Richard Dawkins bibliography explained

The following list of publications by Richard Dawkins is a chronological list of papers, articles, essays and books published by British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

He has also written many book reviews and newspaper articles which are not listed on this page.

Books

• Book: The Selfish Gene . 1976 . The Selfish Gene.
• Book: The Extended Phenotype . 1982 . The Extended Phenotype.
• Book: The Blind Watchmaker . 1986 . The Blind Watchmaker.
• Book: River Out of Eden . 1995 . River Out of Eden.
• Book: Climbing Mount Improbable . 1996 . Climbing Mount Improbable.
• Book: Unweaving the Rainbow . 1998 . Unweaving the Rainbow.
• Book: A Devil's Chaplain . 2003 . A Devil's Chaplain.
• Book: The Ancestor's Tale . 2004 . The Ancestor's Tale.
• Book: The God Delusion . 2006 . The God Delusion.
• Book: The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing . 2008 . The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing.
• Book: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution . 2009 . The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.
• Book: The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True . 2011 . The Magic of Reality.
• Book: An Appetite for Wonder . 2013 . An Appetite for Wonder.
• Book: Brief Candle in the Dark . 2015 . Brief Candle in the Dark.
• Book: Science in the Soul . 2017 . Science in the Soul.
• Book: Outgrowing God . 2019. ^[1]
• Book: Books Do Furnish a Life . 2021. ^[2]
• Book: Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution . Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution . 2021.
• Book: The Genetic Book of the Dead . 2024.

Popular articles

• Dawkins . R. . January 1982 . The myth of genetic determinism . . 27–30.
• Dawkins . R. . September 1986 . Creation and Natural Selection . . 34–38 . en.
• Dawkins . R. . Lions 10, Christians Nil. . . June 1992 . 107 . 2–3 .
• Dawkins . R. . Is god a computer virus? . . December 1992 . 5 . 233 . 42–45.
• Dawkins . R. . Meet my cousin, the chimpanzee . . June 1993 . 138 . 1876 . 36–38.
• Dawkins . R. . 1993 . The 'Awe' Factor . . 17 . 242–243 . en-US.
• Dawkins . R. . Viruses of the Mind . . 34–41 . 1993 .
• Dawkins, R. . The Evolved Imagination . . 104 . 9 . 8 . September 1995.
• Dawkins . R. . 1995 . Putting Away Childish Things . Skeptical Inquirer . 19 . 31–36 . en-US.
• Dawkins, R. . God's Utility Function . . 273 . 5 . 80–85 . November 1995. 10.1038/scientificamerican1195-80. 1995SciAm.273e..80D.
• News: Dawkins, R. . The real romance in the stars . Independent . 1995-12-30 .
• Dawkins, R. . Snake Oil and Holy Water . . 235+ . 10 April 1999.
• Dawkins, R. . Hall of Mirrors . . 273 . 2 October 2000.
• Dawkins, R. . What is science good for? . . 79 . 1 . 159–63, 178 . January 2001. 11189460 .
• Dawkins, R. . Gerin Oil . . 2004-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725123716/http://www.anst.uu.se/dla05000/Gerin%20Oil.html . 2011-07-25 .
• News: Dawkins, R. . The Giant Tortoise's Tale . . 2005-02-19 .
• News: Dawkins, R. . The Turtle's Tale . The Guardian (London) . 2005-02-26 .
• News: Dawkins, R. . God's Gift to Kansas . The Times (London) . 2005-05-21 .
• News: Dawkins, R. . The Lava Lizard's Tale . .
• Dawkins, R. . Genes still central . . 196 . 2634 . 18 . 2007 . 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)63136-4 . Dawkins . R . Noble . D . Yudkin . M.
• Krauss, L.M. . Dawkins, R. . Should science speak to faith? . Scientific American . 297 . 1 . 88–91 . 2007 . 10.1038/scientificamerican0707-88 . 2024-02-18 . 17695847 . 2007SciAm.297a..88K .
• Dawkins, R. . The group delusion . . 197 . 2638 . 17 . 2008 . 10.1016/S0262-4079(08)60086-X.
• Dawkins, R. . The evolution of altruism – what matters is gene selection . . 197 . 2638 . 17 . 2008 . 10.1016/S0262-4079(08)60086-X .

Academic papers

1960s

• Dawkins, R. . The ontogeny of a pecking preference in domestic chicks . . 25 . 2 . 170–186 . 1968 . 5684149 . 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1968.tb00011.x.
• Dawkins . Richard . 1969 . A threshold model of choice behaviour . Animal Behaviour . 17 . 120–133 . 10.1016/0003-3472(69)90120-1 . 0003-3472.
• Dawkins . Richard . 1969 . The attention threshold model . Animal Behaviour . 17 . 134–141 . 10.1016/0003-3472(69)90121-3 . 0003-3472.
• Dawkins, R. . Bees Are Easily Distracted . . 165 . 3895 . 751 . 1969 . 17742255 . 10.1126/science.165.3895.751 . 1969Sci...165..751D .
• Dawkins . Richard . Impekoven . Monica . 1969 . The 'peck/no-peck decision-maker' in the black-headed gull chick . Animal Behaviour . 17 . 243–251 . 10.1016/0003-3472(69)90009-8 . 0003-3472.

1970s

• Smith . James N.M. . Dawkins . Richard . 1971 . The hunting behaviour of individual great tits in relation to spatial variations in their food density . Animal Behaviour . 19 . 4 . 695–706 . 10.1016/s0003-3472(71)80173-2 . 0003-3472.
• 10.1038/229118a0 . Dawkins, R. . 1971 . Selective neurone death as a possible memory mechanism . . 229 . 5280 . 118–119. 4923095 . 1971Natur.229..118D . 30817338 .
• Dawkins . Richard . 1971 . A Cheap Method of Recording Behavioural Events, for Direct Computer-Access . Behaviour . en . 40 . 1–2 . 162–172 . 10.1163/156853971X00375 . 0005-7959.
• Abel . Bob . Anderson . J. M. . Anderson . H. R. . Bawden . N. . Bell . Graham . Campbell . Ian . Cody . C. J. . Cornwallis . L. . Dawkins . Marian . Dawkins . Richard . Dawson . David . Diamond . A. W. . Douglas-Hamilton . Iain . Dunn . E. K. . Grant . P. . 1972 . "Blueprint for Survival" . Nature . en . 235 . 5338 . 405 . 10.1038/235405b0 . 1476-4687.
• Dawkins . Richard . Dawkins . Marian . 1973 . Decisions and the Uncertainty of Behaviour . Behaviour . 45 . 1/2 . 83–103 . 10.1163/156853974X00606 . 4533502 . 0005-7959.
• Book: Bateson, P.P.G. . Hinde, R.A. . Dawkins, R. . 1976 . Growing points in ethology . Hierarchical organization: A candidate principle for ethology . Cambridge . .
• Dawkins, R. . Carlisle, T.R. . 1976 . Parental investment, mate desertion and a fallacy . . 262 . 5564 . 131–133. 10.1038/262131a0 . 1976Natur.262..131D . 4278681 .
• Treisman, M. . Dawkins, R. . 1976 . The "cost of meiosis": is there any? . . 63 . 479–484 . 2 . 10.1016/0022-5193(76)90047-3 . 1011857. 1976JThBi..63..479T .
• Book: Bendall, D.S. . Dawkins, R. . 1976 . Universal Darwinism . Evolution from Molecules to Men . Cambridge . 403–425 . Cambridge University Press .
• Dawkins R . Replicator selection and the extended phenotype . . 47 . 1 . 61–76 . 1978 . 696023 . 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1978.tb01823.x.
• Book: Dawkins. R. . Krebs. J.R. . 1978 . Animal signals: information or manipulation . Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach . John Krebs, Baron Krebs. 282–309 . Blackwell Scientific Publications . Oxford .
• Dawkins . R. . 1979 . Twelve Misunderstandings of Kin Selection . . 51 . 2 . 184–200 . 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb00682.x . subscription.
• Dawkins. R. . Krebs. J.R. . Arms races between and within species . . 205 . 1161 . 489–511 . John Krebs, Baron Krebs. 1979 . 42057 . 10.1098/rspb.1979.0081. 1979RSPSB.205..489D . 9695900 .
• Brockmann, H.J. . Dawkins, R. . Grafen A. . 1979 . Joint nesting in a digger wasp as an evolutionarily stable preadaptation to social life . . 71 . 3 . 203–244 . 10.1163/156853979X00179 .
• Brockmann . H. Jane . Grafen . Alan . Dawkins . Richard . Evolutionarily stable nesting strategy in a digger wasp . . 77 . 4 . 473–496 . 1979 . 10.1016/0022-5193(79)90021-3 . 491692 . 1979JThBi..77..473J.

1980s

• Book: Barlow, G.W. . Silverberg, J. . Dawkins, R. . 1980 . Good strategy or evolutionarily stable strategy . Sociobiology: Beyond Nature/Nurture? . Colorado . 331–337 . . 978-0-89158-960-0 .
• Richard . Dawkins . Brockmann, H.J. . Do digger wasps commit the concorde fallacy? . . 28 . 3 . 892–896 . 1980 . 10.1016/S0003-3472(80)80149-7. 54319297 .
• Dawkins . Richard . 1981 . Selfish genes in race or politics . Nature . en . 289 . 5798 . 528 . 10.1038/289528a0 . 1476-4687.
• Dawkins . Richard . 1981 . Genes and culture: an awkward hybrid . Nature . en . 290 . 5804 . 345–346 . 10.1038/290345a0 . 1476-4687.
• 10.1017/S0031819100050580 . Richard . Dawkins . In defence of selfish genes . . 56 . 218 . 556–573 . 1981. 170552110 . free .
• Book: King's College Sociobiology Group . Dawkins, Richard . 1982 . Replicators and vehicles . Current Problems in Sociobiology . Cambridge . 45–64 . . 978-0521285209 .
• Dawkins . Richard . 1983 . Adaptationism was always predictive and needed no defense . Behavioral and Brain Sciences . en . 6 . 3 . 360–361 . 10.1017/S0140525X00016447 . 0140-525X.
• Book: Krebs, J. R. . Davies, N.B. . Krebs, J.R. . Dawkins, R. . 1984 . Animal signals: mind-reading and manipulation . Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach . 380–402 . Oxford . Blackwell Scientific Publications . 978-0-632-02702-6 .
• Dawkins . Richard . 1985 . What was all the fuss about? . Nature . en . 316 . 6030 . 683–684 . 10.1038/316683a0 . 1476-4687.

1990s

• Dawkins, R. . Parasites, desiderata lists and the paradox of the organism . . 100 . S63–73 . 1990 . 2235064 . 10.1017/s0031182000073029 . 40932736 .
• Dawkins, R. . Evolution on the Mind . . June 1991. 351 . 6329 . 686 . 10.1038/351686c0. 1991Natur.351..686D . 4244210 . free .
• Hurst, L.D. . Dawkins, R. . Evolutionary Chemistry: Life in a Test Tube . . May 1992. 357 . 6375 . 198–199 . 1375346 . 10.1038/357198a0 . 1992Natur.357..198H . 4238372 .
  • Dawkins, R. . Evolutionary biology. The eye in a twinkling . . 368 . 6473 . 690–691 . 1994 . 8152479 . 10.1038/368690a0 . 1994Natur.368..690D . 27085132 . free .
• Dawkins, R. . Burying The Vehicle . . 17 . 4 . 616–617 . December 1994 . 10.1017/S0140525X00036207 . 143378724 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080715214307/http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Dawkins/Work/Articles/1994burying_the_vehicle.shtml . July 15, 2008 .
• Goodenough . Oliver R. . Dawkins . Richard . 1994 . The 'St Jude' mind virus . Nature . en . 371 . 6492 . 23–24 . 10.1038/371023a0 . 8072522 . 1476-4687.
• Dawkins, R. . The Evolved Imagination . . 104 . 9 . 8 . September 1995.
• Dawkins . Richard . 1995 . Reply to Lucy Sullivan . Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences . 349 . 1328 . 219–224 . 10.1098/rstb.1995.0105 . 56419 . 0962-8436.
• Dawkins, R. . Religion and Science . . 19 . 8 . 743 . August 1997. 10.1002/bies.950190817 . Holliday . Robin. 84150261 .
• Dawkins, R. . The Pope's message on evolution: Obscurantism to the rescue . . 72 . 4 . 397–399 . 1997 . 10.1086/419951. 84574231 .
• Dawkins . Richard . 1997 . Gould . Stephen Jay . Human Chauvinism . Evolution . 51 . 3 . 1015–1020 . 10.2307/2411179 . 2411179 . 0014-3820.
• Dawkins, R. . Postmodernism Disrobed . 10.1038/28089 . . 394 . 6689 . 141–143 . 1998. 1998Natur.394..141D . 40887987 . free .
• Dawkins, R. . Arresting evidence . . 38 . 6 . 20–5 . 1998 . 11657757. 10.1002/j.2326-1951.1998.tb03673.x.

2000s

• Dawkins, R. . W. D. Hamilton memorial . 10.1038/35015793. . 405 . 6788 . 733 . 2000. 5336222 . free .
• Dawkins, R. . Should doctors be Darwinian? . . 119 . 15–30 . 2002 . 17184029 .
• Blakemore C, Dawkins R, Noble D, Yudkin M . Is a scientific boycott ever justified? . . 421 . 6921 . 314 . 2003 . 12540875 . 10.1038/421314b . 47249920 . free .
• Book: Dawkins, R. . The evolution of evolvability . 2003 . On Growth, Form and Computers . London . Academic Press .
• Book: Dawkins, R. . Warburton, N. . Viruses of the mind . 2004 . Philosophy: Basic Readings . New York . Routledge . 978-0-415-33798-4 .
• Dawkins, R. . Extended phenotype - But not too extended. A reply to Laland, Turner and Jablonka . . 19 . 3 . 377–396 . June 2004 . 10.1023/B:BIPH.0000036180.14904.96 . 85750258 .

Forewords

Richard Dawkins has also written forewords to books, including:^[3]

• Red Strangers by Elspeth Huxley, republished by Penguin Books, 1999.
• The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore, Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Pyramids of Life by Harvey Croze and John Reader, Harvill Press, 2000.
• Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations by John Diamond, Vintage, 2001.
• The Lion Children, by Angus, Maisie and Travers McNeice, Orion Books, 2001.
• A new student edition of Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man, Gibson Square Books, 2002.
• A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins, Basic Books, 2021

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-10-02 . This Life and Outgrowing God review – heaven, atheism and what gives life meaning . 2023-01-26 . the Guardian . en.
2. News: Chivers . Tom . Books Do Furnish a Life by Richard Dawkins review — still feuding and fighting at 80 . . en . 2023-01-26 . 0140-0460.
3. Some of the forewords written by Richard Dawkins are reprinted in , Phoenix, 2003 .