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The Portable Atheist

The Portable Atheist

Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

ByChristopher Hitchens(Editor),Lucretius(Contributor)
2007

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269 books

Nonfiction

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
The End is Always Near
Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

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174 books

History

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
The End is Always Near
Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

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216 books

Audiobook

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Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
The End is Always Near
Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
Remarkably Bright Creatures
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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22 books

Philosophy

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Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Cynical Theories
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
The Stranger
The Selfish Gene
Dominion

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3 books

Essays

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Mortality
The Anthropocene Reviewed

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3 books

Spirituality

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Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

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167 books

Audiobookshelf

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
The Devil's Hand
In the Blood: A Thriller
Only the Dead
Light of the Jedi
The Rising Storm

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55 books

2025

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Red Mars
The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
Green Mars
Blue Mars

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10 books

Religion

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Under the Banner of Heaven
Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
Dominion
The End of Faith
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

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10 books

Sociology

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
Cynical Theories
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism