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The Sociology of Georg Simmel Summary
The Sociology of Georg Simmel
by George Simmel 1964 445 pages
3.90
73 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Anthropology
Worth Dying For Summary
Worth Dying For
The Power and Politics of Flags
by Tim Marshall 2016 266 pages
3.65
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
The Sources of Social Power Summary
The Sources of Social Power
Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
by Michael Mann 1986 560 pages
4.32
158 ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
The Lost and the Found Summary
The Lost and the Found
A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances
by Kevin Fagan 2025 288 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Memoir
Sociology
Social Justice
All the Single Ladies Summary
All the Single Ladies
by Rebecca Traister 2016 339 pages
4.00
17k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Politics
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine
Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
by Ivan Illich 1974 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Medicine
Health
Making Democracy Work Summary
Making Democracy Work
Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
by Robert D. Putnam 1992 258 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Why the West Rules—for Now Summary
Why the West Rules—for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
by Ian Morris 2010 1162 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
A Genocide Foretold Summary
A Genocide Foretold
Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine
by Chris Hedges 2025 208 pages
4.58
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Affluence and Influence Summary
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
by Martin Gilens 2010 352 pages
3.79
145 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Cults Summary
Cults
Faith, Healing and Coercion
by Marc Galanter 1989 304 pages
3.77
111 ratings
Cults
Psychology
Religion
A Lot of People Are Saying Summary
A Lot of People Are Saying
The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy
by Russell Muirhead 2019 232 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
Oligarchy Summary
Oligarchy
by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011 344 pages
4.30
166 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
World on Fire Summary
World on Fire
How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
by Amy Chua 2002 368 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
by Michael Shellenberger 2021 416 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Anointed Summary
Anointed
The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World
by Toby Stuart 2025 288 pages
3.48
141 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
All That Is Solid Summary
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
by Danny Dorling 2014
3.55
144 ratings
Politics
Geography
Cities
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Summary
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
by Émile Durkheim 1912 416 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
The Social Paradox Summary
The Social Paradox
Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness – An Evolutionary Psychology Guide to Overcoming Loneliness
by William Von Hippel 2025 304 pages
3.79
179 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Slap in the Face Summary
A Slap in the Face
Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't
by William B. Irvine 2013 264 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Furious Minds Summary
Furious Minds
The Making of the MAGA New Right
by Laura K. Field 2025 432 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Bring the War Home Summary
Bring the War Home
The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
by Kathleen Belew 2018 339 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
American Crucible Summary
American Crucible
Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
by Gary Gerstle 2001 472 pages
3.82
246 ratings
History
American History
Race
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia Summary
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
by Elizabeth Catte 2018 200 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Carpe Diem Summary
Carpe Diem
Seizing the Day in a Distracted World
by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017 288 pages
3.76
385 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The New Class War Summary
The New Class War
Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
by Michael Lind 2017 224 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Consequences of Modernity Summary
The Consequences of Modernity
by Anthony Giddens 1988 200 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946 256 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Day of Empire Summary
Day of Empire
How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
by Amy Chua 2007 432 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Division of Labor in Society Summary
The Division of Labor in Society
by Émile Durkheim 1893 416 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
Conspiracy Summary
Conspiracy
Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
by Michael Shermer 2022 376 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
An Inconvenient Minority Summary
An Inconvenient Minority
The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy
by Kenny Xu 2021 274 pages
3.95
282 ratings
Politics
Education
History
White Identity Politics Summary
White Identity Politics
by Ashley Jardina 2019
3.90
208 ratings
Politics
Race
Political Science
The Fall of Public Man Summary
The Fall of Public Man
by Richard Sennett 1977 512 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Dying of Whiteness Summary
Dying of Whiteness
How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
by Jonathan M. Metzl 2019 341 pages
4.11
7k+ ratings
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Future Babble Summary
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
by Dan Gardner 2010 320 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
History
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Summary
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
by Erving Goffman 1959 259 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Race and Manifest Destiny Summary
Race and Manifest Destiny
Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism
by Reginald Horsman 1981 380 pages
3.84
150 ratings
History
Race
American History
Habits of the Heart Summary
Habits of the Heart
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
by Robert N. Bellah 1985 376 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
The Secret Life of Pronouns Summary
The Secret Life of Pronouns
What Our Words Say About Us
by James W. Pennebaker 2011 368 pages
3.67
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Language
Linguistics
White Backlash Summary
White Backlash
Immigration, Race, and American Politics
by Marisa Abrajano 2015 256 pages
3.65
49 ratings
Immigration
Race
Politics
More Than Words Summary
More Than Words
How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World
by Maryellen MacDonald 2025 336 pages
4.06
126 ratings
Psychology
Science
Communication
Giants Summary
Giants
The Global Power Elite
by Peter Phillips 2018 355 pages
3.79
257 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Great Experiment Summary
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
by Yascha Mounk 2022 368 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen 1989 245 pages
3.93
352 ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism
A Double-Edged Sword
by Seymour Martin Lipset 1996 354 pages
3.50
116 ratings
Politics
Sociology
American History
Whiteness of a Different Color Summary
Whiteness of a Different Color
European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race
by Matthew Frye Jacobson 1998 364 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
History
Race
Sociology
When Race Trumps Merit Summary
When Race Trumps Merit
How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives
by Heather Mac Donald 2023 320 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
Politics
Race
Sociology
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Summary
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
by Albert O. Hirschman 1970 176 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Listen Summary
Listen
On Music, Sound and Us – The Perfect Nonfiction Gift for Musicians and Curious Minds
by Michel Faber 2023 516 pages
3.30
374 ratings
Music
21st Century
Sociology
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