I've read the sticky at the top and notice it has not been updated for a while. Have read a few Dawkins/Hawkins and Jared Diamond books.

Anyone recommended Dalai Lama books or...?

based on those you read, you might also like Steven Pinker and Matt Ridley

The Universe, evolution and philosophy, more on philosophy lately. Also read a Carl Sagan book

I ordered Dalai Lama-Becoming Enlightened

The Information - James Gleick
Gödel Escher Bach - Douglas Hofstadter

both deal with similar topics, where concepts of logic/math meets philosophy which meets and cognitive/life/computer science/physics.
the subject matter is so all encompassing that you learn about genetics, computer programing, logical paradoxes, the universe and reality, consciousness, all in the same book

another good and easy read is
Fortune's Formula - William Poundstone

It looks like I'm a little late to the party, but The Dalai Lama recently wrote a book called The Universe in a Single Atom which outlines his views on science and Bhuddism and the ways in which the two relate and interact.

If you know Dawkins I'm sure you know Dennett, and won't mention his name further than this sentence.

The Alphabet Effect by Robert K Logan is an amazing read. It draws a connection between the introduction of the alphabet and its effect on our cognitive processes, and then compares alphabet-based languages to non-alphabet languages and explains the differences in cultures as a result of this. For example: the Chinese language does not have an alphabet. An alphabet, when you think about it, is a pretty abstract thing/concept. "Western" science has led to tons of abstract theories (Newton, Einstein, etc) where as (a bit of a generalization, but the book explains it a lot better) the Chinese have never really come up with any abstract theories, but rather use science/math to solve real world, concrete problems and inventions.

A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel DeLanda is cool too. He basically redescribes history as the interaction of systems. Such as, events nowadays are mostly effected by the interaction of biological systems, economic systems, and electrical (technological) systems, whereas in the past it was mainly biological systems interacting with geological systems, etc.

*Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature by Richard Rorty. A good understanding of the history of philosophy really helps with this one, although quick trips to wikipedia everytime your stuck can suffice. I highly rec commend this book, it is well worth the effort. He basically flips all of previous western philosophical thinking about consciousness on its head...and argues that the fascinating thing about consciousness isn't necessarily a real-world phenomenon, and basically only exists because of our clunky, out-dated way of talking about it that we inherited from Descartes, Locke, etc.