Sociology Book Summaries

Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
The Quest for Privacy in a Crowded World
by Sue Halpern 1992 212 pages
3.35
108 ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.70
146 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Liberty in the Age of Terror Summary
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
by A.C. Grayling 2009 283 pages
3.55
144 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Not Working Summary
Not Working
Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession
by D.W. Gibson 2012 470 pages
3.69
58 ratings
Sociology
Economics
The Elements of Choice Summary
The Elements of Choice
Why the Way We Decide Matters
by Eric J. Johnson 2021 400 pages
3.91
491 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Disappearance of Rituals Summary
The Disappearance of Rituals
A Topology of the Present
by Byung-Chul Han 2020 186 pages
4.01
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Jackpot Summary
Jackpot
How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
by Michael Mechanic 2021 416 pages
3.87
795 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
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
The Gift of Not Belonging Summary
The Gift of Not Belonging
How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners
by Rami Kaminski 2025 240 pages
3.68
288 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Theft of a Decade Summary
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019 255 pages
3.39
208 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The 9.9 Percent Summary
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
by Matthew Stewart 2021 352 pages
3.69
398 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Western Illusion of Human Nature Summary
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
by Marshall Sahlins 2008 112 pages
4.11
288 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said 2003 424 pages
4.13
29.2K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.71
59 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
The Org Summary
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
by Ray Fisman 2013 320 pages
3.35
382 ratings
Business
Management
Economics
Age of Anger Summary
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages
3.64
2.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.78
412 ratings
Politics
Society
Psychology
Them And Us Summary
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
by Will Hutton 2010 434 pages
3.90
109 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.12
1.2K ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.70
296 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Helping Children Succeed Summary
Helping Children Succeed
What Works and Why
by Paul Tough 2016 144 pages
3.86
2.0K ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
Enshittification Summary
Enshittification
Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
by Cory Doctorow 2025 352 pages
4.18
1.2K ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Getting Off Summary
Getting Off
Pornography and the End of Masculinity
by Robert Jensen 2007 200 pages
3.68
708 ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Is There Anything Good About Men? Summary
Is There Anything Good About Men?
How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men
by Roy F. Baumeister 2010 320 pages
3.73
354 ratings
Psychology
Gender
Sociology
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
The Anglo Files Summary
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall 2008 304 pages
3.45
2.0K ratings
Travel
Humor
British Literature
The Dark Enlightenment Summary
The Dark Enlightenment
by Nick Land 2013 112 pages
3.3
667 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
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
Management Summary
Management
A Very Short Introduction
by John Hendry 2013 160 pages
3.43
97 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.07
426 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Black in Blues Summary
Black in Blues
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
by Imani Perry 2025 256 pages
4.3
1.7K ratings
History
Essays
Race
Why Trust Matters Summary
Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
by Benjamin Ho 2021 336 pages
3.71
52 ratings
Economics
Business
History
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
by Jacob Mchangama 2022 528 pages
4.19
476 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.12
450 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch 1995 276 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Growth Summary
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
by Vaclav Smil 2019 664 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Economics
Me and White Supremacy Summary
Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
by Layla F. Saad 2020 238 pages
4.33
30.3K ratings
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
428 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The Munk Debates
by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages
3.34
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
How to Lose a Country Summary
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
by Ece Temelkuran 2019 289 pages
4.04
2.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Original Black Elite Summary
The Original Black Elite
Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 2017 512 pages
4.02
261 ratings
History
Race
Biography
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages
4.08
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
by Jonathan Smucker 2017 290 pages
4.24
436 ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption Summary
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
by Gad Saad 2007 360 pages
3.87
52 ratings
Psychology
Evolution
Science
How to Talk to a Science Denier Summary
How to Talk to a Science Denier
Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
by Lee McIntyre 2021 264 pages
3.87
990 ratings
Science
Psychology
Politics
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life Summary
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2011 256 pages
3.57
667 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
The Souls of Black Folk Summary
The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois 1996 288 pages
4.31
44.6K ratings
History
Classics
Race
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