Like-Minded Community Books | Summaries & Audio

Community Building on the Web

by Amy Jo Kim • 1999

Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.

3.68

101

🏘️ Community Management 🎨 Community Design 🔄 Membership Models

Community Building on the Web 89%

Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.

by Amy Jo Kim 1999

3.68

101 ratings

🏘️ Community Management 🎨 Community Design 🔄 Membership Models

The Art of Community

by Charles H. Vogl • 2016

Seven elements that forge a meaningful community, where members grow and look out for each other.

3.68

1k+

🏘️ Community Building 🫂 Belonging 🧱 Group Culture

The Art of Community 88%

Seven elements that forge a meaningful community, where members grow and look out for each other.

by Charles H. Vogl 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Community Building 🫂 Belonging 🧱 Group Culture

Sharing the Journey

by Robert Wuthnow • 1994

Forty percent of American adults are rebuilding community and faith inside small support groups.

3.50

🫂 Support Groups ⛪ Sociology Of Religion 🏘️ Community Studies

Sharing the Journey 88%

Forty percent of American adults are rebuilding community and faith inside small support groups.

by Robert Wuthnow 1994

3.50

10 ratings

🫂 Support Groups ⛪ Sociology Of Religion 🏘️ Community Studies

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party

by Nick Gray • 2022

Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.

4.15

857

👥 Adult Friendship 🤝 Professional Networking 🎉 Hosting Gatherings

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party 88%

Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.

by Nick Gray 2022

4.15

857 ratings

👥 Adult Friendship 🤝 Professional Networking 🎉 Hosting Gatherings

Get Together

by Bailey Richardson • 2019

Start with five passionate friends, not 500 strangers: the lean playbook for communities that last.

3.77

735

🧱 Community Building 🔧 Lean Methodology 🙋 Participatory Design

Get Together 88%

Start with five passionate friends, not 500 strangers: the lean playbook for communities that last.

by Bailey Richardson 2019

3.77

735 ratings

🧱 Community Building 🔧 Lean Methodology 🙋 Participatory Design

Cognitive Surplus

by Clay Shirky • 2010

Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.

3.83

6k+

🏭 Peer Production 🎬 Participatory Culture 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Cognitive Surplus 88%

Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.

by Clay Shirky 2010

3.83

6k+ ratings

🏭 Peer Production 🎬 Participatory Culture 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5k+

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

Palaces for the People 88%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

Community

by Peter Block • 2008

Belonging is not a program but a conversation: here is how to host it.

4.06

2k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 🏛️ Civic Engagement 🌱 Asset-Based Thinking

Community 88%

Belonging is not a program but a conversation: here is how to host it.

by Peter Block 2008

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🏛️ Civic Engagement 🌱 Asset-Based Thinking

Lifehouse

by Adam Greenfield • 2024

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

3.84

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation

Lifehouse 88%

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

by Adam Greenfield 2024

3.84

86 ratings

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation

The Art of Gathering

by Priya Parker • 2018

Stop hosting on autopilot: give your gathering a disputable purpose and watch people lean in.

3.94

29k+

📋 Meeting Design 🧩 Behavioral Design 🤝 Social Connection

The Art of Gathering 87%

Stop hosting on autopilot: give your gathering a disputable purpose and watch people lean in.

by Priya Parker 2018

3.94

29k+ ratings

📋 Meeting Design 🧩 Behavioral Design 🤝 Social Connection

On Dialogue

by David Bohm • 1996

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

4.08

1k+

🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking

On Dialogue 87%

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

by David Bohm 1996

4.08

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking

New Power

by Jeremy Heimans • 2018

Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.

3.81

2k+

🥊 Power Dynamics 🌐 Network Society ✊ Digital Activism

New Power 87%

Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.

by Jeremy Heimans 2018

3.81

2k+ ratings

🥊 Power Dynamics 🌐 Network Society ✊ Digital Activism

Friendship in the Age of Loneliness

by Adam Smiley Poswolsky • 2021

You have hundreds of contacts and maybe one real friend. The playbook for rebuilding your circle.

3.38

426

👥 Adult Friendship 🤝 Social Connection 😔 Loneliness Epidemic

Friendship in the Age of Loneliness Summary

Friendship in the Age of Loneliness 87%

You have hundreds of contacts and maybe one real friend. The playbook for rebuilding your circle.

by Adam Smiley Poswolsky 2021

3.38

426 ratings

👥 Adult Friendship 🤝 Social Connection 😔 Loneliness Epidemic

Building Successful Communities of Practice

by Emily Webber • 2016

Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.

3.86

254

🏘️ Communities Of Practice 📚 Organizational Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management

Building Successful Communities of Practice Summary

Building Successful Communities of Practice 87%

Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.

by Emily Webber 2016

3.86

254 ratings

🏘️ Communities Of Practice 📚 Organizational Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management

Braving the Wilderness

by Brené Brown • 2017

The more we sort into tribes, the lonelier we get. Belonging starts with standing alone.

4.12

121k+

🏠 Authentic Belonging 🗳️ Political Polarization 🪞 Self-Acceptance

Braving the Wilderness 87%

The more we sort into tribes, the lonelier we get. Belonging starts with standing alone.

by Brené Brown 2017

4.12

121k+ ratings

🏠 Authentic Belonging 🗳️ Political Polarization 🪞 Self-Acceptance

Made for People

by Justin Whitmel Earley • 2023

Hyper-connected yet lonely: the habits that reclaim friendship as a Christian practice.

4.45

3k+

🌍 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Biblical Community 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Made for People 87%

Hyper-connected yet lonely: the habits that reclaim friendship as a Christian practice.

by Justin Whitmel Earley 2023

4.45

3k+ ratings

🌍 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Biblical Community 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Friendship in an Age of Economics

by Todd May • 2012

The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.

3.72

📉 Neoliberal Critique 🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship 🏛️ Social Philosophy

Friendship in an Age of Economics Summary

Friendship in an Age of Economics 87%

The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.

by Todd May 2012

3.72

29 ratings

📉 Neoliberal Critique 🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship 🏛️ Social Philosophy

The Psychology of Belonging

by Kelly-Ann Allen • 2020

Belonging is a survival need. Here are the skills biology wired your brain to crave.

3.82

🧩 Belonging Research 🏫 School Belonging 🚫 Ostracism And Rejection

The Psychology of Belonging 87%

Belonging is a survival need. Here are the skills biology wired your brain to crave.

by Kelly-Ann Allen 2020

3.82

44 ratings

🧩 Belonging Research 🏫 School Belonging 🚫 Ostracism And Rejection

Flourish

by Daniel Coyle • 2026

Flourishing is not a solo pursuit. It's a shared creation, and conditions can be built.

4.10

572

🧠 Positive Psychology 🤝 Collective Flourishing 🌀 Self-Organization

Flourish 87%

Flourishing is not a solo pursuit. It's a shared creation, and conditions can be built.

by Daniel Coyle 2026

4.10

572 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 🤝 Collective Flourishing 🌀 Self-Organization

The Good Society

by Robert N. Bellah • 1991

Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.

3.66

105

🏘️ Communitarianism 🗳️ American Civic Life 🏛️ Democratic Theory

The Good Society 87%

Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.

by Robert N. Bellah 1991

3.66

105 ratings

🏘️ Communitarianism 🗳️ American Civic Life 🏛️ Democratic Theory

Reveille for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

3.84

589

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership

Reveille for Radicals 87%

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1946

3.84

589 ratings

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership

Heaven Is a Place on Earth

by Adrian Shirk • 2022

Utopia is a practice, not a place. Three centuries of Americans building communities from scratch.

3.93

215

🗺️ Memoir Of Place 🛖 Intentional Communities 🗽 American Utopianism

Heaven Is a Place on Earth 87%

Utopia is a practice, not a place. Three centuries of Americans building communities from scratch.

by Adrian Shirk 2022

3.93

215 ratings

🗺️ Memoir Of Place 🛖 Intentional Communities 🗽 American Utopianism

Together

by Richard Sennett • 2011

The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.

3.81

469

🧱 Social Cooperation 🏙️ Urban Sociology 🎭 Ritual And Society

Together 87%

The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.

by Richard Sennett 2011

3.81

469 ratings

🧱 Social Cooperation 🏙️ Urban Sociology 🎭 Ritual And Society

Belong

by Radha Agrawal • 2018

Loneliness harms like alcoholism. A method to find true community, not just more contacts.

3.60

1k+

🏘️ Community Building 👥 Adult Friendships 🏠 Belonging

Belong 87%

Loneliness harms like alcoholism. A method to find true community, not just more contacts.

by Radha Agrawal 2018

3.60

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Community Building 👥 Adult Friendships 🏠 Belonging

Citizens

by Jon Alexander • 2022

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

4.04

317

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action

Citizens 87%

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

by Jon Alexander 2022

4.04

317 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action

Organizing

by Marshall Ganz • 2014

The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.

4.26

🧱 Community Organizing 🗳️ Civic Leadership 📖 Storytelling For Change

Organizing 87%

The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.

by Marshall Ganz 2014

4.26

19 ratings

🧱 Community Organizing 🗳️ Civic Leadership 📖 Storytelling For Change

Selfless

by Brian Lowery • 2023

The person you think you are was built by every relationship you have ever had.

3.77

414

🧠 Social Psychology 🧱 Social Construction 🪞 Self And Identity

Selfless 87%

The person you think you are was built by every relationship you have ever had.

by Brian Lowery 2023

3.77

414 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 🧱 Social Construction 🪞 Self And Identity

Radical Friendship

by Kate Johnson • 2021

How to build friendships that survive hard times, hold truth, and push back against injustice.

4.13

467

🧠 Buddhist Psychology ✊ Engaged Buddhism 💗 Loving-Kindness

Radical Friendship 87%

How to build friendships that survive hard times, hold truth, and push back against injustice.

by Kate Johnson 2021

4.13

467 ratings

🧠 Buddhist Psychology ✊ Engaged Buddhism 💗 Loving-Kindness

The Friendship Crisis

by Marla Paul • 2004

Why making friends after 30 feels impossible, and the concrete steps that actually work.

3.18

254

👫 Adult Friendships 🤝 Making Friends 💔 Combatting Loneliness

The Friendship Crisis 87%

Why making friends after 30 feels impossible, and the concrete steps that actually work.

by Marla Paul 2004

3.18

254 ratings

👫 Adult Friendships 🤝 Making Friends 💔 Combatting Loneliness

The Other Significant Others

by Rhaina Cohen • 2024

Two friends share a mortgage, a child, a life. Everyone asks if they're a couple.

3.93

5k+

🤝 Chosen Family 💔 Decentering Romance 🔓 Relationship Anarchy

The Other Significant Others 87%

Two friends share a mortgage, a child, a life. Everyone asks if they're a couple.

by Rhaina Cohen 2024

3.93

5k+ ratings

🤝 Chosen Family 💔 Decentering Romance 🔓 Relationship Anarchy

Superfans

by Pat Flynn • 2019

Build a fan base that buys, shares, and stays: the four-stage method for creating true believers.

4.12

2k+

🧱 Audience Building 👥 Fan Communities 💎 Brand Loyalty

Superfans 87%

Build a fan base that buys, shares, and stays: the four-stage method for creating true believers.

by Pat Flynn 2019

4.12

2k+ ratings

🧱 Audience Building 👥 Fan Communities 💎 Brand Loyalty

The Friendship Cure

by Kate Leaver • 2018

Loneliness rivals tobacco as a killer. Friendship is an evolutionary necessity, not a luxury.

3.32

544

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Connection 🏥 Loneliness Epidemic 👫 Adult Friendships

The Friendship Cure 87%

Loneliness rivals tobacco as a killer. Friendship is an evolutionary necessity, not a luxury.

by Kate Leaver 2018

3.32

544 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Connection 🏥 Loneliness Epidemic 👫 Adult Friendships

Habits of the Heart

by Robert N. Bellah • 1985

America's faith in the autonomous self has hollowed out its communities and left citizens isolated.

3.89

1k+

🇺🇸 American Society 🏛️ Political Sociology 🌐 Individualism Critique

Habits of the Heart 87%

America's faith in the autonomous self has hollowed out its communities and left citizens isolated.

by Robert N. Bellah 1985

3.89

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Society 🏛️ Political Sociology 🌐 Individualism Critique

Find Your People

by Jennie Allen • 2022

More lethal than smoking: chronic loneliness. The cure is five people who actually know you.

3.94

21k+

🧩 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Christian Community 🕊️ Spiritual Friendship

Find Your People 87%

More lethal than smoking: chronic loneliness. The cure is five people who actually know you.

by Jennie Allen 2022

3.94

21k+ ratings

🧩 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Christian Community 🕊️ Spiritual Friendship

Morality

by Jonathan Sacks • 2019

Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.

4.34

2k+

🔗 Social Capital 🫂 Loneliness Epidemic 🧍 Individualism Critique

Morality 87%

Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.

by Jonathan Sacks 2019

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔗 Social Capital 🫂 Loneliness Epidemic 🧍 Individualism Critique

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

3.83

1k+

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures

Team Human 87%

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2019

3.83

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures

Here Comes Everybody

by Clay Shirky • 2008

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

3.78

7k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action

Here Comes Everybody 87%

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

by Clay Shirky 2008

3.78

7k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action

Sounds Fake But Okay

by Sarah Costello • 2023

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

3.66

1k+

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy

Sounds Fake But Okay 87%

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

by Sarah Costello 2023

3.66

1k+ ratings

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy

The Culting of Brands

by Douglas Atkin • 2005

Devoted brand tribes mirror actual cults: same belonging rituals, shared language, and clear enemies

3.76

275

🏘️ Brand Communities 🧠 Cult Psychology 🛒 Consumer Behavior

The Culting of Brands 87%

Devoted brand tribes mirror actual cults: same belonging rituals, shared language, and clear enemies

by Douglas Atkin 2005

3.76

275 ratings

🏘️ Brand Communities 🧠 Cult Psychology 🛒 Consumer Behavior

Politics Is for Power

by Eitan D. Hersh • 2020

Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.

4.09

1k+

🏘️ Community Organizing ⚡ Power Building 📱 Slacktivism

Politics Is for Power 87%

Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.

by Eitan D. Hersh 2020

4.09

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Community Organizing ⚡ Power Building 📱 Slacktivism

Spirit Of Community

by Amitai Etzioni • 1993

The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.

3.50

🏘️ Communitarianism ⚖️ Rights And Duties 📚 Moral Education

Spirit Of Community 87%

The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.

by Amitai Etzioni 1993

3.50

80 ratings

🏘️ Communitarianism ⚖️ Rights And Duties 📚 Moral Education

How to Change the World

by John-Paul Flintoff • 2012

Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.

3.73

942

🫶 Social Change 🌱 Grassroots Activism 💪 Personal Agency

How to Change the World 87%

Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.

by John-Paul Flintoff 2012

3.73

942 ratings

🫶 Social Change 🌱 Grassroots Activism 💪 Personal Agency

Socrates Cafe

by Christopher Phillips • 2001

Socratic questioning over coffee: how it builds wisdom, and how to host your own gathering.

3.68

1k+

🏛️ Public Philosophy ❓ Socratic Method 🧠 Intellectual Humility

Socrates Cafe 87%

Socratic questioning over coffee: how it builds wisdom, and how to host your own gathering.

by Christopher Phillips 2001

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Public Philosophy ❓ Socratic Method 🧠 Intellectual Humility

To Have or To Be?

by Erich Fromm • 1976

Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.

4.18

14k+

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Frankfurt School

To Have or To Be? 87%

Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.

by Erich Fromm 1976

4.18

14k+ ratings

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Frankfurt School

The Answer to How Is Yes

by Peter Block • 2003

The question 'How?' is a detour. The one that comes before it changes everything.

3.96

649

🎯 Purpose At Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 🐢 Anti-Productivity

The Answer to How Is Yes 87%

The question 'How?' is a detour. The one that comes before it changes everything.

by Peter Block 2003

3.96

649 ratings

🎯 Purpose At Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 🐢 Anti-Productivity

The Network State

by Balaji S. Srinivasan • 2022

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

3.92

1k+

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation

The Network State 87%

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022

3.92

1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation

The Wealth of Networks

by Yochai Benkler • 2006

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

3.96

2k+

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture

The Wealth of Networks 87%

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

by Yochai Benkler 2006

3.96

2k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture

A Hidden Wholeness

by Parker J. Palmer • 2004

The soul hides when it feels unsafe. How to create a room where it finally speaks.

4.09

4k+

🧘 Contemplative Practice 🪷 Soul Care 👥 Group Facilitation

A Hidden Wholeness 87%

The soul hides when it feels unsafe. How to create a room where it finally speaks.

by Parker J. Palmer 2004

4.09

4k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Practice 🪷 Soul Care 👥 Group Facilitation

How To Start A Cult

by Jody Raynsford • 2021

Forget brand loyalty. Build a following so devoted your customers do the recruiting for you.

3.89

🏘️ Brand Communities 🏕️ Tribal Marketing 📍 Brand Positioning

How To Start A Cult 87%

Forget brand loyalty. Build a following so devoted your customers do the recruiting for you.

by Jody Raynsford 2021

3.89

88 ratings

🏘️ Brand Communities 🏕️ Tribal Marketing 📍 Brand Positioning

Partnering

by Jean Oelwang • 2022

Lone genius is a myth. The world changes through deep partnerships, rituals, and shared purpose.

3.77

195

🧩 Partnership Dynamics 🤝 Collaborative Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

Partnering 86%

Lone genius is a myth. The world changes through deep partnerships, rituals, and shared purpose.

by Jean Oelwang 2022

3.77

195 ratings

🧩 Partnership Dynamics 🤝 Collaborative Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work

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