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
America
The Farewell Tour
Politics
History
Sociology
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Politics
History
Economics
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Mask Off
Masculinity Redefined
Feminism
Politics
Gender
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
Economics
Politics
History
In Search of Deeper Learning
The Quest to Remake the American High School
Education
School
Teaching
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
Mine!
How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Psychology
Economics
Law
Thinking like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
Economics
Politics
History
The Invisible Gorilla
And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Psychology
Science
Business
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going – A Witty Study of Humanity by a Noted Anthropologist
Anthropology
Science
History
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
The Two Cultures
Science
Philosophy
History
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
Programme, Myth, Reality
History
Politics
Philosophy
A Return to Modesty
Discovering the Lost Virtue
Feminism
Philosophy
Sociology
A Criminal History of Mankind
History
Psychology
True Crime
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less – Why Patience and Intuition Are Essential to Creativity and Wisdom
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
History
Science
Microhistory
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
Do Fathers Matter?
What Science Is Telling Us about the Parent We've Overlooked
Parenting
Science
Psychology
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
The End of Policing
Politics
Social Justice
History
Sensation
The New Science of Physical Intelligence
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
Social Psychology
A Very Short Introduction
Psychology
Sociology
Education
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
Economics
Politics
Business
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Feminism
History
Womens
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
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Searching for an American Utopia
Memoir
History
Essays
The Elements of Choice
Why the Way We Decide Matters
Psychology
Business
Science
We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
Philosophy
Biography
Politics
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
Philosophy
Sociology
Essays
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Psychology
Philosophy
History
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
History
True Crime
Crime
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Tías and Primas
On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us
Feminism
Latinx
Memoir
The Social Atom
Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You
Sociology
Science
Psychology
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
The Drucker Lectures
Essential Lessons on Management, Society and Economy
Business
Management
Leadership
Join the Club
How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
Everyday Survival
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
Psychology
Science
Survival
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop
Politics
Psychology
History
Beyond Fundamentalism
Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization
Religion
Politics
History
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
Politics
Economics
Sociology
A State of Fear
how the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
Politics
Psychology
History
The Age of Dignity
Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America
Social Work
Economics
Social Justice
