List of books about skepticism

This list of books about skepticism is a skeptic's library of works centered on scientific skepticism, religious skepticism, critical thinking, scientific literacy, and refutation of claims of the paranormal. It also includes titles about atheism, irreligion, books for "young skeptics" and related subjects. It is intended as a starting point for research into these areas of study.

Collections in the realm of skepticism, science literacy, and freethought exist both online and in brick-and-mortar libraries. The complete works of Robert G. Ingersoll are available online at both the Secular Web^[1] and as part of the Internet Archive project^[2] The Drew University Library hosts a collection of pamphlets by and about Mr. Ingersoll.^[3] In 2013 the Library of Congress announced the opening of the Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive which includes more than 1,500 boxes of donated material.^[4] MacFarlane donated the funds which allowed the Library of Congress to purchase a collection of Sagan's notes from Druyan (widow of Sagan) because of his concern over fading science literacy.^[5]

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Author(s)/Editor(s)	Category	Title	ISBN or WorldCat	Publisher	Edition	Year
Stea, Jonathan N.	Scientific skepticism	Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry	978-0197748817	Oxford University Press	1st	2024
White, Andrew Dickson	Religious skepticism	A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom	-	Macmillan & Company	1st	1897
Steve Novella with Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella, and Evan Bernstein	Scientific skepticism	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake	978-1538760512	Grand Central Publishing	1st	2018
Carroll, Sean M.		The Big Picture On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself	0525954821	Dutton	Illustrated	2016
Wilson, Robert A	Philosophy	Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati	0692513973	Hilaritas Press, 24th printing, 2013	Paperback	1978
Blackmore, Susan	Scientific skepticism	Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences	0897333446	Academy Chicago Publishers	Paperback	1992
Selman, Jeffrey	Creationism	God Sent Me: A Textbook Case on Evolution vs. Creation	978-0578152554	Blossom Press(self-published)	Softcover	2015
Dobelli, Rolf	Logic	The Art of Thinking Clearly	978-0062219695	Harper Paperbacks	Paperback	2013
Humes, Edward	Creationism	Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul	978-0060885496	Harper Perennial	Paperback	2008
Lebo, Lauri	Creationism	The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma V. Darwin in Small-town America	978-1595584519	The New Press	Paperback	2009
Entine, Jon	Scientific skepticism	Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture	978-0844742007	Aei Press	Hardcover	2005
Twain, Mark	Religious skepticism	Christian Science				1907
Harari, Yuval Noah	Scientific skepticism	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind	978-0062316097	Harper	Hardcover	2015
Browne, Thomas	Scientific skepticism	Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Very Many Received Tenentes, and Commonly Presumed Truths	978-0198127062	Clarendon Press	Hardcover	1981 (orig. 1646)
Loftus, Elizabeth; Katherine Ketcham	Scientific skepticism	The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse	978-0312141233	St. Martin's Griffin	1st edition	1996
Swift, Jonathan	Scientific skepticism	A Modest Proposal and Other Satires	978-0879759193	Prometheus Books	Reprint	1995
Ofshe, Richard; Ethan Watters	Scientific skepticism	Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria	978-0520205833	University of California Press	1st edition	1996
Hobbes, Thomas	Scientific skepticism	Leviathan	978-0140431957	Penguin Classics	Paperback	1982
Galef, Julia	Critical thinking	The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't	978-0735217560	Portfolio	Hardcover	2021
Gross, Paul; Norman Levitt	Scientific skepticism	Higher Superstition : The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science	978-0801857072	Johns Hopkins University Press	Reprint	1997
Ottoboni, Alice	Scientific skepticism	The Dose Makes the Poison: A Plain-Language Guide to Toxicology	978-0471288374	Wiley Publishing	2nd Edition	1997
Sagan, Carl	Scientific skepticism	Cosmos	978-0345539434	Ballantine Books	Paperback	2013
Singh, Simon	Scientific skepticism	Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe	978-0007162215	Harper Perennial	Reprint	2005
Holmes, Richard	Scientific skepticism	The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science	978-0375422225	Pantheon Books	Hardcover	2009
Radford, Benjamin	Scientific skepticism	Mysterious New Mexico: Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment	978-0826354501	University of New Mexico Press	Paperback	2014
Collins, Loren	Scientific skepticism	Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation	978-1616146344	Prometheus Books	Paperback	2012
Dunbar, David; Brad Reagan	Conspiracy theory	Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts	978-1588165473	Hearst Books	Updated	2011
Bugliosi, Vincent	Conspiracy theory	Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy	978-0393045253	W. W. Norton & Company	Hardcover	2007
Dawkins, Richard	Young Skeptics	The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True	978-1451675047	Free Press	Paperback	2012
Chalmers, Alan	Scientific skepticism	What Is This Thing Called Science?	978-1624660382	Hackett Publishing Company	Paperback	2013
Feynman, Richard	Scientific skepticism	What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character	978-0393320923	W. W. Norton & Company	Paperback	2001
Gould, Stephen Jay	Scientific skepticism	An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas	978-0393305371	W. W. Norton & Company	Paperback	1988
Hoffer, Eric	Scientific skepticism	The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements	978-0060505912	Harper Perennial	Paperback	2010
Kurtz, Paul	Scientific skepticism	The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal	978-1616148270	Prometheus Books	Paperback	2013
Kuhn, Thomas	Scientific skepticism	The Structure of Scientific Revolutions	978-0226458120	University of Chicago Press	50th Anniversary	2012
Berger, Peter L.; Thomas Luckmann	Scientific skepticism	The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge	978-0385058988	Random House	Paperback	1967
Sagan, Carl; Ann Druyan	Scientific skepticism	Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors	978-0345384720	Ballantine Books	Paperback	1993
Hazen, Robert; James Trefil	Scientific skepticism	Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy	978-0307454584	Random House	Second	2009
Spong, John Shelby	Religious skepticism	Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture	978-0060675189	HarperCollins	Paperback	1992
Victor, Jeffrey S.	Scientific skepticism	Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend	978-0812691924	Open Court Publishing Company	Paperback	1993