The illusionist and author of “Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday!” and “God No!” says he ends up liking nearly everyone, but reading Joseph Campbell “made me crazy.”

What book is on your night stand now?

No paper books, just an iPad — “Arguably,” by Christopher Hitchens. It’s his last one except for the cancer essays, and I’ve read those, so I’m reading this one slowly. “Moby-Dick” and the Bible are always on board; I just finish them and start them again. Jack Gilbert, “Collected Poems”; “Watt,” Samuel Beckett. I read about a page of each a day. “Don’t Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards,” P. J. O’Rourke; “The Way the World Works,” Nicholson Baker. “The Better Angels of Our Nature,” by Steven Pinker, is the book I’m really reading now that I finished “A Visit From the Goon Squad.” I loved that.

When and where do you like to read?

Mostly in my giant bathtub about 1 to 3 a.m. — after my Vegas show, before I go to bed. I sometimes fall asleep while reading, so I’ve dropped a couple Kindles and an iPad in the water and ruined them. Jeff Bezos suggested I put my Kindle in a plastic bag, but nope, I read bareback like ’70s gay porn. I also read a lot during rehearsals. While Teller is doing the work and directing the show, I read until he tells me where to stand to say my lines.

What are your reading habits? Do you stick with electronic everywhere? Do you take notes? Do you snack while you read?