Ask HN: What's the best book on religion? ↗

The books people recommended

2023-05-28 · 57 points · 98 comments · 24 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

5The Quran
The Quran
5 here · 27 all-time · #216 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 4,496 ratings on Amazon
2The God Delusion
The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
2 here · 18 all-time · #354 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,138 ratings on Amazon
1
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
1 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
1
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
1 here · 57 all-time · #66 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,156 ratings on Amazon
1
The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan
1 here · 45 all-time · #99 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 7,776 ratings on Amazon
1
History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
1 here · 20 all-time · #312 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,074 ratings on Amazon
1
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
1 here · 19 all-time · #332 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 14,091 ratings on Amazon
1The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
1 here · 14 all-time · #463 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,048 ratings on Amazon
1The Confessions
The Confessions
Augustine of Hippo
1 here · 13 all-time · #484 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,059 ratings on Amazon
1The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis
1 here · 8 all-time · #797 overall
1The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
Thich Nhat Hanh
1 here · 7 all-time · #928 overall
1The Swerve
The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt
1 here · 7 all-time · #934 overall
1The Master and His Emissary
The Master and His Emissary
Iain McGilchrist
1 here · 7 all-time · #959 overall
1The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James
1 here · 7 all-time · #1010 overall
1The WEIRDest people in the world
The WEIRDest people in the world
Joseph Henrich
1 here · 6 all-time · #1146 overall
1Zealot
Zealot
Reza Aslan
1 here · 5 all-time · #1247 overall
1The Secret of Our Success
The Secret of Our Success
Joseph Henrich
1 here · 5 all-time · #1305 overall
1A Little History of the World
A Little History of the World
E.H. Gombrich
1 here · 5 all-time · #1352 overall
1The Source
The Source
James Michener
1 here · 5 all-time · #1531 overall
1God Is Not Great
God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens
1 here · 3 all-time · #1955 overall
1Bhagvad Gita
Bhagvad Gita
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
1 here · 3 all-time · #2266 overall
1Mission Earth
Mission Earth
L. Ron Hubbard
1 here · 3 all-time · #2334 overall
1The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
James George Frazer
1 here · 3 all-time · #2371 overall
1The End of Faith
The End of Faith
Sam Harris
1 here · 3 all-time · #2406 overall