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Let's make a list of books that all of us should read. Besides, I need a good book to read, but I'll start:

If anyone hasn't read "The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan, then you really need to read it.
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Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer.
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Good one! I met Shermer at a seminar when I watched James Randi speak.
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Kama Sutra :D
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Reason from I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov is one of the best short stories ever. Anyone who has debated creationists will instantly identify.
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"A Brirf History of Time" by Stephen Hawking.
"Cosmos" the companion book to the excellent PBS series hosted by good Prof Sagan himself.
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Superman wrote:Let's make a list of books that all of us should read. Besides, I need a good book to read, but I'll start:

If anyone hasn't read "The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan, then you really need to read it.
Okay, when I'm hitting the library to return the first half of Battlefield Earth, I'm getting Sagan's work.
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Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Not for any literary merit... I just like it. :)
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