KASHA’S BOOK LIST
The following collection of book titles have been suggested by KASHA members and are of interest to the KASHA community.
If you wish to borrow one of these books, email trustdbl@askuskelowna.ca,
and a group email will go out to the members to find your book.
If the book is not available, check your local library. Some of these books are available for free, in a PDF format.
The Phantom God: What Neuroscience Reveals about the Compulsion to Believe – John C Wathey
The Phantom God: What Neuroscience Reveals about the Compulsion to Believe — John C. Wathey
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark — Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Belief: What It Means to Believe and Why Our Convictions Are So Compelling — James E. Alcock
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts — Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible — A.C. Grayling
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion — Alain de Botton
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon — Daniel Dennett
Is the Atheist My Neighbor?: Rethinking Christian Attitudes toward Atheism — Randal Rauser
Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived — Rob Bell
Faith Shift: Finding Your Way Forward When Everything You Believe is Coming Apart — Kathy Escobar
With or Without God: Why the Way We Live is More Important Than What We Believe — Gretta Vosper
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life — Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Divinity of Doubt: The God Question — Victor Bugliosi
Why I Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on Christianity Between an Evangelical Father and His Humanist Son — Tony Campolo and Bart Campolo
Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith — Dr. Andy Thompson
The Portable Atheist – Essential reading for the nonbeliever. Selected articles with introductions by Christopher Hitchens.
The God Delusion – In the seminal text on atheism in the twenty-first century, renowned scientist Richard Dawkins examines the irrationality of believing in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society. — Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watcher Maker – Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years. — Richard Dawkins
Children and Teens Books
Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman, Maria Mola
Girl: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You by Karen Rayne Ph.D., Ramsey Beyer, et al.
Endometriosis: A Guide for Girls by Tamer Seckin MD
Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen
The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon, Noah Grigni
100 Questions for Girls by Elisabeth Henderson, Nancy Armstrong M.D.
What’s Going on Down There?: A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up by Karen Gravelle, Robert Leighton
Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights by Karen Blumenthal
Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna, Isabella Rotman, Luke Howard
Dream Big: by Joyce Wan
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney: by Judith Viorst
Elle the Humanist: by Elle Harris, Douglas Harris, YipJar (Illustrator), Daniel C. Dennett (Foreword)
A New Alphabet for Humanity: by Leesa McGregor / Illustrated by Daniela Soss
Children and Teen Ebooks
Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen
The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon, Noah Grigni
Memoirs
Hope After Faith: An Ex-Pastor’s Journey from Belief to Atheism — Jerry DeWitt and Ethan Brown
Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself — Linda A. Curtis
Girl at the End of the World: My Escape from Fundamentalism in Search of Faith with a Future — Elizabeth Esther
Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious — Chris Stedman
Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason — Seth Andrews
