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
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Annihilation of Caste
India
History
Politics
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
History
India
Politics
Of Boys and Men
Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
Education
Psychology
Sociology
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
History
Travel
Sociology
How Ideas Spread
Business
Psychology
Science
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
Politics
History
Psychology
Snoop
What Your Stuff Says About You
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Philosophy
Politics
History
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
Feminism
Philosophy
Gender
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Mindmasters
The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
Psychology
Science
Technology
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
What About Men?
Feminism
Humor
Gender
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
History
Science
Sociology
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
Politics
Economics
History
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
History
Biography
Science
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
Psychology
Biography
Science
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
Feminism
Race
Gender
The Authority Gap
Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
Feminism
Politics
Business
Moral Mazes
The World of Corporate Managers
Business
Sociology
Psychology
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Dimensions of Human Behavior
The Changing Life Course
Social Work
Textbooks
School
The Construction of Social Reality
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
Anthropology
History
Sociology
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
The Myth of Male Power
Psychology
Politics
Feminism
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
Education
Sociology
College
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
History
Linguistics
Language
Power, Politics and Culture
Interviews With Edward W. Said
Politics
Philosophy
History
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
History
Biography
Philosophy
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
History
Economics
Politics