Sociology Book Summaries

Parasitic Mind Summary
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad 2020 264 pages
3.95
8.1K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
786 ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
611.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.21
35.8K ratings
Politics
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Economics
Sensemaking in Organizations Summary
Sensemaking in Organizations
by Karl E. Weick 1995 248 pages
4.04
134 ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
54.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4.3K ratings
Sociology
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Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
by Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 pages
3.84
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone
The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 pages
3.85
8.4K ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
The Chaos Machine Summary
The Chaos Machine
The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
by Max Fisher 2022 400 pages
4.28
7.4K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Politics
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
29.3K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 pages
3.97
188.3K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages
4.17
8.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1992 222 pages
3.95
4.9K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
Social Intelligence Summary
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman 2006 416 pages
3.99
14.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Self-Made Man Summary
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
by Norah Vincent 2006 290 pages
3.42
6.2K ratings
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
Evolutionary Psychology Summary
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss 2014 518 pages
4.35
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
The Paradox of Choice Summary
The Paradox of Choice
Why More Is Less
by Barry Schwartz 2004 265 pages
3.84
36.1K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Society of the Spectacle Summary
The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord 1967 154 pages
4.03
22.3K ratings
Philosophy
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Theory
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
153.7K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Scarcity Summary
Scarcity
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
by Sendhil Mullainathan 2013 304 pages
3.94
7.2K ratings
Psychology
Economics
Business
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.06
14.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace 2023 320 pages
4.15
6.5K ratings
Parenting
Education
Self Help
The Sublime Object of Ideology Summary
The Sublime Object of Ideology
by Slavoj Žižek 1989 256 pages
4.07
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
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Theory
The Four Pivots Summary
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
by Shawn A. Ginwright 2022 272 pages
4.37
866 ratings
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4.2K ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
Laziness Does Not Exist Summary
Laziness Does Not Exist
by Devon Price 2021 256 pages
3.92
10.3K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Status Anxiety Summary
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton 2004 306 pages
3.89
21.0K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It
by Will Storr 2021 437 pages
4.13
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz 2010 339 pages
3.94
7.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
429 ratings
Business
Society
Management
The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.22
4.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Buyology Summary
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2008 241 pages
3.76
14.1K ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8.2K ratings
India
History
Politics
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
Generations Summary
Generations
The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
by Jean M. Twenge 2023 560 pages
4.04
4.8K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
History
A Billion Wicked Thoughts Summary
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire
by Sai Gaddam 2011 416 pages
3.83
4.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sexuality
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Crime
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
617 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
150.9K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
133.4K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
114.0K ratings
History
Politics
Race
So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 290 pages
3.93
64.9K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Book Club
The Social Construction of Reality Summary
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
by Peter L. Berger 1966 219 pages
4.11
4.2K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.60
7.5K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
108.0K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
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