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@ismael.bohio.icu.ap.brid.gySep 29, 2026, 12:30 PM

'Racism has relied on pseudo-scientific grounds for decades. Science cannot justify the bigotry of racists.' Our Vice President, Adam Rutherford, author of How to Argue with a Racist and Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. #HumanistBookshelf

@humanists.ukSep 29, 2026, 12:00 PM

'Racism has relied on pseudo-scientific grounds for decades. Science cannot justify the bigotry of racists.' Our Vice President, Adam Rutherford, author of How to Argue with a Racist and Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. #HumanistBookshelf.

‘Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. Neither race nor racism has foundations in science.’
@humanists.ukSep 29, 2026, 11:00 AM

'The humanist view of life is progressive and optimistic, in awe of human potential, living without fear of judgement or death, and finding enough purpose and meaning in life , love, and leaving a good legacy.' Humanists UK Vice President Polly Toynbee. Great themes found in any #HumanistBookshelf

‘What matters is not what nature has given us but what we choose to do about it. The humanist view of life is progressive and optimistic, in awe of human potential, living without fear of judgement or death, finding enough purpose and meaning in life, love, and leaving a good legacy.’
@humanists.ukSep 29, 2026, 10:00 AM

Eloquently put, as always.

The works of A C Grayling sit on many a #HumanistBookshelf, including, but not limited to: The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism, The History of Philosophy, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Democracy and Its Crisis.

‘To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.’
@humanists.ukSep 29, 2026, 8:00 AM

The brilliant Janet Ellis, President of Humanists UK, on discovering humanism and the global community that comes with it. Find Janet's #HumanistBookshelf recommendations on our website! Link in bio.

‘Humanism is important for me because it puts a name to the beliefs and values that so many non-religious people like me already have. It gives those values a proper place in our society and in our lives. It’s not just me saying ‘I think this’. In fact, I’m part of a community of like-minded people with similar ideas, approaches, and moral convictions. And we’re so much stronger when we come together.’
@humanists.ukSep 29, 2026, 6:00 AM

We love this from our Vice President Shaparak Khorsandi, author of Scatter Brain, Kissing Emma, Nina Is Not OK and A Beginner's Guide to Acting English. #HumanistBookshelf

‘The humanist perspective is a profound and inspiring one – and it’s not just a modern perspective. Through the centuries and all around the world, people have looked to reason and to science in place of superstition and sought to make the most out of the one life they have. It’s crucial that this voice is heard.’ Shaparak Khorsandi
@humanists.ukSep 29, 2026, 5:00 AM

Some lovely words on the humanist approach to life by our patron Stephen Fry, author of Mythos, Heroes, Troy, Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles, The Hippopotamus and The Liar. #HumanistBookshelf.

‘Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition and religion. The most immediate impact of living as a humanist is that we believe this life is all there is – so what we do and the choices we make really count.’ Stephen FryActor, author, humanist
@humanists.ukSep 28, 2026, 3:19 PM

Our Vice President Alice Roberts on the humanist approach to life, as taken from the #TheLittleBookofHumanism, a recommended title for your #HumanistBookshelf!

Throughout history there have been non-religious people who have believed that this life is the only life we have, that the universe is a natural phenomenon with no supernatural side - using reason and humanity to guide us... Today, people who hold these beliefs and values are called humanists' Alice Roberts, Scientist, author, humanist.
@revsy72.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 5:18 PM

From scientific discovery to morality without gods, and finding meaning in the one life we know we have, humanist ideas have inspired some of history's greatest books.

Recommend your favourites and discover more on the #HumanistBookshelf website today!

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@humanists.ukSep 23, 2026, 10:55 AM

Of all the books we've been recommended for our #HumanistBookshelf, Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark has been recommended more than any other. It's easy to see why.

‘I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues... when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.’ Carl Sagan. Cosmologist, author, humanist.
@humanists.ukSep 22, 2026, 4:29 PM

A seminal book on the role of women in society, The Second Sex by French existentialist and humanist Simone de Beauvoir is a classic that examines the status of women and challenges the deeply ingrained social norms that perpetuate gender inequality. #Humanistbookshelf

‘Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present.’
@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 4:10 PM

Fantastic words on what brings meaning to life by the great humanist playwright, Lorraine Hansberry, the first black woman to have a play on Broadway. Her most famous play 'A Raisin in the Sun' is, to this day, a fearless commentary on racism and the 'American dream'. #Humanistbookshelf

I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and – I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generations and generations and generations.
@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 2:45 PM

The cutting words of Christopher Hitchens, perhaps the heaviest hitter of the New Atheist publishing boom of the 2000s, drawn from his bestseller God Is Not Great. Nearly fifteen years after his death, he remains one of the most read atheists of all time. #HumanistBookshelf.

‘Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.’ Christopher Hitchens
@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 12:36 PM

One of the most influential voices of the American Revolution: Thomas Paine. Paine's incendiary critiques of tyranny, organised religion, slavery, and extreme inequality, have kept his work on humanist bookshelves for over two centuries. #HumanistBookshelf

‘Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.’
@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 11:42 AM

Zadie Smith in her essay On Beauty, cautioning readers to focus on developing their own independent convictions, and to be wary of ideologies that claim to hold all the answers, or an ultimate meaning to life, or that spare us the work of deciding what we actually stand for. #HumanistBookshelf

@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 10:50 AM

It's astounding just how relevant Wells and Huxley remain today, almost a century later. Both deserve to be on your #Humanistbookshelf. And, if you want to know any more about their complicated intellectual relationship, start with Men Like Gods and Brave New World.

@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 10:50 AM

'There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.' The man who wrote War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells – bringing some Darwinian thought to the forefront of his other brilliant science fiction novel The Time Machine. #HumanistBookshelf. 🧵

‘It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism. Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and dangers.’
@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 9:39 AM

Nice one Jack! Really appreciate the post for everyone's #HumanistBookshelf. Have a lovely day and happy reading.

@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 9:38 AM

Cheers Jim. What a phenomenal book and an incredibly interesting man. What else is on your reading list? We'd genuinely love to know - that's kind of our thing at the moment #HumanistBookshelf

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@humanists.ukSep 21, 2026, 9:36 AM

Why do people believe in the supernatural? Join us online on 21 October as folklorist and author Deborah Hyde explores the psychology and history behind such beliefs, in this unscripted hour-long conversation. £4.50. Book now

#HumanistBookshelf