Sociology
Our social world shapes everything from how we think and behave to how we build our communities and technologies. These thought-provoking works examine human nature, cultural shifts, and the hidden patterns that drive our increasingly complex society.
Sociology Book Summaries
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
Politics
Sociology
Law
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
Mental Health
Psychology
History
Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Politics
Economics
History
Acting with Power
Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
Economics
Politics
Society
Broken Code
Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets
Technology
Business
Politics
Breaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Philosophy
Science
Atheism
The New Human Rights Movement
Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Age of Propaganda
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
Psychology
Politics
Business
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
History
Economics
Politics
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
Psychology
Science
Economics
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
Politics
Sociology
History
So You Want to Talk About Race
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
Politics
Sociology
Race
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Faster
The Acceleration of Just About Everything
Science
Technology
Psychology
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
Psychology
Science
Politics
Swearing Is Good for You
The Amazing Science of Bad Language
Science
Psychology
Language
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
History
Anthropology
Science
Triumphs of Experience
The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Popular
The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Golem
What You Should Know about Science
Science
Philosophy
History
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
A Force More Powerful
A Century of Non-Violent Conflict
History
Politics
Sociology
Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
Technology
Business
Psychology
American Girls
Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Parenting
Sociology
Feminism
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
Politics
Philosophy
History
Cringeworthy
A Theory of Awkwardness
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Work Won't Love You Back
How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
Politics
Business
Labor
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses
Part Two from What the Dog Saw
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Quick Fix
Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
Sociology
Education
Politics
Meme Wars
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
Politics
Technology
History
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Politics
History
Political Science
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Politics
History
Economics
Call of the Mall
The Geography of Shopping
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
How Ideas Spread
Business
Psychology
Science
The People’s Republic of Walmart
How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
Economics
Politics
History
Can't Even
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
Race Marxism
The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis
Politics
Philosophy
Cult Classics
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Science
History
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Face Value
The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Psychology
Science
Politics
Traffic
Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
Politics
Psychology
History
