Sociology Book Summaries

Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes
The World of Corporate Managers
by Robert Jackall 1988 272 pages
3.96
448 ratings
Business
Sociology
Psychology
Priceless Summary
Priceless
The Myth of Fair Value
by William Poundstone 2010 336 pages
3.83
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.09
432 ratings
History
Science
Space
American Made Summary
American Made
What Happens to People When Work Disappears
by Farah Stockman 2021 418 pages
4.31
1.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Status and Culture Summary
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
by W. David Marx 2022 368 pages
3.88
1.2K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
Men Who Hate Women Summary
Men Who Hate Women
by Laura Bates 2020 366 pages
4.34
22.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Sociology
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Peoplewatching Summary
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
by Desmond Morris 1977 544 pages
4.06
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
The Choice Factory Summary
The Choice Factory
25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy
by Richard Shotton 2018 202 pages
4.12
1.5K ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Hard-Core Romance Summary
Hard-Core Romance
"Fifty Shades of Grey," Best-Sellers, and Society
by Eva Illouz 2013 97 pages
3.53
251 ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Chemical Muse Summary
The Chemical Muse
Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization
by D.C.A. Hillman 2008 256 pages
3.91
162 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017 272 pages
3.82
9.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Science
Snoop Summary
Snoop
What Your Stuff Says About You
by Sam Gosling 2001 263 pages
3.36
5.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
by Drew Westen 2007 457 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread— The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire — Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
by Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages
3.56
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021 384 pages
4.34
3.0K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Business
بیشعوری Summary
بیشعوری
راهنمای تشخیص و درمان خطرناکترین بیماری تاریخ بشریت
by Xavier Crement 1990 232 pages
2.74
5.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
by Tim Urban 2023 746 pages
4.24
5.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
7.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The War for Kindness Summary
The War for Kindness
Building Empathy in a Fractured World
by Jamil Zaki 2019 263 pages
3.93
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches Summary
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
by Marvin Harris 1974 288 pages
3.92
4.8K ratings
Anthropology
History
Sociology
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9.6K ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
Tricks of the Trade Summary
Tricks of the Trade
How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It
by Howard S. Becker 1998 239 pages
4.06
398 ratings
Sociology
Research
Writing
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Privileged Poor Summary
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
by Anthony Abraham Jack 2019 288 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Age of Empathy Summary
The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages
4.00
2.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Animals
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
by Timothy Snyder 2017 128 pages
4.46
4.4K ratings
History
Graphic Novels
Politics
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion
Why We Never Think Alone
by Steven Sloman 2017 304 pages
3.84
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Aspiration Summary
Aspiration
The Agency of Becoming
by Agnes Callard 2018 304 pages
3.76
189 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Wisest One in the Room Summary
The Wisest One in the Room
How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights
by Thomas Gilovich 2015 320 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Duped Summary
Duped
Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
by Timothy R. Levine 2019 384 pages
3.52
190 ratings
Psychology
Science
Social
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger 1957 239 pages
4.04
181 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
28.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Creation of Patriarchy Summary
The Creation of Patriarchy
by Gerda Lerner 1986 318 pages
4.37
2.3K ratings
Feminism
History
Womens
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015 257 pages
3.79
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 1999 210 pages
3.70
3.7K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
by Michael Rectenwald 2019 216 pages
3.84
119 ratings
Politics
Technology
Cultural
The Wealth of Networks Summary
The Wealth of Networks
How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
by Yochai Benkler 2006 528 pages
3.96
1.7K ratings
Economics
Technology
Business
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids Summary
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
by Bryan Caplan 2011 240 pages
3.55
1.7K ratings
Parenting
Economics
Psychology
Nonzero Summary
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright 2001 448 pages
3.98
2.8K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Irrational Bundle Summary
The Irrational Bundle
Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
by Dan Ariely 2013 797 pages
4.32
450 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell 1932 160 pages
4.00
204 ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Groupthink Summary
Groupthink
Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes
by Irving L. Janis 1982 349 pages
4.13
203 ratings
Psychology
Politics
History
We Have Never Been Woke Summary
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
by Musa al-Gharbi 2024 432 pages
4.29
489 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
A World Without Men Summary
A World Without Men
An Analysis of an All-Female Economy
by Aaron Clarey 2023 141 pages
4.06
110 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep
The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
by William Deresiewicz 2014 245 pages
3.88
6.9K ratings
Education
Sociology
Politics
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