Sociology Book Summaries

The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages
4.01
125 ratings
History
Urbanism
Politics
A Generation of Sociopaths Summary
A Generation of Sociopaths
How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
by Bruce Cannon Gibney 2017 430 pages
3.55
2.6K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
266 ratings
Engineering
Science
Technology
Anti-Tech Revolution Summary
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016 268 pages
3.92
585 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Superbloom Summary
Superbloom
How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
by Nicholas Carr 2025 272 pages
4.06
587 ratings
Technology
Sociology
Psychology
The Psychology of Intelligence Summary
The Psychology of Intelligence
by Jean Piaget 1947 202 pages
4.09
3.3K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Collapse Summary
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond 2004 608 pages
3.93
73.5K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Journey of Humanity Summary
The Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
by Oded Galor 2022 304 pages
3.83
1.7K ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To
The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths
by Russ Kick 2001 350 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
ایران بین دو انقلاب Summary
ایران بین دو انقلاب
by Ervand Abrahamian 1982 720 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
History
Iran
Politics
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book One
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017 475 pages
4.52
373 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Popular Summary
Popular
The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
by Mitch Prinstein 2017 288 pages
3.66
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Unprotected Class Summary
The Unprotected Class
How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
by Jeremy Carl 2024 400 pages
4.32
130 ratings
Politics
History
Race
Slanted Summary
Slanted
by Sharyl Attkisson 2020 316 pages
4.31
1.0K ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
by Gary Rivlin 2010 358 pages
3.71
1.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans
The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
by Jack Posobiec 2024 272 pages
4.08
625 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Against the Grain Summary
Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
by James C. Scott 2017 312 pages
4.13
4.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Politics
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain
Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
by Richard H. Smith 2013 238 pages
3.45
259 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Socialism Summary
Socialism
An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises 1922 596 pages
4.32
1.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
White Malice Summary
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
by Susan Williams 2021 651 pages
4.18
723 ratings
History
Africa
Politics
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
by Marvin Harris 1989 547 pages
4.16
655 ratings
Anthropology
Science
History
The Dialectical Imagination Summary
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
by Martin Jay 1973 420 pages
4.08
409 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Flesh and Stone Summary
Flesh and Stone
The Body and the City in Western Civilization
by Richard Sennett 1996 432 pages
4.29
520 ratings
History
Architecture
Sociology
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages
3.85
12.7K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Colin Wilson 1956 320 pages
4.03
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Summary
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
by Robert Nozick 1974 367 pages
3.75
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
by David Harvey 2005 247 pages
4.13
7.1K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.70
146 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Hive Mind Summary
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
by Garett Jones 2015 184 pages
3.56
327 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.31
504 ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
The Age of Grievance Summary
The Age of Grievance
by Frank Bruni 2024 288 pages
4.10
1.5K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
One-Dimensional Man Summary
One-Dimensional Man
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
by Herbert Marcuse 1964 260 pages
3.98
7.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
by Mark Engler 2016 368 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
I, Mammal Summary
I, Mammal
How to Make Peace With the Animal Urge for Social Power
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011 312 pages
4.22
126 ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Face Value Summary
Face Value
The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
by Alexander Todorov 2017 323 pages
4.06
109 ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Albion's Seed Summary
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
by David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 pages
4.37
3.4K ratings
History
American History
American
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.78
412 ratings
Politics
Society
Psychology
The End of Policing Summary
The End of Policing
by Alex S. Vitale 2017 272 pages
4.18
11.9K ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett 2003 306 pages
3.69
236 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Society
Supernormal Summary
Supernormal
The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
by Meg Jay 2017 400 pages
4.30
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Parenting
The Wife Drought Summary
The Wife Drought
by Annabel Crabb 2014 288 pages
4.18
3.9K ratings
Feminism
Book Club
Australia
How Migration Really Works Summary
How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
by Hein de Haas 2023 436 pages
4.38
1.6K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Stolen Pride Summary
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 pages
4.07
904 ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition Summary
Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition
by Lizzie Post 2022 405 pages
4.33
136 ratings
Self Help
Reference
Sociology
Identity Summary
Identity
The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
by Francis Fukuyama 2018 240 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Propaganda and the Public Mind Summary
Propaganda and the Public Mind
by Noam Chomsky 1998 256 pages
4.06
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Tías and Primas Summary
Tías and Primas
On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2024 304 pages
4.10
741 ratings
Feminism
Memoir
Queer
The Human Condition Summary
The Human Condition
by Hannah Arendt 1958 349 pages
4.20
9.1K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Western Illusion of Human Nature Summary
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
by Marshall Sahlins 2008 112 pages
4.11
288 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
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