Current  

• Tragedy in Black Baseball: Early Deaths of 136 Negro Leaguers, 1871-1950 - Chris Jensen (gifted from author)
• The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life - Alison Gopnik 
• Taverns of the American Revolution – Adrian Covert
• The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire -  Alan Warwick Palmer   
• The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul - Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett 

Books I consider most important to read

• Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond 
• The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James Cone
• Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID - Nicholas Enrich 
• Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice - David Pilgrim

Set Aside

• Color Ontology and Color Science - Jonathan Cohen (Editor), Mohan Matthen (Editor) (lost at airport)
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - Mary Roach 
• Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice - David Pilgrim
• Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer - by Pete Brown  (Travel Book)
• The Ghost: A Cultural History - Susan Owens
• Great Wisconsin Taverns - Dennis Boyer
• The Local: A History of the English Pub - Paul Jennings  
• Great Pubs of London – George Dailey  
• Early Mormonism and the Magic World View - D. Michael Quinn 
• Custerology  
• Colonial Inns and Taverns of Bucks County - Marie Murphy Duess 
• Great Rocky Mountain Watering Holes - Michael Caldwell
• Too High & Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography - David B. Williams  
• Swinging Doors - Jim Marshall 
• New York City's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the Big Apple - Ben Westhoff 
• Inventing Beauty: A history of the innovations that have made us beautiful - Teresa Riordan 
• Eye, Brain, and Vision - David H. Hubel

Recently Completed

(Previously read list: Pete's Book Reference) 

1. Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID - Nicholas Enrich
2. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness - by Michael Pollan 
3. The Day the Klan Came to Town - Bill Campbell 
4. Hitler's Children: Sons and Daughters of Leaders of the Third Reich Talk About Their Fathers and Themselves - Gerald Posner  (Evocative)
5. God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican - Gerald Posner  (Good insights into the IOR and recent popes, but much more budget and process detail than I care about)
6. Taverns of Yesteryear - C. Schmidt & Sons Inc.
7. Civil War Pittsburgh: Forge of the Union - Len Barcousky (Author), Andrew E. Masich  (not a good historical source, but does provide some insights from a Pittsburgh POV)
8. Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis's Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican - Gianluigi Nuzzi (informative, but too much budgetary details for my tastes) 
9. Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers - Caroline Fraser  (grim but intriguing)
10. Allegheny: A Tavern, a City, and the North Side - by Douglas Diegelman   (could have really used an editor)
11. Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church - Gareth Gore   (a good book on the subject) 
12. The Burning of Moses Seattle - David Norman Lewis  (A bit amateurishly written, but an interesting look into an odd piece of Seattle's overlooked history)
13. Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed –  Chad V. Meister   (excellent in descriptions of the problem(s), not so much on the favored resolution) 
14. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - by Amanda Montell  
15. Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II - Jason Berry and Gerald Renner
16. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro  
17. When the Emperor Was Divine - Julie Otsuka 
18. Gentlemen Bootleggers: The True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a Small Town in Cahoots - Bryce Bauer
19. The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James Cone (Highly recommended)
20. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life - Ed Yong  
21. Front Page Pittsburgh: Two Hundred Years of the Post-Gazette - Clarke M. Thomas
22. Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond  (Informative and important, highly recommended)
23. Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons - (Mike T. recommendation, 767 pages, not for me) 
24. Brunswick: The story of an American company from 1845 to 1985 - Rick Kogan
25. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy - Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman
26. Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics - Tom Scioli 
27. Wild West Bartender's Bible -  Byron A. Johnson and Sharon Peregrine Johnson (Some rare and very helpful history on the gilded age of saloons)
28. Neal Adams, Master Illustrator - Alex Grand and Bill Field 
29. The Witches are Coming - Lindy West 
30. Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler – Lynne Olson
31. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind - Annaka Harris 
32. Free Will - Sam Harris
33. The Johnstown Flood - David McCullough  (Amazing)
34. Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain - William Reid and Jim Reid 
35. The Brain and the Meaning of Life - Paul Thagard 
36. The Illusion of Conscious Will - Daniel M. Wegner
37. Subliminal - How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior - Leonard Mlodinow  
38. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania - Erik Larson   
39. The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies - Alan Taylor
40. New England Tiki - Kevin Quigley (autographed copy from Ohana 2024) 
41. The Golden Elixir of the West - Sherry Monahan, Jane Perkins 
42. The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern - James McPherson 
43. Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America Paperback – Harry L. Watson 
44. The Marvel Age of Comics 1961-1978 - Roy Thomas  
45. Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the ’90s Scene - David Rullo
46. The Dead March: A History of the Mexican-American War - Peter Guardino  (Informative and excellent)
47. From Farmland to Card Shop - Jason Kirin 
48. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson  
49. Meet Me at Ray's: A Celebration of Ray's Place in Kent, Ohio - Patrick J. O'Conner 
50. Guns at the Forks - by Walter O'Meara  
51. An Assassin in Utopia - Susan Wells  
52. Stone House Legends & Lore - Marci Lynn McGuinness 
53. A History of the Amish - Steven M. Nolt
54. A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) -  Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 
55. Pittsburgh Drinks - Codey McDevitt and Sean Enright
56. Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance -  Mark Whitaker 
57. An Alternative  History of Pittsburgh - Ed Simon 
58. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System -  Ryan J. Reilly   
59. The Whiskey Rebellion and the Rebirth of Rye - Mark Meyer and Meredith Meyer Grelli
60. B.A. Stevens: Billiard and bar goods - Richard M Bueschel 
61. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America - Will Sommer 
62. The Lives of Lowbrow Artists, Vol. 1 - Fritz Costa 
63. Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
64. The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson 
65. The Case Against Reality - Donald Hoffman (I couldn't completely understand it, but fascinating)
66. Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City - Brad Holden
67. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story - Sean Howe
68. Latah County - Julie R. Monroe
69. A Proper Drink - The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World - Robert Simonson  (Very good history of the subject)
70. The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier - Elliot West
71. Elmer Ogawa: After Hours with Seattle's Forgotten Photographer - Todd Matthews (Ogawa's amazing and valuable photos of a lost Seattle era)
72. Stranger In Town: A Guide to Taverns in Oregon and Southwest Washington - Philip and Barbara Ree Thompson 
73. Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle - Christopher Bayley
74. Post Office - Charles Bukowski
75. Once Upon a Time in Seattle - Emmett Watson
76. The Guns at Last Light - The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 - Rick Atkinson
77. The Barringtons: White Water Skippers of the North - Nancy Warren Ferrell
78. One Hundred Years of the "Waterland" Community - A History of Des Moines, Washington - Ed. Richard T. Kennedy and Gretchen F.Schmidt
79. Taverns West - An enjoyable look at the finest watering holes to be found along the West Coast - Michael H. Caldwell
80. The Dry Years: Prohibition & Social Change in Washington - Norman H. Clark
81. America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns, Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops - Christine Sismondo
82. Gay Seattle: Stories of Exile and Belonging - Gary L. Atkins
83. Pioneer Square - Seattle's Oldest Neighborhood - ed. Mildred Tanner Andrews 
84. Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns of Northeastern Washington - N.L. Barlee
85. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam 
86. Scoundrels and Saloons: Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1917 - Rich Mole
87. Fugitives and Regugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon - Chuck Palahniuk
88. Coal Towns in the Cascades - John C. Shideler
89. Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Northeastern Washington - Jerry Smith
90. Before Seattle Rocked: A City and its Music - Kurt E. Armbruster
91. Calabash: A Guide to the History, Culture & Art of African Americans in Seattle and King County, Washington - Esther Hall Mumford
92. McCall's Historic Shore Lodge - Darcy Williamson and Marlee Wilcomb
93. Early Ballard - Julie D. Pheasant-Albright
94. Among The Truthers: A Journey through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground - Jonathan Kay
95. Early Seattle Profiles - Henry Broderick
96. Doc Maynard - Bill Speidel
97. Watering Holes of the Northwest - Michael Caldwell
98. The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge - Stephen Tow
99. In the Garden of Beasts - Eric Larson (very good)
100. Jackson Street After Hours - The Roots of Jazz in Seattle (very good)
101. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street  Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street - Michael Lewis(good)
102. Losers - The Road to Everyplace but the White House - Michael Lewis (good)
103. Heavier Than Heaven - A Biography of Kurt Cobain - Charles R. Cross (good)
104. The Big Short - Michael Lewis (very good)
105. Hedonists in pursuit of pleasure and happiness - a 1970 guide to Seattle bars and restaurants - Ed. Wm. L. Hailey
106. Just Kids - Patti Smith
107. 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior - Scott O. Lilienfeld et. al.

108. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime - John Heilemann, Mark Halperin (very good)

109. Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (good)

110. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson (good)

111. Kafka - Robert Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz

112. Sarah from Alaska - Scott Conroy, Sushannah Walshe

113. Storm of Steel - Ernst Junger (very good)

114. Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy  (very good)

115. On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not - Robert A. Burton

116. The Wine Trials - Robin Goldstein (excellent)

117. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (okay) 

118. Devil in the White City - Erik Larson (very good)

119. The Invention of Air:  A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America - Steven Johnson (good)

120. The Pluto Files:  The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet - Neil deGrasse Tyson (good)

121. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) - Tom Vanderbilt (very good)

122. The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 - Thomas Ricks (excellent)

123. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America - David Hajdu (good) 

124. The Tartar Steppe - Dino Buzzati (very good)
125. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions -- Dan Ariely (excellent)
126. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris (okay)
127. What Americans Really Believe - Rodney Stark (good)
128. Chance - A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market & Just About Everything Else (very good)
129. I am a Strange Loop - Douglas Hofstadter (okay)
130. Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created The Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built and American Kingdom - John Gorenfeld (good)
131. Worlds of Their Own: A Brief History of Misguided Ideas: Creationism, Flat-Earthism, Energy Scams, and the Velikovsky Affair Robert J. Schadewald (good)
132. Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture Daniel Radosh (very good)
133.  Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets - Nassim Nicholas Taleb (okay)
134. The Drunken Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives - Leonard Mlodinow (excellent)
135. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance - Barack Obama (very good)
136. Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire - Matt Taibi (very good)
137. Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomenon - Daniel Dennett (very good)
138. The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki (very good)
139. Follies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays - Frederick Crews (excellent)
140. Blind Side - Michael Lewis (very good)
141. What Is Intelligence? - James R. Flynn (good)
142. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb (disappointing)
143. A Tragic Legacy: How A Good VS Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency - Glenn Greenwald (a good summary, but little new info for people paying attention at the time)
144. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness:  From Imposter Poodles to Purple Numbers V.S. Ramachandran (very good)
145. Beautiful Crescent: A History of New Orleans - Garvey and Widmer
146. Conversations on Consciousness: What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What it Means to be Human - Ed. Susan Blackmore (excellent)
147. Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us about Human Behavior - Nancy L. Segal (very good)
148. Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong - Marc D. Hauser
149. Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction - David Kuo (very good; should be read by every religious conservative)
150. State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III - Bob Woodward (overrated, considerably inferior to Hubris or Fiasco)
151. Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War - Michael Isikoff and David Corn (very good)
152. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq - Thomas E. Ricks (excellent)
153. A World Without Time - The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein (good)
154. Foundations of Vision (very good)

In the queue 

• The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh - Laurence A. Glasco

• Boise Baseball: The first 125 Years - by Arthur A Hart 
• Forgotten Mines & Coal Towns of Thoms Run - Gene Czambel and Rand Gee
• Victorian Pubs - Mark Girouard  
• Tales of Bohemia, Taverns, and the Underworld - by Stanley Scott 
• A Guidebook To Historic Western Pennsylvania: Revised Edition - Helene Snyder Smith 
• An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town - David Farley 
• In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy - Frederic Martel 
• Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds - John Fugelsang
• The Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco
• The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi 
• Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them - Joshua Greene 
• Oscar Wilde's Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy, and the Most Outrageous Trial of the Century - Philip Hoare 
• Queen of the Bootleggers: The Life and Murder of Cleo Epps - Kirk McCracken 
• Moonshiners Bootleggers & Rumrunners - Derek Nelson 
• Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris - Ian Kershaw
• Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis - Ian Kershaw
• Early American Inns and Taverns - by Elsie Lathrop
• The Faerie Queene - Edmund Spenser 
• Lives of Their Own: Blacks, Italians, and Poles in Pittsburgh, 1900-1960 - by John Bodnar, Roger Simon, Michael P Weber 
• The Coming Wave - Mustafa Suleyman 
• Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life - Nick Lane 
• The Mind of the Market - How Biology and Psychology Shape Our Economic Lives  - Michael Shermer
• The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values - Sam  Harris  
• Visual Intelligence - Donald D. Hoffman  
• The Unknown American Revolution - Gary B. Nash 
• Thunderstruck - Erik Larson 
• Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief - Rodney Stark
• A Natural History of the Senses
• Vision and Mind: Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Perception
• Is the Visual World a Grand Illusion? (Journal of Consciousness Studies Controversies in Science & the Humanities) 
• Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction - Lynne Olson
• The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket - by Benjamin Lorr 
• Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind - Daniel Dennett, Matthew Hurley
• Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion - Stewart Elliott Guthrie
• The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison - Nicholas Guyatt  
• Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine - Cary Ginell  
• The Undoing Project - Michael Lewis  
• Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality - Jared Diamond 
• Dark History of Penn's Woods: Murder, Madness, and Misadventure in Southeastern Pennsylvania - Jennifer L. Green 
• From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds - Daniell Dennett 
• Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile - Frick Art & Historical Center  
• The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archeology's Greatest Mystery - James Adovasio 
• August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays -  Laurence A. Glasco and Christopher Rawson 
• Jazz in the Hill: Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood -  Colter Harper
• Early Taverns of Bucks County - Willis M. Rivinus
• Bucks County Inns and Taverns - Kathleen Zingaro Clark
• Well Behaved Taverns Seldom Make History - M. Diane McCormick
• This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving - by David J. Silverman 
• The Pilgrims: A Captivating Guide to the Passengers on Board the Mayflower Who Founded the Plymouth Colony and Their Relationship with the Native Americans ...  - Captivating History
• Forever Blue Moon - Walt Crowley 
• Shakespeare's Local: Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub - Pete Brown 
• The Pub: A Cultural Institution - from Country Inns to Craft Beer Bars and Corner Locals - Pete Brown 
• The Philosophy of Modern Song - Bob Dylan  
• Super Intelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies - Nick Bostrom
• Global Catastrophic Risks - Ed. Nick Bostrom 
• Jungle Girls - Mitch Maglio  
• Ghosts of Seattle Past - Ed. Jaimee  Garbacik
• American's Historic Inns and Taverns - Irvin Haas
• A Guide to the Notorious Bars of Alaska - Doug Vandegraft 
• Haunted Restaurants, Taverns, and Inns of Texas - Robert Wlodarski and Anne Powell Wlodarski 
• The Great American Bars and Saloons - Kathy Weiser  
• History by the Glass: Portland's Past and Present Saloons, Bars, and Taverns - Paul Pintarich 
• Obituary Cocktail - The Great Saloons of New Orleans - Kerri McCaffety 
• The Book of Great American Watering Holes - Michael Caldwell 
• Rum Runners and Renegades: Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest, 1917-2012 - Rich Mole  
• Bucket List Bars: Historic Saloons, Pubs, and Dives in America - Dr. Clint Lanier and Derek Hembree 
• Hidden History of Tacoma: Little Known Tales from the City of Destiny - Karla Stover
• Snohomish County: An Illustrated History - David A. Cameron et. al. 
• South on the Sound: An Illustrated History of Tacoma and Pierce County - Murray and Rosa Morgan
• That Ribbon of Highway III: Highway 99 through the Pacific Northwest - Jill Livingston 
• History of Tolt Carnation a Town Remembered - ed Isabel L. Jones  (Pete's Club?)
• Washington Curiosities - Quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff - Harriet Baskas 
• Seattle's International District - The Making of a Pan-Asian American Community - Doug Chin 
• Rake at the Gates of Hell - Shane MacGowan in Context - Robert Mamrak 
• A Hidden Past: An exploration of Eastside History - Ed. Arlene Bryant
• The Stanwood Story (Vol 1 & 2) - Alice Essex 
• Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife - Lisa Miller
• The Beer Trials -  Robin Goldstein, Seamus Campbell
• 101 Places to Get Fucked Up Before You Die - Ed. David S. Miller
• Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information as it Relates to the History and Consumption of all Manner of Booze - Ian Lendler
• New Orleans: The Underground Guide - Michael Patrick Welch  
• Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America  Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America - John Avlon, Tina Brown
• Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith - Mark E. Smith
• What Jesus Meant - Garry Wills
• Bomb Power - The Modern Presidency and the National Security State - Garry Wills

• An Evening at the Garden of Allah - Don Paulson, Roger Simpson

• Prime Curios!: The Dictionary of Prime Number Trivia - Chris K. Caldwell

• Is Christianity Good for the World?  A Debate - Christopher Hitchens, Douglas Wilson 

• A Haunted Half Life at Jules Maes Saloon - Funi Daniels
• Indivisible By Two: Lives of Extraordinary Twins - Nancy L. Segal

• The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right

• Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human 

• Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

• A Thousand Days of Wonder: A Scientist's Chronicle of His Daughter's Developing Mind

• Philanthrocapitalism
• What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything - John Brockman
• Dereliction of Duty : Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
• The Bible:  A Biography - Karen Armstrong
• The Mismeasure of Woman
• The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature - Steven Pinker
• Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
•  The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution - Sean B. Carroll
•  Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology - Daniel Dennett
• Guns Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
• Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere
• Blackwater: The Rise of the World's most Powerful Mercenary Army - Jeremy Scahill
• The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War
• The Selfish Gene (30th Anniversary Edition)
• How Bill James Changed Our View of Baseball - Ed. Gregory F. Augustine Pierce
• The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions - Karen Armstrong
• A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government - Garry Wills
• Mind, Life, and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists of our Time - Ed. Lynn Margulis, Eduardo Punset
• It Ain't Over Til It's Over: The Baseball Prospectus Pennant Race Book - Ed. Steve Goldman
• Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think: Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophers
• Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness - Dennett
• The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success - Rodney Stark
• The Rise of Mormonism - Rodney Stark
• Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert (no copy in hand yet, recommended in supercilious e-mail by stevei)
• Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq - James Fallows
• Religion, Deviance, and Social Control - Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge
• Tales of the End - A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation
• The Once and Future Jesus - Funk et. al.
• The Republican War on Science - Chris Mooney
• Christianity Without God - Lloyd Geering
• Herzog
• Curve Ball - Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
• Baseball by the Numbers - How Statistics are Collected, What They Mean, and How They Reveal the Game
• A Mathematician at the Ballpark - Odds and Probabilities for Baseball Fans - Ken Ross
• The Third Chimpanzee - The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal - Jared Diamond
• Monkeyluv - And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
• Religious Movements: Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers - Rodney Stark

Partially read / Never quite finished

1. UniverCity - The Story of the University District in Seattle - Rob Nielsen
2. Puyallup: A Pioneer Paradise - Lori Price and Ruth Anderson 
3. Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer
4. Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management - Peter Ferdinand Drucker, David Garvin, Dorothy Leonard, Susan Straus, John Seely Brown
5. Pagan Christianity - Frank Viola, George Barna
6. The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber - Mel Gordon
7. Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know about the Game is Wrong - Ed. Johan Keri
8. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

9. Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915 

10. Psychobabble and Biobunk: Using Psychology to Think Critically about Issues in the News

Pete's Book Reference