Sociology
Our social world shapes everything from how we think and behave to how we build our communities and technologies. These thought-provoking works examine human nature, cultural shifts, and the hidden patterns that drive our increasingly complex society.
Sociology Book Summaries
Breaking the Spell
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Philosophy
Science
Atheism
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
Economics
Politics
History
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
Politics
History
Psychology
The Age of Dignity
Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America
Economics
Social Work
Sociology
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
History
True Crime
Politics
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
History
American History
Economics
The Two Cultures
Science
Philosophy
History
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
Social Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
New Passages
Mapping Your Life Across Time
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
Sociology
Crime
Science
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
Politics
Science
Technology
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
Politics
Economics
Business
Mismeasure of Woman
Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex
Feminism
Psychology
Science
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
Politics
Philosophy
History
Why We Make Mistakes
How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
Psychology
Science
Self Help
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
Politics
Philosophy
History
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
A Return to Modesty
Discovering the Lost Virtue
Feminism
Philosophy
Sexuality
Like, Comment, Subscribe
How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture
Business
Technology
History
Migrations to Solitude
The Quest for Privacy in a Crowded World
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
Liquid Life
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
History
Politics
Economics
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Politics
History
Sociology
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
Economics
Sociology
Politics
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Capital City
Gentrification and the Real Estate State
Politics
Urban Planning
Economics
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Feminism
History
Womens
How to Win a Cosmic War
God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
Religion
Politics
History
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
Self-Renewal
The Individual and the Innovative Society
Psychology
Leadership
Personal Development
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
History
Linguistics
Language
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
Science
Feminism
Psychology
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Economics
Sociology
Urbanism
Growth
A Reckoning
Economics
History
Business
Wired for Culture
Origins of the Human Social Mind
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Sensation
The New Science of Physical Intelligence
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Politics As a Vocation
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Everyday Survival
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
Psychology
Science
Survival
Twitter and Tear Gas
The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Adam and Eve After the Pill
Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
Catholic
Sociology
Philosophy
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
Self Help
Psychology
Sociology
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
History
American History
Economics
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
History
Politics
Philosophy
