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
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
History
Politics
Economics
Survival of the Richest
Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
Politics
Economics
Technology
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
The Art of Choosing
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Social Animal
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Fluke
Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
Politics
Psychology
History
Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
Psychology
Business
Science
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Psychology
Technology
Business
The Naked Ape
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Misbelief
What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Globalization and its Discontents
Economics
Politics
History
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
Politics
Philosophy
Science
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
Psychology
Business
Essays
Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play Element in Culture
Philosophy
History
Game Design
The Shallows
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Psychology
Science
Technology
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
Mindreader
The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
History
Science
Anthropology
Far from the Tree
Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
History
Science
Philosophy
Civilization
The West and the Rest
History
Politics
Economics
You Are Not So Smart
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Criminology
Crime
Psychology
Academic
Civilization and Its Discontents
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
A Secular Age
Philosophy
Religion
History
Neuromarketing
Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain
Psychology
Business
Neuroscience
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
Science
Engineering
Technology
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Upside of Irrationality
The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
Psychology
Business
Science
The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Why Love Hurts
A Sociological Explanation
Sociology
Psychology
Feminism
Boys & Sex
Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Parenting
Feminism
Sexuality
Requiem for the American Dream
The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Politics
Economics
History
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
Psychology
Self Help
Social Media
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
Work
A History of How we spend our Time
History
Anthropology
Economics
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
Politics
Sociology
Business
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Secret Life of Groceries
The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
Food
Business
History
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
Politics
Economics
History
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Misogyny
The World's Oldest Prejudice
Feminism
History
Gender
The New Geography of Jobs
Economics
Business
Politics
