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Books recommended by James Randi
Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent
Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent. Their picks here come from a Five Books interview, on Being Sceptical.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything James Randi has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books James Randi recommends
5 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where James recommended it.
The best books on Being Sceptical
Five Books interview in which James Randi chooses and discusses five books.
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The Demon-Haunted World
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2011 Five Books interview “The best books on Being Sceptical”.
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+1 other recommender: Daniel Suarez
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The Blind Watchmaker
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2011 Five Books interview “The best books on Being Sceptical”.
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+1 other recommender: Jerry Coyne
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In Darwin’s Shadow
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2011 Five Books interview “The best books on Being Sceptical”.
The best books on Being Sceptical Interviewfivebooks.com
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In Joy Still Felt
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2011 Five Books interview “The best books on Being Sceptical”.
Listed in the source as “In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov (1954-1978)”.
The best books on Being Sceptical Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Coming of the Fairies
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2011 Five Books interview “The best books on Being Sceptical”.
The best books on Being Sceptical Interviewfivebooks.com
Written by James Randi
Books James Randi wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
Cross-recommendations
Picks others agree on
2 books James recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.
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2recommendersThe Blind Watchmaker 2 recommendersJames Randi, Jerry Coyne
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2recommendersThe Demon-Haunted World 2 recommendersDaniel Suarez, James Randi
Cross-recommendations
Who agrees with James
People in the directory who recommended at least one of the same books.
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