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
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
The Civilizing Process
Sociology
History
Philosophy
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
Design
Business
Cultural
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
History
Politics
Cultural
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
Sociology
Economics
Business
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
History
Politics
Immigration
Conspirituality
How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
Politics
Psychology
Science
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Politics
Self Help
The Age of Grievance
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
The End of Race Politics
Arguments for a Colorblind America
Politics
Race
History
Criminology For Dummies
Science
Reference
Psychology
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Mathematics
Science
Education
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
History
Feminism
Sociology
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--And What We Can Do about It
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Islam
Religion
Politics
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Economics
Business
Science
Personality, Character, and Intelligence
Part Three from What the Dog Saw
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The English
A Portrait of a People
History
British Literature
Politics
How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
Politics
Sociology
Economics
The Social Instinct
How Cooperation Shaped the World
Science
Psychology
Biology
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
The Psychology of Intelligence
Psychology
Philosophy
Education
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
Politics
History
Sociology
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Science
Psychology
History
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Cascades
How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change
Leadership
Business
Psychology
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult Of Sentimentality
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Sociology
Reference
Science
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
Politics
Sociology
History
The Jews
History
Politics
Sociology
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
Law
Politics
Social Justice
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The Unabomber Manifesto
Industrial Society & Its Future
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
Politics
History
Business
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Politics
Rethinking Sex
A Provocation
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Delay, Deny, Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
Politics
Business
History
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Democracy and Social Ethics
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Penguin and the Leviathan
How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
Business
Economics
Psychology
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Race
Education
Social Justice
