Outgrowing God

Books of 2019: The scientist and controversial commentator on religious and cultural questions presents an accessible, "junior" version of The God Delusion (2006).

Guardian

His contagious enthusiasm renders the basics of natural selection newly astonishing.

Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian

Books of 2019: Richard Dawkins has always had it in for the almighty and he's back to take another pop at the poor bloke. Here he outlines what he believes is the real meaning of life.

The Times

Dawkins new book is special in the terrain of atheists’ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for “all young people when they’re old enough to decide for themselves.” It is also, I must add, for their parents.

Professor Janna Levin, Claire Tow Professor of Physics & Astronoy at Barnard College of Columbia University

With wit, logic, and his characteristic flair for expressing complex ideas with uncanny clarity, Richard Dawkins separates myth from reality in OUTGROWING GOD. His book is more than a beginners’ guide to atheism: it is a primer that liberates us to see and explore the beauty of the Universe free of fables and fantasies.

Neil Shubin, paleontologist and author of Your Inner Fish

The author of The God Delusion, the man at the forefront of the New Atheism movement, returns with passion to his theme.

Radio Times

Dawkins’ new book is perhaps his most likeable.

Joe Humphreys, The Irish Times

It offers irrefutable proof that [we] evolved from something else

Hugo Rifkind, The Times

Vividly demonstrates the spirit of scientific discovery that has made life meaningful for Dawkins himself. His contagious enthusiasm renders the basics of natural selection newly astonishing.

Oliver Burkeman, Guardian