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
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
In Defense of a Liberal Education
Education
Philosophy
Politics
Cool
How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives Our Economy and Shapes Our World
Psychology
Sociology
Economics
When to Rob a Bank
...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
Economics
Business
Psychology
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Modern Romance
Humor
Romance
Comedy
The Age of Dignity
Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America
Economics
Social Work
Sociology
The Wisdom of Crowds
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
Sociology
Economics
Politics
How Propaganda Works
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
Reclaiming Conversation
The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Psychology
Technology
Communication
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
Politics
Science
Mathematics
SuperFreakonomics CD
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Business
Science
Psychology
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Beyond Fundamentalism
Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization
Religion
Politics
History
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Girls & Sex
Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Feminism
Parenting
Sexuality
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire
Psychology
Science
Evolution
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism (MIT Press)
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
Watching the English
The International Bestseller Revised and Updated
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Science
History
Utopia for Realists
The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Progress
Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
Economics
History
Politics
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Psychology
Technology
Business
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Politics
Sociology
History
Unconscious Branding
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
Business
Psychology
Neuroscience
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
Psychology
Business
Science
Rebel Sell
Politics
Philosophy
Cultural
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Education
Politics
Sociology
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Business
Psychology
Science
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Politics
History
Economics
Men and Marriage
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
Solitude
In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Requiem for the American Dream
The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Politics
Economics
History
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
Science
Technology
Psychology
Selfie
How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
Psychology
Sociology
History
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
Technology
Design
Politics
The Meme Machine (Popular Science)
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Vintage International)
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy)
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
Education
Philosophy
Teaching
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)
Philosophy
Politics
History