My little library runs towards atheists, cognitive scientists, and eastern philosophy. I also prefer practical application (yoga, meditation, self-improvement,

My little library runs towards atheists, cognitive scientists, and eastern philosophy. I also prefer practical application (yoga, meditation, self-improvement, etc) and less academic (discussing, critiquing, history of, etc). Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Douglas Hofstadter, Marvin Minsky, Tsai Chih Chung, Alan Watts. Pick up anything by any of these guys and you'll be off to the races.