Posted by Hemant Mehta in The New York Times has an unprecedented five books with a secular viewpoint currently on the Hardcover Nonfiction bestsellers list (top 35 books in the country):
- #7: Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel
- #12: Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion
- #13: Chris Hedges’ American Fascists
- #21: Victor Stenger’s God: The Failed Hypothesis
- #24: Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation
And more secular books are coming to the list! I hope…
Including Taner Edis’ An Illusion of Harmony
(via The Secular Outpost)
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You would have thought the publishers would have realized a lot of atheists are voracious readers long, long ago.
Looks like I will be spending my Saturday at Barnes & Noble again
I think the reality is that more questions are waking up and are searching for answers. I bet more Christians on the edge buy and read these books than atheists…. They’re the ones who care.