Sociology Book Summaries

Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
880.7K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Tipping Point Summary
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell 2002 301 pages
4.01
839.3K ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Outliers Summary
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
836.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
611.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson 2011 275 pages
3.95
154.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
The Art of Loving Summary
The Art of Loving
by Erich Fromm 1956 180 pages
4.00
89.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together
Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle 2011 360 pages
3.62
6.3K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Eric Berne 1964 192 pages
3.73
39.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Anxious Generation Summary
The Anxious Generation
How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
by Jonathan Haidt 2024 400 pages
4.35
112.7K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
Liquid Modernity Summary
Liquid Modernity
by Zygmunt Bauman 1999 240 pages
4.12
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Art of Manliness Summary
The Art of Manliness
Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man
by Brett McKay 2009 288 pages
3.90
3.2K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.19
275.1K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
The Burnout Society Summary
The Burnout Society
by Byung-Chul Han 2010 60 pages
3.88
22.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Why Nations Fail Summary
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2012 529 pages
4.09
57.6K ratings
Politics
History
Business
Justice Summary
Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do?
by Michael J. Sandel 2007 308 pages
4.30
26.5K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
Simulacra and Simulation Summary
Simulacra and Simulation
by Jean Baudrillard 1981 164 pages
4.00
15.7K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
Talking to Strangers Summary
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 388 pages
3.99
325.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Dark Psychology and Manipulation Summary
Dark Psychology and Manipulation
Discover 40 Covert Emotional Manipulation Techniques, Mind Control, Brainwashing. Learn How to Analyze People, NLP Secret ... Effect, Subliminal Influence Book 1)
by William Cooper 2020 337 pages
3.78
431 ratings
Psychology
Dark
Self Help
Revenge of the Tipping Point Summary
Revenge of the Tipping Point
Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Malcolm Gladwell 2024 352 pages
4.05
38.0K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
Abundance Summary
Abundance
by Ezra Klein 2025 304 pages
4.13
7.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
Imagined Communities Summary
Imagined Communities
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
by Benedict Anderson 1983 224 pages
4.11
15.7K ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Psychopolitics Summary
Psychopolitics
Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
by Byung-Chul Han 2014 96 pages
4.09
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Contagious Summary
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger 2013 210 pages
3.98
32.1K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx 1848 288 pages
3.67
185.0K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Culture Map Summary
The Culture Map
Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
by Erin Meyer 2014 290 pages
4.33
27.0K ratings
Business
Psychology
Leadership
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
by David Graeber 2018 335 pages
4.03
31.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
iGen Summary
iGen
Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us
by Jean M. Twenge 2017 352 pages
3.79
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Sociology
Third Wave Summary
Third Wave
by Alvin Toffler 1980 544 pages
3.96
2.9K ratings
Sociology
History
Philosophy
Mythologies Summary
Mythologies
by Roland Barthes 1957 160 pages
4.08
16.7K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages
3.91
25.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Amor Líquido Summary
Amor Líquido
by Zygmunt Bauman 2003 190 pages
3.76
6.8K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Why We Buy Summary
Why We Buy
The Science of Shopping
by Paco Underhill 1999 256 pages
3.88
13.4K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Predictably Irrational Summary
Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely 2008 247 pages
4.12
128.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007 128 pages
3.86
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm 1941 301 pages
4.27
15.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
The Fourth Turning Is Here Summary
The Fourth Turning Is Here
by Neil Howe 2023
3.95
2.3K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Social Acceleration Summary
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
by Hartmut Rosa 2005 470 pages
4.35
309 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
History
Images of Organization Summary
Images of Organization
by Gareth Morgan 1986 520 pages
3.92
1.0K ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman 1988 412 pages
4.24
22.8K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Righteous Mind Summary
The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt 2012 419 pages
4.20
62.1K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
by Jonathan Haidt 2018 352 pages
4.23
51.8K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche Summary
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
by Erich Fromm 1976 182 pages
4.18
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
by Edward L. Bernays 1928 168 pages
3.75
8.4K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12.7K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.89
1.6K ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
54.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Hero and the Outlaw Summary
The Hero and the Outlaw
Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes
by Margaret Mark 2001 400 pages
4.14
910 ratings
Business
Psychology
Design
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018 691 pages
4.06
12.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad 2020 264 pages
3.95
8.1K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
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