The definitive exposé of the "intelligent design" movement's so-called Wedge strategy, Creationism's Trojan Horse — in Steven Pinker's words — "documents the disturbing movement to sneak religious dogma back into science education, driven by the vague fear that Americans can't handle the truth. Educators, scientists, and politicians would do well to understand this movement and its tactics, and this book is a superb and timely analysis." The paperback edition contains a new chapter on Kitzmiller v. Dover, in which Forrest, a member of NCSE's board of directors, testified for the plaintiffs, as well as a foreword from Americans United for Separation of Church and State's Barry Lynn.

Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Integrative Biology and of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, offers a powerfully argued arraignment of the scientific bankruptcy of "intelligent design" creationism. William Wimsatt writes, "Sarkar's scientific expositions and dissections of Dembski's specious arguments and Behe's lack of imagination are clear, surgical, and authoritative. For those who would fear a return to the middle ages, this is the best critique of ID now available." And Jeffrey Shallit comments, "Part history, part science, and part philosophy, Doubting Darwin? is a deft critique of the new creationism. Sahotra Sarkar hits all the main points with economy and the broad knowledge of a scientist–philosopher."

In God, the Devil, and Darwin, Niall Shanks provides a philosophically acute and politically engaged critique of "intelligent design" which Richard Dawkins describes, in his foreword, as "a shrewd broadside in what will, I fear, be a lengthy campaign." After reviewing and debunking the leading scientific and philosophical claims of "intelligent design," Shanks wryly concludes, "Intelligent design advocates have not merely failed to offer extraordinary evidence but indeed have failed to offer even humdrum evidence to support their case," and describes "intelligent design" as "old medieval theological wine in new biochemical and cosmological bottles." Shanks is Professor of Philosophy at Wichita State University.

The publisher writes that Pennock's anthology on intelligent design creationism (IDC) "contains articles previously published in specialized, hard-to-find journals, as well as new contributions. Each section contains introductory background information, articles by influential creationists and their critics, and in some cases responses by the creationists. The discussions cover IDC as a political movement, IDC's philosophical attack on evolution, the theological debate over the apparent conflict between evolution and the Bible, IDC's scientific claims, and philosopher Alvin Plantinga's critique of naturalism and evolution. The book concludes with Pennock's 'Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools.'"

A spectacular new anthology featuring essays about creationism — and its latest incarnation, "intelligent design" — by Ronald L. Numbers, NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott, John R. Cole, Victor J. Stenger, Antonio Lazcano, Kevin Padian and Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Robert Dorit, Wesley R. Elsberry, C. Loring Brace, Robert T. Pennock, Norman A. Johnson, J. Michael Plavcan, Alice Beck Kehoe, and the editors, Andrew J. Petto and NCSE Supporter Laurie R. Godfrey; Cole, Padian, and Petto are all members of NCSE's board of directors. Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond is a worthy successor to Godfrey's previous collection, Scientists Confront Creationism, published in 1984.

Intended as part as a sequel to Ronald L. Numbers's seminal work, Species of Origins impartially surveys the full spectrum of the creationism/evolution debate, from young-earth creationism and "intelligent design" through theistic evolution to atheistic evolution. Michael Ruse describes it as "a simply invaluable primer on the subject that should be made compulsory reading for all who have ever thought on science-and-religion ... I can think of no better place to start into the debate about origins — creationism or evolution — than with this book." The authors are professors — Giberson of physics and Yerxa of history — at Eastern Nazarene University.

Republished in 2006 with additional chapters on the global spread of creationism and the advent of the "intelligent design" movement, Ronald L. Numbers's monumental study remains the preeminent work on the history of creationism, respected by people on both sides of the dispute. "For those interested in the background of the modern revival of creationism, whether evolutionists or creationists," wrote Henry M. Morris, "this book is a rich mine of information and historical insights." And Elliott Sober comments, "Those who wish to understand current opposition to Darwinism, and the larger question of how science and religion interact, must read this book."

In his introductory essay to The Panda's Black Box, the editor writes, "By all means, let us teach the controversy — but not in biology class. We need the tools of the humanities to peel away the rhetoric and the politics, to see what the controversy is really about. We must open the panda's black box." Accordingly, Michael Ruse discusses the argument from design and Edward J. Larson rehearses the legal history of the creationism/evolution controversy, while Scott F. Gilbert explains "Why Biologists Are Loath to 'Teach the Controversy'"; Jane Maienschein reflects on "Untangling Debates about Science and Religion"; and Robert Maxwell Young diagnoses "intelligent design" as "A Symptom of Metaphysical Malaise."

The earliest comprehensive treatment of the intelligent design movement, Tower of Babel was praised by Frederick Crews in The New York Review of Books as "... comprehensive and consistently rational ... the best book opposing creationism in all of its guises" and by Evan B. Hazard in Choice as "[e]ssential reading for all social and natural scientists (especially secondary and college teachers), and also concerned pastors, seminarians, and seminary professors." Pennock, a member of NCSE, is Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University and editor of Intelligent Design Creationism and its Critics; he testified for the plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover.

In Unintelligent Design, Mark Perakh offers incisive critiques of the work of intelligent design advocates William Dembski, Michael Behe, and Phillip Johnson (whom he describes as a "militant dilettante"), as well as animadversions on "primitive" (or literalist) creationists and thoughts about scientific method. Reviewing Unintelligent Design in RNCSE, Jason Rosenhouse writes, "I have been a consumer of intelligent-design (ID) literature for several years now, but I don't think I fully appreciated the sheer extent of its awfulness before reading Mark Perakh's Unintelligent Design. Perakh dissects the arguments of the leading ID proponents with unusual care and thoroughness."

In Where Darwin Meets the Bible, Larry Witham provides a lively and anecdotal account of the contemporary creationist/evolution controversy, based on his wide reading and personal interviews with many of the principal players on both the antievolution and the evolution sides. Reviewing the book for Science, Kenneth R. Miller praised Witham for weaving "the isolated elements of the conflict into a fabric that connects the flow of ideas, events, and politics. Any scientist tempted to believe that the major figures in the anti-evolution movement are half-hearted, insincere, or simply opportunistic in their assault against mainstream science would do well to read this book."

In Why Intelligent Design Fails, a team of scientists — Taner Edis, Matt Young, Gert Korthof, David Ussery, Ian Musgrave, Alan Gishlick, Niall Shanks, Istvan Karsai, Gary Hurd, Jeffrey Shallit, Wesley Elsberry, Mark Perakh, and Victor Stenger — call on their expertise in physics, biology, computer science, and archaeology to examine "intelligent design". NCSE President Kevin Padian describes Why Intelligent Design Fails as "[a] terrific book that explores, fairly and openly, whether proponents of ID have any scientifically valid gadgets in their toolbox at all. ... Accessibly written throughout and an invaluable aid to teachers and scientists."