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
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
Philosophy
Sociology
Essays
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
History
American History
Economics
The Information Diet
A Case for Conscious Consumption
Technology
Psychology
Self Help
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Politics
History
Technology
Propaganda and the Public Mind
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
Race
Business
Social Justice
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
A Bigger Prize
When No One Wins Unless Everyone Wins
Business
Sociology
Self Help
The Stupidity Paradox
The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work
Business
Psychology
Science
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
History
Urbanism
Politics
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
Economics
Business
Politics
The New Elite
Inside the Minds of the Truly Wealthy
Business
Sociology
Economics
Population 10 Billion
Geography
Science
Politics
The Dark Enlightenment
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
Feminism
Psychology
Gender and Sexuality
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
Politics
Psychology
History
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
Think!
Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
The Civilizing Process
Sociology
History
Philosophy
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
Religion
Politics
History
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
Politics
Psychology
History
The Anarchist in the Library
How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System
Library Science
Technology
Politics
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
Science
History
Anthropology
The Elements of Choice
Why the Way We Decide Matters
Psychology
Business
Science
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Economics
Sociology
Urbanism
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Voodoo Histories
The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
Riveted
The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe: The Science of Why Jokes Make ... Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe
Psychology
Science
Religion
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
Sociology
Politics
Economics
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
Politics
Science
Technology
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
Business
Economics
Sociology
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Business
Science
Psychology
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
Politics
Sociology
History
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
Technology
Science
Sociology
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
Science
Biology
Evolution
Butterfly Economics
A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior
Economics
Sociology
Business
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Billy No-Mates
How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem
Psychology
Sociology
Gender
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
