50 Book Recommendations
January 7, 2020
403,912
15,864
1,618
4.33%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Alex O'Connor Episodes Around January 7, 2020
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
29:57Now Playing50 Book Recommendations
Segments
YouTube Description
as posted by the channel*ALL BOOKS LINKED BELOW*
Patreon (thank you)
PayPal (thank you)
Cosmic Skeptic clothing
----------------------------THE BOOKS----------------------------
All the following links are Amazon affiliate links, meaning that by using them a small cut of the sale goes towards supporting the channel!
P. Singer Animal Liberation
P. Singer Ethics in the Real World
P. Singer Practical Ethics
P. Singer The Expanding Circle
P. Singer The Life You Can Save
G.L. Francione, A.Charlton Animal RightsThe Abolitionist Approach
J. Safran Foer Eating AnimalsShould We Stop?
M. Joy Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows
P. Singer (editor) In Defense of Animals
D. Benatar Better Never to Have Been
A.C. Grayling The History of Philosophy
B. Russell History of Western Philosophy
G. Orwell Essays
A. Hirsi Ali Infidel
M. X The Autobiography of Malcolm X
J. Jaques TransA Memoir
W. Styron Darkness Visible
C. Hitchens Hitch22
C. Hitchens Letters to a Young Contrarian
C. Hitchens Mortality
P. Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air
A. Camus The Myth of Sisyphus
A. Schopenhauer Studies in Pessimism
D. Hume On Suicide
M. Haig Reasons to Stay Alive
V. Nabakov Lolita
M. Amis The Rachel Papers
F. Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov
F. Dostoyevsky Notes From the Underground
J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye
D. Pals Nine Theories of Religion
G. Galilei Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
G. Galilei Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
C. Darwin On the Origin of Species
C. Darwin Correspondence
S.J. Gould Rocks of Ages
I. Newton Principia Mathematica (particularly the scholium)
Y.N. Harari Sapiens
Y.N. Harari Homo Deus
B. Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything
M. Sandel JusticeWhat's the Right Thing to Do?
T. Holland Dominion
C. Browning Ordinary Men
L. Strobel The Case for Christ
Augustine Confessions
Anselm Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man)
Athanasius On The Incarnation
Catherine of Siena The Dialogue
Julian of Norwich Revelations of Divine Love
W. Paley Natural Theology
--------------------------------LINKS---------------------------------
Previous book recommendations video
My Goodreads Profile
Podcast with Richard Dawkins
Video on the trial of Galileo
Tom Holland and A.C. Grayling on Unbelievable
TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction: 0:00
Peter Singer: 1:55
Animal Rights: 5:06
General Philosophy: 7:27
Memoir: 10:33
Philosophy of Death: 14:19
Fiction: 18:23
Books From My Degree: 21:03
Updates Since My Last Recommendations Video: 23:29
Books I Want to Read: 24:09
Books I Read to Challenge Myself: 26:27
-----------------------------CONNECT------------------------------
My Website/Blog
SOCIAL LINKS:
Snapchat: cosmicskeptic
The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast
----------------------------CONTACT-------------------------------
Business email: cosmicskeptic@gmail.com
Or send me something:
Alex O'Connor
Po Box 1610
OXFORD
OX4 9LL
ENGLAND
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.