A great time for paperbacks so it鈥檚 difficult to pare down the list, but must-reads include Richard Dawkins鈥檚 satisfyingly elegant essays and ideas in A Devil鈥檚 Chaplain (Phoenix, 拢7.99) and Dylan Evans鈥檚 absorbing explorations of mind and medicine in Placebo (HarperCollins, 拢8.99).
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