Sociology Book Summaries

The Age of Empathy Summary
The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages
4.00
2.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Animals
When to Rob a Bank Summary
When to Rob a Bank
...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
by Steven D. Levitt 2015 387 pages
3.53
14.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Psychology
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology
by David G. Myers 1983 593 pages
4.01
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Sociology
Social Identity Summary
Social Identity
by Richard Jenkins 1996 232 pages
3.68
127 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
Why Men Fight Summary
Why Men Fight
by Bertrand Russell 1916 280 pages
3.95
233 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
25.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Žižek 2014 208 pages
3.73
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
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How the World Works (Real Story Summary
How the World Works (Real Story
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread— The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Sane Society Summary
The Sane Society
by Erich Fromm 1955 386 pages
4.25
2.8K ratings
Psychology
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Sociology
Acting with Power Summary
Acting with Power
Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe
by Deborah Gruenfeld 2020 272 pages
3.85
438 ratings
Business
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Self Help
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
456 ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The End of Burnout Summary
The End of Burnout
Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
by Jonathan Malesic 2022 288 pages
3.77
530 ratings
Psychology
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Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety Summary
Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety
by Renee Engeln 2017 416 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Self Help
Emergence Summary
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson 2001 288 pages
3.95
3.5K ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
On Rumors Summary
On Rumors
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
by Cass R. Sunstein 2009 112 pages
3.27
290 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.56
700 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
You Are What You Watch Summary
You Are What You Watch
by Walter Hickey 2023 240 pages
3.66
648 ratings
Psychology
Film
Science
The Struggle for Recognition Summary
The Struggle for Recognition
The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
by Axel Honneth 1992 240 pages
4.12
276 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Cynical Theories Summary
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
by Helen Pluckrose 2020 348 pages
4.11
5.7K ratings
Politics
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Sociology
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Summary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn 1962 226 pages
4.03
28.8K ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Summary
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
by Carlo M. Cipolla 1976 96 pages
3.86
10.3K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Humor
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood 1992 382 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
The Art of Life Summary
The Art of Life
by Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 pages
3.77
822 ratings
Philosophy
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Psychology
Saving the Modern Soul Summary
Saving the Modern Soul
Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help
by Eva Illouz 2008 304 pages
4.12
163 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages
4.19
854 ratings
Politics
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History
Sway Summary
Sway
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
by Ori Brafman 2008 206 pages
3.78
19.7K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis 2001 186 pages
3.54
3.9K ratings
History
Islam
Religion
Men Who Hate Women Summary
Men Who Hate Women
by Laura Bates 2020 366 pages
4.34
22.8K ratings
Feminism
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Sociology
Luxury Fever Summary
Luxury Fever
by Robert H. Frank 1999 326 pages
3.78
180 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Psychology
Redirect Summary
Redirect
The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009 288 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Peoplewatching Summary
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
by Desmond Morris 1977 400 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Open Socrates Summary
Open Socrates
The Case for a Philosophical Life
by Agnes Callard 2025 416 pages
4.00
276 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The Culture of Fear Summary
The Culture of Fear
Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 1999 210 pages
3.70
3.7K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Psychology
Worshipping False Gods Summary
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
by Arun Shourie 1997 680 pages
3.81
352 ratings
History
India
Politics
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 460 pages
3.99
2.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology Summary
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
by Steve Bruce 1999 128 pages
3.39
872 ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth
How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives
by Alvin Toffler 2006 512 pages
3.89
661 ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
Brandwashed Summary
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages
3.81
4.3K ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.46
628 ratings
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
The Constitution of Knowledge Summary
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
by Jonathan Rauch 2021 318 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Hey, Hun Summary
Hey, Hun
Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages
3.60
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Cults
Feminism
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 293 pages
4.20
16.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
by Amartya Sen 2006 240 pages
3.84
2.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Tribe Summary
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages
4.02
47.8K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Grift Summary
The Grift
The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
by Clay Cane 2024 400 pages
4.27
622 ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Perennials Summary
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
by Mauro F. Guillén 2023 263 pages
3.59
194 ratings
Sociology
Business
Society
Shop Class as Soulcraft Summary
Shop Class as Soulcraft
An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
by Matthew B. Crawford 2009 241 pages
3.75
10.7K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Self Help
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