions for Humanist Books for Your Reading List! Be sure to add any new titles below to your own reading list and deepen your education on humanism, atheism, and freethought.... Read More
Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment

As the tide of secular self-awareness and public discussion of nonbelief rises, Phil Zuckerman's latest book, Society without God, is not only a major contribution to the study of irreligion and religion today, it is... Read More
Karma, Dharma, Pudding & Pie

“Karma, dharma, pudding, and pie...” isn’t exactly how we remember the line read to us in our tender years. But then, nursery rhymes are no longer thought of in the same way either—as innocent little... Read More