Books like Why people believe weird things

Why people believe weird things by Michael Shermer reads as analytical, skeptical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan · 1995

Both explore skepticism & reason

67% genome match

How to think about weird things

Theodore Schick · 1994

Both explore critical thinking & skepticism

73% genome match

Why I am not a Christian

Bertrand Russell · 1927

Both explore reason & skepticism

68% genome match

Fashionable nonsense

Alan D. Sokal · 1998

Both explore pseudoscience & critical thinking

69% genome match

Calling Bullshit

Carl T. Bergstrom · 2020

Both explore skepticism

65% genome match

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre · 2008

Both explore pseudoscience & skepticism

64% genome match

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Mein Weltbild

Albert Einstein · 1934

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

God Is Not Great

Christopher Hitchens · 2007

Both explore reason

57% genome match

The moral animal

Wright, Robert · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Magic of Reality

Richard Dawkins · 2001

Both explore critical thinking

51% genome match

One, two, three ... infinity

George Gamow · 1947

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match