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
Girls & Sex
Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Feminism
Parenting
Sexuality
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire — Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do
Psychology
Science
Sociology
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age
Scientific Habits of Mind
Science
Psychology
Skepticism
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
History
Feminism
Sociology
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
The Silo Effect
The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers
Business
Management
Leadership
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Psychology
Science
History
Against Democracy
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
Economics
History
Politics
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Psychology
Business
Technology
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Politics
Sociology
History
Unconscious Branding
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
Business
Psychology
Neuroscience
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
Psychology
Business
Science
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
The Price of Admission
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Education
Politics
Sociology
Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Feminism
History
Womens
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Business
Psychology
Science
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
Politics
Canada
Sociology
The Knowledge Illusion
Why We Never Think Alone
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Glass House
The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
Politics
History
Economics
Men and Marriage
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
Solitude
A Singular Life in a Crowded World
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Politics
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Requiem for the American Dream
The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Politics
Economics
History
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
Science
Technology
Psychology
The Worm at the Core
On the Role of Death in Life
Psychology
Philosophy
Death
Selfie
How the West Became Self-Obsessed
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Broken Ladder
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
Politics
Psychology
Economics
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
Technology
Design
Politics
The Meme Machine
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Sensation
The New Science of Physical Intelligence
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
Politics
Psychology
Political Science
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
Education
Philosophy
Teaching
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
Philosophy
Politics
History
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
Business
Leadership
Society