This page is a list of books that have been mentioned on the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe and SGU 5x5 podcasts.
| Author |
Title |
SGU episodes |
Gutenberg link |
Main theme
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| Charles Darwin
|
On The Origin of Species
|
38
|
2009
|
Evolution
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| Stephen Jay Gould
|
Wonderful Life
|
38
|
|
Evolution
|
| Niles Eldredge
|
The Pattern of Evolution
|
38
|
|
Evolution
|
| Pat Shipman
|
Taking Wing
|
38
|
|
Evolution
|
| Stephanie Muller
|
The Neanderthals
|
38
|
|
Evolution
|
| Donald Johanson
|
Lucy's Child
|
38
|
|
Evolution
|
| Delta Willis
|
The Hominid Gang
|
38
|
|
Evolution
|
| Carl Sagan
|
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
|
38
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Lloyd Pye
|
Everything You Know Is Wrong
|
42
|
|
Pseudoscience
|
| Eugenie Scott
|
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction
|
42
|
|
Nature & Evolution
|
| Susana Martinez-Conde
|
Sleights of Mind: What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our brains
|
396
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Raymond Moody
|
Life After Life
|
462
|
|
Religion & Faith
|
| Eben Alexander
|
Proof of Heaven
|
462
|
|
Religion & Faith
|
| Bill Nye
|
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
|
473
|
|
Evolution
|
| Scott Weems
|
Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
|
473
|
|
Neuroscience
|
| Anonymous
|
Book of Job
|
473
|
8018
|
Religion
|
| David Kirby
|
Evidence of Harm
|
7
|
|
Science & Medicine
|
| J. K. Rowling
|
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
7
|
|
Fantasy
|
| Carl Sagan
|
Demon Haunted World
|
10
|
|
Logic & Philosophy
|
| Debra Frasier
|
On the Day You Were Born
|
10
|
|
Science & Education
|
| Greg Fritz
|
God Made You Special
|
10
|
|
Religion & Faith
|
| Philip J. Klass
|
The Real Roswell Crash Saucer Cover Up
|
10
|
|
UFOs & Aliens
|
| Philip J. Klass
|
UFO Abductions, A Dangerous Game
|
10
|
|
UFOs & Aliens
|
| Robert A. Baker
|
They Call it Hypnosis
|
10
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Robert A. Baker
|
Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions from Within
|
10
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Robert A. Baker
|
Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory Syndrome
|
10
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Robert A. Baker
|
Missing Pieces: How to Investigate Ghosts, UFOs, Psychics, and other Mysteries
|
10
|
|
Paranormal
|
| Robert Park
|
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
|
11
|
|
Pseudoscience
|
| James Burke
|
The Day The Universe Changed: How Galileo's Telescope Changed the Truth and Other Events in History that Dramatically Altered Our Understanding Of the World
|
14
|
|
History
|
| Michael Shermer
|
The Science of Good and Evil
|
5
|
|
Psychology
|
| Michael Shermer
|
The Borderlands of Science
|
5
|
|
General science
|
| Michael Shermer
|
Denying History
|
5
|
|
History
|
| Michael Shermer
|
How We Believe
|
5
|
|
Psychology
|
| Michael Shermer
|
Why People Believe Weird Things
|
5
|
|
Psychology
|
| Chris Mooney
|
The Republican War on Science
|
15
|
|
Politics
|
| Glenn Sparks
|
Media Effects Research, A Basic Overview
|
16
|
|
Media
|
| Joe Nickell
|
Inquest on the Shroud of Turin
|
17
|
|
Religion
|
| Joe Nickell
|
Secrets of the Supernatural
|
17
|
|
Pseudoscience
|
| Joe Nickell
|
Looking for a Miracle
|
17
|
|
Religion
|
| Joe Nickell
|
Missing Pieces
|
17
|
|
Paranormal
|
| Joe Nickell
|
Secret of the Sideshows
|
17
|
|
Pseudoscience
|
| Lloyd Pye
|
Everything You Know is Wrong
|
19
|
|
UFOs & Aliens
|
| E. B. White
|
Charlotte’s Web
|
19
|
|
Fiction
|
| Susan Blackmore
|
The Meme Machine
|
91
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Jennifer Ouellette
|
Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self
|
453
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter
|
When Prophecy Fails
|
24
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Terence Hines
|
Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: a Critical Examination of the Evidence
|
31
|
|
Pseudoscience
|
| Susan Clancy
|
Abducted
|
31
|
|
UFOs and Aliens
|
| Margaret Singer
|
Cults in Our Midst
|
36
|
|
Religion & Faith
|
| Robert Jay Lifton
|
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism
|
36
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Eric Hoffer
|
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
|
36
|
|
Human psychology
|
| Carol Tavris
|
Anger, the Misunderstood Emotion
|
521
|
|
Human psychology
|
| A. A. Milne
|
Winnie the Pooh
|
521
|
|
Fiction
|
| Karen Stollznow
|
God Bless America
|
445
|
|
Religion & Faith
|
| Karen Stollznow
|
Haunting America
|
445
|
|
Religion & Faith
|
| Chris Mooney
|
The Republican War on Science
|
434
|
|
Politics
|
| Richard Wiseman
|
The As-If Principle
|
434
|
|
Human psychology
|