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
Thinking like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
Economics
Politics
History
Why We Make Mistakes
How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Two Cultures
Science
Philosophy
History
Mine!
How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Psychology
Economics
Law
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
America
The Farewell Tour
Politics
History
Sociology
The INTP
Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Memoir
History
Essays
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
Anthropology
Sociology
History
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
A Pelican Introduction
Social Class in the 21st Century
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
Race
Health
Science
A Criminal History of Mankind
History
Psychology
True Crime
The Age of American Unreason
Politics
History
Philosophy
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
Anthropology
Science
History
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Feminism
History
Womens
Sensation
The New Science of Physical Intelligence
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Age of Dignity
Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America
Economics
Social Work
Sociology
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
History
True Crime
Politics
The Invention of Tradition
History
Anthropology
Sociology
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
Do Fathers Matter?
What Science Is Telling Us about the Parent We've Overlooked
Parenting
Science
Psychology
The End of Policing
Politics
Social Justice
History
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
History
Science
Microhistory
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
Economics
Politics
Business
Social Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Psychology
Self Help
Feminism
Everyday Survival
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
Psychology
Science
Survival
Demystifying Islam
Tackling the Tough Questions
Religion
Islam
Sociology
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
Politics
Philosophy
History
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Tías and Primas
On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us
Feminism
Memoir
Queer
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
Psychology
Biography
Science
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge
A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
Reference
Trivia
Humor
The Drucker Lectures
Essential Lessons on Management, Society and Economy
Business
Management
Leadership
The Perfect Swarm
The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
Science
Psychology
Sociology
