Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxford Surveys In Evolutionary Biology | 1984 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 2 | God’s Utility Function | 1995 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 3 | The Pocket Watchmaker | 1996 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 4 | Unweaving the Rainbow | 2000 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 5 | Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia | 2001 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 6 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 | 2003 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 7 | A Devil’s Chaplain | 2003 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 8 | Growing Up in the Universe | 2004 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 9 | The Ancestor’s Tale | 2004 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 10 | The View from Mount Improbable | 2005 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 11 | The Blind Watchmaker | 2006 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 12 | Climbing Mount Improbable | 2006 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 13 | The God Delusion | 2006 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 14 | On the Origin of Species | 2008 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 15 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 2009 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 16 | The Magic of Reality | 2011 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 17 | The “Alabama Insert” | 2013 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 18 | An Appetite for Wonder | 2014 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 19 | Brief Candle in the Dark | 2015 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 20 | Science in the Soul | 2017 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
| 21 | Outgrowing God | 2019 | Richard Dawkins | Buy |
Richard Dawkins’ standalone works span several decades and cover topics from evolutionary biology to autobiography to the philosophy of science. Many of these books, including The Blind Watchmaker and The God Delusion, became bestsellers and shaped public discussions about evolution and religion.
His later works include two memoirs, An Appetite for Wonder (2014) and Brief Candle in the Dark (2015), which cover his childhood in Africa, his time at Oxford, and the controversies that followed his public advocacy. Science in the Soul (2017) collects his essays and lectures, while Outgrowing God (2019) presents his arguments about religion for a younger audience.