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
Where We Stand
Class Matters
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Foolproof
Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity
Psychology
Politics
Science
Poverty, by America
Politics
Sociology
History
Feminism or Death
Feminism
Politics
France
Hard-Core Romance
"Fifty Shades of Grey," Best-Sellers, and Society
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
The Teachers
A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
Education
Teaching
Sociology
For the Culture
The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be
Business
Psychology
Sociology
Selfless
The Social Creation of “You”
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
Politics
History
Economics
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Fourth Turning Is Here
History
Politics
Economics
Spent
Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
Psychology
Science
Economics
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Luxury Fever
Economics
Sociology
Psychology
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't — and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
Psychology
Science
Politics
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Politics
History
Biography
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Sociology
Business
History
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
Business
Psychology
Economics
Never Enough
When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
Parenting
Education
Self Help
Social Justice Fallacies
Politics
Economics
History
Chasing the Scream
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
History
Politics
Psychology
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Memoir
Biography
Politics
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
Sociology
Economics
Business
The Health Gap
The Challenge of an Unequal World
Medicine
Health
Health Care
Liberalism and Its Discontents
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Good-Enough Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Status Anxiety
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Age of Propaganda
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
Psychology
Politics
Business
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Politics
History
Business
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
For the Love of Men
A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity
Feminism
Psychology
Gender
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Politics
History
Technology
Passwords
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
Language
Linguistics
History
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
Politics
Economics
Business
The Ritual Effect
From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
Self Help
Psychology
Science
The Irrational Bundle
Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
Psychology
Economics
Science
The Expanding Circle
Ethics and Sociobiology
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
Politics
History
War
Invisible Doctrine
The Secret History of Neoliberalism
Politics
Economics
History
Stories Are Weapons
Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
Politics
History
Psychology
The Anxious Generation
How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
Sociology
Crime
Science
Criminology
Crime
Psychology
Academic
Criminology For Dummies
Reference
Crime
Science
The Grift
The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
Politics
History
Race
The Concise Art of Seduction
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy