Sociology Book Summaries

Beyond Human Nature Summary
Beyond Human Nature
How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind
by Jesse J. Prinz 2011 402 pages
3.71
238 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.13
282 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.25
924 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pages
3.99
6.1K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018 240 pages
3.74
152 ratings
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
The Age of Entitlement Summary
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
by Christopher Caldwell 2020 352 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
Sex Matters Summary
Sex Matters
How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
by Mona Charen 2018 320 pages
3.73
320 ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Politics
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.40
2.3K ratings
Education
Sociology
College
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021 481 pages
3.88
482 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
A World Without Police Summary
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
by Geo Maher 2021 288 pages
3.98
300 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages
3.93
164 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Rethinking Sex Summary
Rethinking Sex
A Provocation
by Christine Emba 2022 256 pages
3.62
1.0K ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 112 pages
3.75
418 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
The Tyranny of Experts Summary
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
by William Easterly 2014 416 pages
3.87
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 216 pages
3.42
475 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.64
1.8K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Supernormal Summary
Supernormal
The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
by Meg Jay 2017 400 pages
4.30
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Parenting
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
by Alexandra Robbins 2001 224 pages
3.18
1.1K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Summary
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
by Beverly Daniel Tatum 1997 464 pages
4.33
26.3K ratings
Race
Education
Social Justice
Flawless Summary
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
by Elise Hu 2023 310 pages
4.07
2.3K ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
The Collapse of Complex Societies Summary
The Collapse of Complex Societies
by Joseph A. Tainter 1990 264 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
History
Politics
Anthropology
Industrial Society and Its Future Summary
Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore John Kaczynski 1995 149 pages
3.85
12.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
266 ratings
Engineering
Science
Technology
Mask Off Summary
Mask Off
Masculinity Redefined
by J.J. Bola 2019 127 pages
3.94
3.0K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender
Superman is an Arab Summary
Superman is an Arab
by Joumana Haddad 2012 160 pages
3.54
657 ratings
Feminism
Lebanon
Essays
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla
And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
by Christopher Chabris 2010 320 pages
3.91
14.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Delusions of Gender Summary
Delusions of Gender
How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by Cordelia Fine 2010 338 pages
4.08
11.2K ratings
Feminism
Science
Psychology
Republic of Lies Summary
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
by Anna Merlan 2019 288 pages
3.89
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Jews Summary
The Jews
by Hilaire Belloc 1922 120 pages
3.81
128 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning
The Quest to Remake the American High School
by Jal Mehta 2019 464 pages
4.33
304 ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Municipal Dreams Summary
Municipal Dreams
The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
by John Boughton 2018 336 pages
3.95
698 ratings
History
Politics
Architecture
The End of Race Politics Summary
The End of Race Politics
Arguments for a Colorblind America
by Coleman Hughes 2024 256 pages
4.38
2.4K ratings
Politics
Race
History
The Black Hand Summary
The Black Hand
The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
951 ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2019 544 pages
3.96
2.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
History
The Psychology of Intelligence Summary
The Psychology of Intelligence
by Jean Piaget 2001 202 pages
4.09
3.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Education
May Contain Lies Summary
May Contain Lies
How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It
by Alex Edmans 2024 322 pages
4.09
765 ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Text Me When You Get Home Summary
Text Me When You Get Home
The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
by Kayleen Schaefer 2018 7 pages
3.46
8.4K ratings
Feminism
Book Club
Friendship
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019 497 pages
4.46
134 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
A Return to Modesty Summary
A Return to Modesty
Discovering the Lost Virtue
by Wendy Shalit 1998 304 pages
3.79
1.4K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Sexuality
The Unschooled Mind Summary
The Unschooled Mind
How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
by Howard Gardner 1991 320 pages
3.96
948 ratings
Education
Psychology
Parenting
Wired for Culture Summary
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
by Mark Pagel 2012 432 pages
3.86
296 ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 218 pages
3.56
1.7K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Born to Be Good Summary
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Life
by Dacher Keltner 2009 336 pages
3.58
704 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Liars and Outliers Summary
Liars and Outliers
Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
by Bruce Schneier 2012 348 pages
3.79
1.5K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Science
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023
3.73
309 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Glass House Summary
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
by Brian Alexander 2017 336 pages
3.91
1.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
by Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages
3.91
371 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
The Other Wes Moore Summary
The Other Wes Moore
One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore 2010 233 pages
3.87
59.1K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1.0K ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
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