Going to get acess to Ibooks tomorrow:any recommendations?

I haven't read 'The God Delusion' since, like you, I don't think I'd gain anything from it. I do recommend 'Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon' by Daniel C. Dennett. It's a great look at the natural roots of religious ideas. Dennett's writing sounds like the most patient man in the world explaining a sensitive subject in a sympathetic tone.If Dawkins' tactic is 'shock and awe', then Dennett's tactic is 'hearts and minds'.For sheer breadth of scope though, might I suggest 'The Portable Atheist' which is a collection of essays compiled by Christopher Hitchens spanning thousands of years of atheistic thought.And if you thought 'The God Delusion' has a reputation for confrontationalism that makes it worthy of a read: you might want to think about 'God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything', by Christopher Hitchens.

Indeed, the God Delusion was published thirty years after the Selfish Gene. In fact, I would recommend if you're going to get it, you consider the 30th Anniversary edition. Lots of information in biology has been acquired since 1976 and the new edition takes more modern research into consideration. I think mostly by footnotes (I read it when it came out in 2006 so I'm a bit sketchy on that).