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
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
Race
Business
Social Justice
The Collapse of Complex Societies
History
Politics
Anthropology
Tías and Primas
On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us
Feminism
Memoir
Queer
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Propaganda and the Public Mind
Politics
History
Philosophy
Think!
Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
Psychology
Business
Sociology
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
Feminism
Psychology
Gender and Sexuality
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
Race
Health
Science
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
Politics
Psychology
History
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
Religion
Politics
History
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 Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
History
Science
Microhistory
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
Politics
Science
Technology
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
Psychology
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 Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
History
Urbanism
Politics
The New Elite
Inside the Minds of the Truly Wealthy
Business
Sociology
Economics
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
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
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
Business
Economics
Sociology
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
Economics
Politics
Poverty
The Stupidity Paradox
The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work
Business
Psychology
Science
The Other Wes Moore
One Name, Two Fates
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
Sociology
Politics
Economics
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
Politics
Sociology
History
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Business
Science
Psychology
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
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
Technology
Science
Sociology
Billy No-Mates
How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem
Psychology
Sociology
Gender
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Voodoo Histories
The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
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
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
Science
Biology
Evolution
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
History
Politics
Philosophy
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
Technology
Politics
Sociology
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
History
American History
Economics
