Start free trial
SoBrief

Sociology Book Summaries

Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013 208 pages
3.65
489 ratings
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Human Frontiers Summary
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
by Michael Bhaskar 2021 432 pages
3.83
126 ratings
Science
Technology
Sociology
The Profit Paradox Summary
The Profit Paradox
How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work
by Jan Eeckhout 2021 336 pages
3.91
302 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Is There Anything Good About Men? Summary
Is There Anything Good About Men?
How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men
by Roy F. Baumeister 2016 320 pages
3.74
356 ratings
Psychology
Gender
Sociology
What's Mine Is Yours Summary
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption – A Landmark Guide to the Ecology of Commerce and Sustainability
by Rachel Botsman 2010 304 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Sustainability
African Religions & Philosophy Summary
African Religions & Philosophy
by John S. Mbiti 1990 288 pages
3.85
280 ratings
Philosophy
Religion
Africa
White Rage Summary
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson 2016 246 pages
4.46
14k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
Billy No-Mates Summary
Billy No-Mates
How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem
by Max Dickins 2022 337 pages
4.16
463 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Gender
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 268 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp 2025 592 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Butterfly Economics Summary
Butterfly Economics
A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior
by Paul Ormerod 1998 217 pages
3.69
223 ratings
Economics
Social Science
Business
I, Mammal Summary
I, Mammal
How to Make Peace With the Animal Urge for Social Power
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011 312 pages
4.24
134 ratings
Psychology
Science
Biology
Tavistock Institute Summary
Tavistock Institute
Social Engineering the Masses
by Daniel Estulin 2011 240 pages
3.83
363 ratings
Conspiracy Theories
History
Psychology
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
437 ratings
Psychology
Business
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
268 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Age of Anger Summary
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
by Pankaj Mishra 2017 416 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
One Nation Under Therapy Summary
One Nation Under Therapy
How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance
by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005 320 pages
3.60
376 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Anatomy of Dependence Summary
The Anatomy of Dependence
The key analysis of Japanese behavior
by Takeo Doi 1973 192 pages
3.71
319 ratings
Japan
Psychology
Japanese Literature
The Art of Insubordination Summary
The Art of Insubordination
How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
by Todd Kashdan 2022 288 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by Astra Taylor 2012 288 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.65
466 ratings
Science
History
Sociology
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.49
208 ratings
Politics
Cultural
Philosophy
Smuggler Nation Summary
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages
3.96
214 ratings
History
American History
Economics
No One Man Should Have All That Power Summary
No One Man Should Have All That Power
How Rasputins Manipulate the World
by Amos Barshad 2019 240 pages
3.65
185 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.11
464 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
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
3.87
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.71
149 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Prey Summary
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021 352 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Politics
Feminism
Religion
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.67
64 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
The Myth of the State Summary
The Myth of the State
by Ernst Cassirer 1946 303 pages
3.90
209 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Liberty in the Age of Terror Summary
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
by A.C. Grayling 2009 283 pages
3.57
143 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
How the World Changed: The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo
by Kenan Malik 2009 352 pages
4.03
285 ratings
Politics
Religion
History
The Craftsman Summary
The Craftsman
by Richard Sennett 2008 336 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Design
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The Munk Debates
by Steven Pinker 2016 128 pages
3.34
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
Going Mainstream Summary
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
by Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages
3.74
468 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
The Truth About Trust Summary
The Truth About Trust
How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More
by David DeSteno 2014 288 pages
3.74
314 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
We Are All Weird Summary
We Are All Weird
by Seth Godin 2011 112 pages
3.55
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude
by Sue Halpern 1992 224 pages
3.34
108 ratings
Essays
Memoir
Sociology
Facts and Other Lies Summary
Facts and Other Lies
Welcome to the Disinformation Age
by Ed Coper 2022 394 pages
4.16
242 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Current Affairs
Getting Off Summary
Getting Off
Pornography and the End of Masculinity
by Robert Jensen 2007 200 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Bandits Summary
Bandits
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969 240 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Sociology
Crime
The Tyranny of Metrics Summary
The Tyranny of Metrics
by Jerry Z. Muller 2017 240 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Science
Stuck Summary
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
by Anneli Rufus 2008 348 pages
3.03
386 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Sociology
Management Summary
Management
A Very Short Introduction
by John Hendry 2013 160 pages
3.44
102 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.18
1k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
I Never Thought of It That Way Summary
I Never Thought of It That Way
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
by Monica Guzmán 2022 304 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
How We Know What Isn't So Summary
How We Know What Isn't So
The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
by Thomas Gilovich 1991 216 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
by Jacob Mchangama 2022 528 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Home
Swipe
Library
Get App
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 26,000+ books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 2: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 3: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Jun 25,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
— Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Unlock a world of fiction & nonfiction books
26,000+ books for the price of 2 books
Read any book in 10 minutes
Discover new books like Tinder
Request any book if it's not summarized
Read more books than anyone you know
#1 app for book lovers
Lifelike & immersive summaries
30-day money-back guarantee
Download summaries in EPUBs or PDFs
Cancel anytime in a few clicks
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel