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Sociology Book Summaries

The Authority Gap
by Mary Ann Sieghart • 2021
Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.
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3k+
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.31
3k+ ratings
What We Owe The Future
by William MacAskill • 2022
Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.
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6k+
What We Owe The Future Summary
What We Owe The Future
Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.
by William MacAskill 2022 494 pages
3.81
6k+ ratings
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
by Christopher Emdin • 2016
For teachers in the hood: how the black church and hip-hop can turn your classroom around.
4.06
4k+
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too Summary
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
For teachers in the hood: how the black church and hip-hop can turn your classroom around.
by Christopher Emdin 2016 232 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
by Kevin Roberts • 2005
Brands lost their mystery. Three buried instincts are the only way to get it back.
3.86
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Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands Summary
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
Brands lost their mystery. Three buried instincts are the only way to get it back.
by Kevin Roberts 2005 248 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Marketing Rebellion
by Mark W. Schaefer • 2019
Your customers now control your marketing. Only the truly human companies survive.
4.20
479
Marketing Rebellion Summary
Marketing Rebellion
Your customers now control your marketing. Only the truly human companies survive.
by Mark W. Schaefer 2019 318 pages
4.20
479 ratings
Sex After . . .
by Iris Krasnow • 2014
Best sex at seventy. Desire after cancer. Affairs that save marriages. Candid stories of intimacy.
3.53
148
Sex After . . . Summary
Sex After . . .
Best sex at seventy. Desire after cancer. Affairs that save marriages. Candid stories of intimacy.
by Iris Krasnow 2014 352 pages
3.53
148 ratings
Cynical Theories
by Helen Pluckrose • 2020
How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.
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Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories
How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.
by Helen Pluckrose 2020 353 pages
4.10
5k+ ratings
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
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2k+
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011 258 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
The Happiness Industry
by William Davies • 2015
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
3.64
1k+
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
by William Davies 2015 320 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Life Code
by Phillip C. McGraw • 2012
Spot the predators who see you as prey, stop their tactics, and win anyway.
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2k+
Life Code Summary
Life Code
Spot the predators who see you as prey, stop their tactics, and win anyway.
by Phillip C. McGraw 2012 244 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'
by Sidney Dekker • 2002
A mistake reveals nothing about a worker and everything about the system that shaped their choices.
4.22
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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' Summary
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'
A mistake reveals nothing about a worker and everything about the system that shaped their choices.
by Sidney Dekker 2002 248 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Easy Money
by Ben McKenzie • 2023
The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.
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3k+
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money
The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.
by Ben McKenzie 2023 304 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
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2k+
Occupy Summary
Occupy
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.59
2k+ ratings
In This Economy?
by Kyla Scanlon • 2024
Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.
3.84
2k+
In This Economy? Summary
In This Economy?
Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.
by Kyla Scanlon 2024 279 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Obliquity
by John Kay • 2010
The goals that matter most are best achieved by aiming for something else entirely.
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1k+
Obliquity Summary
Obliquity
The goals that matter most are best achieved by aiming for something else entirely.
by John Kay 2010 224 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
The Logic of Life
by Tim Harford • 2008
Why risky sex, segregation, and office politics all have a rational explanation.
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The Logic of Life Summary
The Logic of Life
Why risky sex, segregation, and office politics all have a rational explanation.
by Tim Harford 2008 213 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Age of Empathy
by Frans de Waal • 2009
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
4.00
2k+
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Origins of Human Communication
by Michael Tomasello • 1999
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
4.14
299
Origins of Human Communication Summary
Origins of Human Communication
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
by Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages
4.14
299 ratings
Do Nothing
by Celeste Headlee • 2020
Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.
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10k+
Do Nothing Summary
Do Nothing
Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.
by Celeste Headlee 2020 288 pages
3.85
10k+ ratings
Great Escape
by Angus Deaton • 2013
Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.
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2k+
Great Escape Summary
Great Escape
Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.
by Angus Deaton 2013 360 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
The Culture of Fear
by Barry Glassner • 1999
Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.
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The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.
by Barry Glassner 1999 361 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.
by Bronisław Malinowski • 1922
A Pacific ceremonial shell ring reveals an economy driven by honor, not self-interest.
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1k+
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Summary
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.
A Pacific ceremonial shell ring reveals an economy driven by honor, not self-interest.
by Bronisław Malinowski 1922 614 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Kushner, Inc.
by Vicky Ward • 2019
A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.
3.53
2k+
Kushner, Inc. Summary
Kushner, Inc.
A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.
by Vicky Ward 2019 304 pages
3.53
2k+ ratings
The Age of the Strongman
by Gideon Rachman • 2022
From Putin to Trump, Modi to Bolsonaro: how one authoritarian style took over global politics.
4.05
1k+
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
From Putin to Trump, Modi to Bolsonaro: how one authoritarian style took over global politics.
by Gideon Rachman 2022 309 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
The Power Broker
by Robert A. Caro • 1974
How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.
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The Power Broker Summary
The Power Broker
How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.
by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages
4.53
29k+ ratings
Black Fatigue
by Mary-Frances Winters • 2020
The physiological and psychological toll of systemic racism, passed down through generations.
4.41
1k+
Black Fatigue Summary
Black Fatigue
The physiological and psychological toll of systemic racism, passed down through generations.
by Mary-Frances Winters 2020 236 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
The Blue Zones
by Dan Buettner • 2008
In four pockets of the world, people routinely hit 100. The common thread isn't willpower.
4.07
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The Blue Zones Summary
The Blue Zones
In four pockets of the world, people routinely hit 100. The common thread isn't willpower.
by Dan Buettner 2008 320 pages
4.07
13k+ ratings
When the Clock Broke
by John Ganz • 2024
David Duke, Ross Perot, and the early 1990s road from the Cold War to Trump.
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When the Clock Broke Summary
When the Clock Broke
David Duke, Ross Perot, and the early 1990s road from the Cold War to Trump.
by John Ganz 2024 420 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
A Theory of Everything
by Ken Wilber • 1996
Every worldview is a partial truth. One framework places them on a single ladder of growth.
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A Theory of Everything Summary
A Theory of Everything
Every worldview is a partial truth. One framework places them on a single ladder of growth.
by Ken Wilber 1996 189 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Liberalism
by Ludwig von Mises • 1927
Peace is not natural: it must be built on property rights, free trade, and limited government.
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2k+
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
Peace is not natural: it must be built on property rights, free trade, and limited government.
by Ludwig von Mises 1927 203 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Sex and Lies
by Leïla Slimani • 2017
Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.
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Sex and Lies Summary
Sex and Lies
Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.
by Leïla Slimani 2017
3.96
5k+ ratings
More Than Two
by Franklin Veaux • 2014
Polyamory fails with rules, not jealousy. The guide to multiple relationships built on boundaries.
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More Than Two Summary
More Than Two
Polyamory fails with rules, not jealousy. The guide to multiple relationships built on boundaries.
by Franklin Veaux 2014 496 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill • 1976
Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.
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Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
Identity
by Francis Fukuyama • 2018
Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.
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Identity Summary
Identity
Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.
by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.84
6k+ ratings
Suicide of a Superpower
by Patrick J. Buchanan • 2011
America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.
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Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower
America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
American Made
by Farah Stockman • 2021
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
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1k+
American Made Summary
American Made
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
by Farah Stockman 2021 432 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud • 2003
A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.
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The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious Summary
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.
by Sigmund Freud 2003 229 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Triumph of the City
by Edward L. Glaeser • 2011
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
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Triumph of the City Summary
Triumph of the City
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
by Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Rest Is Resistance
by Tricia Hersey • 2022
Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.
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Rest Is Resistance Summary
Rest Is Resistance
Reclaim your body, your imagination, and your time through rest as a political act.
by Tricia Hersey 2022 211 pages
4.04
12k+ ratings
Utopia for Realists
by Rutger Bregman • 2014
Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.
4.21
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Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.
by Rutger Bregman 2014 252 pages
4.21
43k+ ratings
Turtles All The Way Down
by Anonymous • 2022
Vaccine safety trials hid adverse events: control groups received vaccines, not placebos.
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Turtles All The Way Down Summary
Turtles All The Way Down
Vaccine safety trials hid adverse events: control groups received vaccines, not placebos.
by Anonymous 2022 520 pages
4.61
500+ ratings
College Girl, Missing
by Shawn Cohen • 2024
She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.
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College Girl, Missing Summary
College Girl, Missing
She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.
by Shawn Cohen 2024 272 pages
3.54
17k+ ratings
The Challenger Launch Decision
by Diane Vaughan • 1997
The chain of small failures that precedes every disaster, and where to break it.
4.08
459
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
The chain of small failures that precedes every disaster, and where to break it.
by Diane Vaughan 1997 592 pages
4.08
459 ratings
The Health Gap
by Michael G. Marmot • 2015
Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.
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1k+
The Health Gap Summary
The Health Gap
Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.
by Michael G. Marmot 2015 400 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Emotional
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2022
Emotion doesn't sabotage reason. It supplies the hidden calculations behind every decision you make.
3.84
2k+
Emotional Summary
Emotional
Emotion doesn't sabotage reason. It supplies the hidden calculations behind every decision you make.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2022 273 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
by Chuck Klosterman • 2003
Your Saved by the Bell reruns taught you more about love than Jane Austen.
3.74
72k+
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Summary
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Your Saved by the Bell reruns taught you more about love than Jane Austen.
by Chuck Klosterman 2003 256 pages
3.74
72k+ ratings
The Genetic Lottery
by Kathryn Paige Harden • 2021
Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.
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1k+
The Genetic Lottery Summary
The Genetic Lottery
Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.
by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021 302 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Divided
by Tim Marshall • 2018
We were promised a borderless world. There are more walls now than during the Cold War.
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Divided Summary
Divided
We were promised a borderless world. There are more walls now than during the Cold War.
by Tim Marshall 2018 316 pages
4.01
6k+ ratings
The End of Average
by Todd Rose • 2016
Schools and companies are built for a person who doesn't exist. The data prove it.
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The End of Average Summary
The End of Average
Schools and companies are built for a person who doesn't exist. The data prove it.
by Todd Rose 2016 256 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Stop Reading the News
by Rolf Dobelli • 2019
You are not informed. You are addicted. The case for quitting news entirely.
3.71
3k+
Stop Reading the News Summary
Stop Reading the News
You are not informed. You are addicted. The case for quitting news entirely.
by Rolf Dobelli 2019
3.71
3k+ ratings
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