Books recommended by Sam Harris

Sam Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and philosopher known for his critical positions on religion, his defense of atheism, and his explorations of consciousness, morality, and meditation. He is one of the so-called 'Four Horsemen' of New Atheism, alongside Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens, and has written works such as The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, and Waking Up.

On the Making Sense podcast, Harris interviews thinkers from the most diverse fields — philosophy, science, politics, and psychology — which is reflected in his reading recommendations. His curation tends to bring together dense, challenging books on cognition, ethics, free will, and consciousness, as well as titles that question established beliefs.