Sociology Book Summaries

Woke Racism Summary
Woke Racism
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
by John McWhorter 2021 224 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
Politics
Race
Sociology
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
by Andrew Zolli 2012 336 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Third Chimpanzee Summary
The Third Chimpanzee
The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
by Jared Diamond 1991 407 pages
4.08
28k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
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
9k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Science
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
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 218 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
by Nigel Warburton 2009 128 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Narcissism Epidemic Summary
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
by Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 pages
3.61
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
Our Kids Summary
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
by Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Sociology
Education
Politics
FREEDOM Summary
FREEDOM
The End of the Human Condition
by Jeremy Griffith 2016 798 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Just Babies Summary
Just Babies
The Origins of Good and Evil
by Paul Bloom 2013 273 pages
3.72
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches Summary
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
by Marvin Harris 1974 288 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
Anthropology
History
Sociology
Solitude Summary
Solitude
A Singular Life in a Crowded World
by Michael Harris 2017 256 pages
3.67
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Shattered Nation Summary
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages
4.04
50+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
American Marxism Summary
American Marxism
by Mark R. Levin 2021 317 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Against Our Will Summary
Against Our Will
Men, Women and Rape
by Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages
4.05
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
History
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012 231 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
A World Without Police Summary
A World Without Police
How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete
by Geo Maher 2021 288 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
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
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 214 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The Slow Fix Summary
The Slow Fix
Solve Problems, Work Smarter and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed
by Carl Honoré 2013 336 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
The Social Sex Summary
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
by Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 pages
3.16
100+ ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly
The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Relationships
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla
And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
by Christopher Chabris 2010 320 pages
3.91
14k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty
The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes
by Andrew Brooks 2015 288 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Fashion
Economics
Sustainability
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology
by Elliot Aronson 1973 633 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Textbooks
Duped Summary
Duped
Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
by Timothy R. Levine 2019 384 pages
3.52
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Social
Bursts Summary
Bursts
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
by Albert-László Barabási 2010 310 pages
3.31
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman 1969 219 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5k+ ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop Summary
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop
by Bill Eddy 2019 192 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
by Saket Soni 2023 368 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Beyond Human Nature Summary
Beyond Human Nature
How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind
by Jesse J. Prinz 2011 402 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Traffic Summary
Traffic
Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008 402 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
Open Socrates Summary
Open Socrates
The Case for a Philosophical Life
by Agnes Callard 2025 416 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Six Degrees Summary
Six Degrees
The Science of a Connected Age
by Duncan J. Watts 2003 384 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Science
Sociology
Mathematics
Sex by Numbers Summary
Sex by Numbers
What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour
by David Spiegelhalter 2015 369 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Science
Sexuality
Psychology
Multicultural Citizenship Summary
Multicultural Citizenship
A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights
by Will Kymlicka 1995 290 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Selfie Summary
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
by Will Storr 2017 416 pages
3.92
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
The Strange Death of Europe Summary
The Strange Death of Europe
Immigration, Identity, Islam
by Douglas Murray 2017 352 pages
4.15
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Religion
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 260 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
توتالیتاریسم Summary
توتالیتاریسم
by Hannah Arendt 1968 365 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Velvet Rope Economy Summary
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020 352 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
لماذا يزداد الأثرياء ثراءً والفقراء فقرًا؟
by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
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