God — A Human History of Religion

Why it’s on the list: Reza Aslan’s short history of the impulse to give God a human face — from the earliest burials through monotheism — arguing that the projection is the constant.

Where I heard about it

• Spotted at Sausalito Public Library — December 2017 (Books photo album)

• @typesfast’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.

Connections

• What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• Religion · Comparative Religion · Culture — where this sits in the corpus.