|
9.5
|
How to Survive in Your Native LandHow to Survive in Your Native Land |
James HerndonHerndon |
Non-Fiction |
Education, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
Class: A Guide Through the American Status SystemClass: A Guide Through the American Status System |
Paul FussellFussell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Economics/Finance |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
Crime and Punishment in American HistoryCrime and Punishment in American History |
Lawrence FriedmanFriedman |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, History |
United States |
|
|
9.5
|
Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great MigrationThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration |
Isabel WilkersonWilkerson |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Envy: A Theory of Social BehaviorEnvy: A Theory of Social Behavior |
Helmut SchoeckSchoeck |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Politics |
Austria |
|
|
9.0
|
Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards and Circulation of Cultural ValueThe Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards and Circulation of Cultural Value |
James EnglishEnglish |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Economics/Finance |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United StatesCrabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States |
Kenneth JacksonJackson |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American MetropolisDetroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis |
Mark BinelliBinelli |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's ScapegoatsThe Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats |
Jim GoadGoad |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and ReligionThe Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion |
Jonathan HaidtHaidt |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Denial of DeathThe Denial of Death |
Ernest BeckerBecker |
Non-Fiction |
Psychology, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityBehind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity |
Katherine BooBoo |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, History |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final ChapterHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter |
Sherwin NulandNuland |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished HolidayThe Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished Holiday |
Stephen NissenbaumNissenbaum |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in PolandOrdinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland |
Christopher BrowningBrowning |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of BeliefGoing Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief |
Lawrence WrightWrightb |
Non-Fiction |
Religion, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
9.0
|
Better Angels of our NatureThe Better Angels of Our Nature |
Steven PinkerPinker |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
What the Dog Saw: And Other AdventuresWhat the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures |
Malcolm GladwellGladwell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Essays |
Canada |
|
|
8.5
|
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the InnocentThree Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent |
Harvey SilverglateSilverglate |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Other |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Making of the English Working ClassThe Making of the English Working Class |
E.P. ThompsonThompson |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.5
|
Oppressed Middle: Politics of Middle Management and Scenes from Corporate LifeThe Oppressed Middle: Politics of Middle Management and Scenes from Corporate Life |
Earl ShorrisShorris |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Business/Management |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Organization ManThe Organization Man |
William WhyteWhyte |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Business/Management |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite JobsPedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs |
Lauren RiveraRivera |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Self-Help |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White LiquorMoonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor |
Alec WilkinsonWilkinson |
Non-Fiction |
Biography, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Affluent SocietyThe Affluent Society |
John Kenneth GalbraithGalbraith |
Non-Fiction |
Economics/Finance, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and ConstructivismFear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism |
Paul BoghossianBoghossian |
Non-Fiction |
Philosophy, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American RightStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right |
Arlie Russell HochschildHochschild |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Abortion and the Politics of MotherhoodAbortion and the Politics of Motherhood |
Kristin LukerLuker |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Blooding: The True Story of the Narborough Village MurdersThe Blooding: The True Story of the Narborough Village Murders |
Joseph WambaughWambaugh |
Non-Fiction |
True Crime, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak CatchersRadical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers |
Tom WolfeWolfe |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Essays |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of DemocracyThe Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy |
Christopher LaschLasch |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.5
|
Vision of the AnointedVision of the Anointed |
Thomas SowellSowell |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
My Experiences as an ExecutionerMy Experiences as an Executioner |
James BerryBerry |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Conquest of America: The Question of the OtherThe Conquest of America: The Question of the Other |
Tzvetan TodorovTodorov |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
France |
|
|
8.0
|
Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working ClassThe Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class |
David RoedigerRoediger |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Politics |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Outliers: The Story of SuccessOutliers: The Story of Success |
Malcolm GladwellGladwell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
Canada |
|
|
8.0
|
History of ShitHistory of Shit |
Dominique LaporteLaporte |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
France |
|
|
8.0
|
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling GiantsDavid and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants |
Malcolm GladwellGladwell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Psychology |
Canada |
|
|
8.0
|
Wisdom of CrowdsThe Wisdom of Crowds |
James SurowieckiSurowiecki |
Non-Fiction |
Economics/Finance, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's SoulSin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul |
Karen AbbottAbbott |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything |
Steven LevittLevitt |
Non-Fiction |
Economics/Finance, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the BronxRandom Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx |
Adrian Nicole LeBlancLeBlanc |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Slaves in the FamilySlaves in the Family |
Edward BallBall |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Yanomamo: Case Studies in Cultural AnthropologyThe Yanomamo: Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology |
Napoleon ChagnonChagnon |
Non-Fiction |
Anthropology, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Gig: Americans Talk About Their JobsGig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs |
John BoweBowe |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Business/Management |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You ThinkFactfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think |
Hans RoslingRosling |
Non-Fiction |
Mathematics/Statistics, Sociology |
Sweden |
|
|
8.0
|
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass MovementsThe True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements |
Eric HofferHoffer |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Psychology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk RockOne Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock |
Dave LaingLaing |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First CenturyNeon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century |
Hal RothmanRothman |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's WorkAll the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work |
Hayley CampbellCampbell |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
8.0
|
Captive MindThe Captive Mind |
Czeslaw MiloszMilosz |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
Poland |
|
|
8.0
|
Making of Middlebrow CultureThe Making of Middlebrow Culture |
Joan Shelley RubinRubinb |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Literary Studies |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisHillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis |
J.D. VanceVanceb |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Illness as MetaphorIllness as Metaphor |
Susan SontagSontag |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
8.0
|
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about ItOf Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It |
Richard ReevesReeves |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and ClassHuman Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class |
Charles MurrayMurray |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers |
Mary RoachRoach |
Non-Fiction |
Medicine, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Hidden DimensionThe Hidden Dimension |
Edward HallHallc |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Art/Architecture |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use ItThe Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It |
Will StorrStorr |
Non-Fiction |
Psychology, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape CaseUntil Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case |
Stuart TaylorTaylor |
Non-Fiction |
True Crime, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Rituals Of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table MannersThe Rituals Of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners |
Margaret VisserVisser |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Food |
Canada |
|
|
7.5
|
Pleasures and Sorrows of WorkThe Pleasures and Sorrows of Work |
Alain de Bottonde Botton |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Business/Management |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and HappierTriumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier |
Edward GlaeserGlaeser |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Economics/Finance |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political DisintegrationThe End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration |
Peter TurchinTurchin |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
Russia |
|
|
7.5
|
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los AngelesCity of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles |
Mike DavisDavisb |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Politics |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really AreEverybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are |
Seth Stephens-DavidowitzStephens-Davidowitz |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Mathematics/Statistics |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Power EliteThe Power Elite |
C. Wright MillsMills |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Politics |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Road to Wigan PierThe Road to Wigan Pier |
George OrwellOrwell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Politics |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Chicago: City on the MakeChicago: City on the Make |
Nelson AlgrenAlgren |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate EpidemicDreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic |
Sam QuinonesQuinones |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Medicine |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
On the RezOn the Rez |
Ian FrazierFrazier |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, History |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Burglar’s Guide to the CityA Burglar’s Guide to the City |
Geoff ManaughManaugh |
Non-Fiction |
True Crime, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer CultureCaptains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture |
Stuart EwenEwen |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, History |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and SocietyHeavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society |
Richard DyerDyer |
Non-Fiction |
Film/TV/Theater, Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.5
|
Deschooling SocietyDeschooling Society |
Ivan IllichIllich |
Non-Fiction |
Education, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceThe Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference |
Malcolm GladwellGladwell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
Canada |
|
|
7.5
|
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American WomenBacklash: The Undeclared War Against American Women |
Susan FaludiFaludi |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.5
|
Nineties: A BookThe Nineties: A Book |
Chuck KlostermanKlosterman |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Our AmericaOur America |
David IsayIsay |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American MusicGood Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American Music |
Ann PowersPowers |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College TownMissoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town |
Jon KrakauerKrakauer |
Non-Fiction |
True Crime, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom?The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom? |
David BrinBrin |
Non-Fiction |
Technology, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Stayin' Alive: the 1970s and the Last Days of the Working ClassStayin' Alive: the 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class |
Jefferson CowieCowie |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, History |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Black Macho and the Myth of the Super-WomanBlack Macho and the Myth of the Super-Woman |
Michele WallaceWallacec |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own SuccessThe Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success |
Ross DouthatDouthat |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Escape from Childhood: The Needs and Rights of ChildrenEscape from Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children |
John HoltHoltb |
Non-Fiction |
Education, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black CultureBuppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture |
Nelson GeorgeGeorge |
Non-Fiction |
Music, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Ordeal of ChangeThe Ordeal of Change |
Eric HofferHoffer |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Psychology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America InsaneOn the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane |
Emily GuendelsbergerGuendelsberger |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Business/Management |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Midnights: A Year with the Wellfleet PoliceMidnights: A Year with the Wellfleet Police |
Alec WilkinsonWilkinson |
Non-Fiction |
Autobiography/Memoir, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized SystemGrowing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized System |
Paul GoodmanGoodmanb |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Philosophy |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Home Game: Hockey and Life in CanadaHome Game: Hockey and Life in Canada |
Ken DrydenDryden |
Non-Fiction |
Sports, Sociology |
Canada |
|
|
7.0
|
Anti-Intellectualism In American LifeAnti-Intellectualism In American Life |
Richard HofstadterHofstadter |
Non-Fiction |
Politics, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Basic Laws of Human StupidityThe Basic Laws of Human Stupidity |
Carlo CipollaCipolla |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
Italy |
|
|
7.0
|
Handbook on HangingA Handbook on Hanging |
Charles DuffDuff |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology |
United Kingdom |
|
|
7.0
|
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New YorkLow Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York |
Luc SanteSante |
Non-Fiction |
History, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in AmericaThe Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America |
Daniel BoorstinBoorstin |
Non-Fiction |
Journalism/Media Studies, Sociology |
United States |
|
|
7.0
|
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking |
Malcolm GladwellGladwell |
Non-Fiction |
Sociology, Psychology |
Canada |
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