Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| Talking Science |
2004 |
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| Not One More Death |
2006 |
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| This Explains Everything |
2013 |
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| Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy |
2015 |
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Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| Not One More Death |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Four Horsemen |
2019 |
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| Books Do Furnish a Life |
2021 |
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| Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution |
2021 |
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| The Genetic Book of the Dead |
2024 |
Buy |
Oxford Landmark Science Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Gaia |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Emperor’s New Mind |
1989 |
Buy |
| Hyperspace |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Extended Phenotype |
1999 |
Buy |
| Oxygen |
2002 |
Buy |
| Brainwashing |
2004 |
Buy |
| Power, Sex, Suicide |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Selfish Gene |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Emerald Planet |
2007 |
Buy |
| Personality |
2007 |
Buy |
| Deadly Companions |
2007 |
Buy |
| Why Evolution Is True |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing |
2008 |
Buy |
| Antimatter |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Planet in a Pebble |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Quantum Story |
2011 |
Buy |
| What is Life? |
2012 |
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| Decoding Reality |
2018 |
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| Viruses |
2021 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| Oxford Surveys In Evolutionary Biology |
1984 |
Buy |
| God’s Utility Function |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Pocket Watchmaker |
1996 |
Buy |
| Unweaving the Rainbow |
2000 |
Buy |
| Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 |
2003 |
Buy |
| A Devil’s Chaplain |
2003 |
Buy |
| Growing Up in the Universe |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Ancestor’s Tale |
2004 |
Buy |
| The View from Mount Improbable |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Blind Watchmaker |
2006 |
Buy |
| Climbing Mount Improbable |
2006 |
Buy |
| The God Delusion |
2006 |
Buy |
| On the Origin of Species |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Greatest Show on Earth |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Magic of Reality |
2011 |
Buy |
| The “Alabama Insert” |
2013 |
Buy |
| An Appetite for Wonder |
2014 |
Buy |
| Brief Candle in the Dark |
2015 |
Buy |
| Science in the Soul |
2017 |
Buy |
| Outgrowing God |
2019 |
Buy |
The Science Masters Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Three Minutes |
1995 |
Buy |
| River Out of Eden |
1996 |
Buy |
| One Renegade Cell |
1998 |
Buy |
| Symbiotic Planet |
1998 |
Buy |
| Words and Rules |
1999 |
Buy |
| Three Roads To Quantum Gravity |
2000 |
Buy |
| What Evolution Is |
2008 |
Buy |
| Kinds Of Minds |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Human Brain |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Periodic Kingdom |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Origin Of Humankind |
2008 |
Buy |
| Laboratory Earth |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Origin Of The Universe |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Pattern on the Stone |
2014 |
Buy |
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist who was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1941. He studied zoology at Oxford and went on to hold the inaugural Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science at the same university from 1995 to 2008. His first book, The Selfish Gene (1976), changed how many people think about natural selection by framing evolution from the perspective of genes rather than organisms.
Beyond his academic work, Dawkins has written extensively for general audiences. Books like The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, and The Greatest Show on Earth explain evolutionary biology in accessible terms. He has also been one of the most prominent public advocates for atheism, particularly through The God Delusion and his participation in public debates on religion and science.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Richard Dawkins written?
Richard Dawkins has written 63 books across five series.
What was Richard Dawkins's first book?
Richard Dawkins’s first book is Gaia, published in 1979.
What is Richard Dawkins best known for?
Dawkins is best known for his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which introduced the concept of the ‘meme’ and popularized a gene-centered view of evolution. He is also widely recognized for The God Delusion (2006), his critique of religion and case for atheism.