The cover is shiny.

I just started reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Shenanigans to follow.

Reading List

Here is a short list of books that we recommend for anyone to read. They are books that have helped us in our understanding of the world around us or inspired us to think about something in a way we hadn’t before. If you’ve read any of these books you’ve no doubt enjoyed them as we have, or perhaps not. But if you see a book you haven’t read, which are many for me, please take the time to read it. Also feel free to suggest more books and I will add them to the list.

The Bible - God(?)
The Dhammapada - Buddha(?)
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Damien - Herman Hesse
Moses and Monotheism - Sigmund Freud
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Timeline - Michael Crichton
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
No god but God - Reza Aslan
Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hahn
The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Letter's From the Earth - Mark Twain
The Humanoids - Jack Williamson
Rabbit Run - John Updike
The Planet that Wasn't - Isaac Asimov
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Candide - Voltaire
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig
Island - Aldous Huxley

Wonder why a particular book is on this list? Ask!

Books!

I was thinking it would be a good idea to put together a reading list. Just a list of books that you have read that have personally helped shape your belief. They can be classics or niche books doesn't matter, but I know I would be interested in broadening my perspectives. So I'll start with a few of my favorites and you can respond in the comments and I'll try and put something together.

So I going to list the books that I feel have been really instrumental in shaping the way I think, and then I'll throw in a few I just like.

The Bible - God(?)
The Dhammapada - Buddha(?)
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Damien - Herman Hesse
Moses and Monotheism - Sigmund Freud
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Timeline - Michael Crichton (Long story, you probably shouldn't read this book just ask my why its on the list)
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson (again sounds weird but I have my reasons)

That's a short list, I'm sure there are more I just don't have my bookshelf in front of me. I'll amend this later.