Pop Culture
Our shared cultural obsessions - from hit TV shows and blockbuster films to viral trends and beloved brands - shape how we think, connect, and make sense of the modern world. These books explore the deeper meanings, hidden influences, and philosophical questions lurking within the entertainment and media that define our times.
Pop Culture Book Summaries
The Book of Basketball
The NBA According to The Sports Guy
Sports
Basketball
History
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
The Walking Dead and Philosophy
Zombie Apocalypse Now
Philosophy
Zombies
Pop Culture
The Matrix and Philosophy
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
Philosophy
Film
Pop Culture
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
History
Film
Biography
The Psychology of the Simpsons
D'oh!
Psychology
Pop Culture
Humor
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
Music
Business
History
Mad Men and Philosophy
Nothing is as it Seems
Philosophy
Essays
Tv
Batman and Psychology
A Dark and Stormy Knight
Psychology
Batman
Comics
Star Wars and Philosophy
More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine
Philosophy
Star Wars
Pop Culture
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy
Hogwarts for Muggles
Philosophy
Psychology
Essays
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto
Essays
Humor
Pop Culture
Batman and Philosophy
The Dark Knight of the Soul
Philosophy
Batman
Pop Culture
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
History
Music
Biography
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Action Heroes
Biography
Film
Memoir
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Girls on Film
The Complete History of the Women Who Broke Barriers and Redefined Roles
Film
Feminism
Media Tie In
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
Sociology
History
Pop Culture
The Science of Harry Potter
How Magic Really Works
Science
Books About Books
Magic
Celebrity Nation
How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers
History
Pop Culture
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
LGBT
History
Queer
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Memoir
Essays
Pop Culture
Slavoj Žižek
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
The Simpsons and Philosophy
The D'oh! of Homer
Philosophy
Humor
Pop Culture
The Walking Dead Psychology
Psych of the Living Dead (Volume 1)
Psychology
Zombies
Reference
Tune In
Music
Biography
History
You Are What You Watch
Psychology
Film
Pop Culture
Disney War
Business
History
Biography
Girl With No Job
The Crazy Beautiful Life of an Instagram Thirst Monster
Memoir
Biography
Pop Culture
Aleister Crowley
Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
Biography
Occult
History
Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Music
History
Business
Perfecting Sound Forever
An Aural History of Recorded Music
Music
History
Technology
Good Time Girl
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Cue the Sun!
The Invention of Reality TV
History
Pop Culture
Tv
Now I Can Die in Peace
How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
Sports
Baseball
Humor
Three-Ring Circus
Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
Sports
Basketball
History