Society & Culture Book Summaries

Proust and the Squid

Maryanne Wolf

Proust and the Squid

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

How Music Works

David Byrne

How Music Works

How circumstance and creativity collide in tune

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

An account of the conditions of African Americans after the end of slavery

Maid

Stephanie Land

Maid

Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment

A Philosophical Masterpiece on the Boundaries Between Good and Evil

Renegades

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen

Renegades

Born in the USA

We Should All Be Millionaires

Rachel Rodgers

We Should All Be Millionaires

Change Your Thinking, Build Bank, and Claim Your Independence

Factfulness

Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Factfulness

Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Future proof yourself against the 21st Century

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

The Social Animal

David Brooks

The Social Animal

The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

The Death of Expertise

Tom Nichols

The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

Blockchain Chicken Farm

Xiaowei Wang

Blockchain Chicken Farm

And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

Simply Complexity

Neil F. Johnson

Simply Complexity

A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory

Rogues

Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues

True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Divergent Mind

Jenara Nerenberg

Divergent Mind

Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

Scattered Minds

Gabor Maté

Scattered Minds

The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

At Home

Bill Bryson

At Home

A Short History of Private Life

Purity and Danger

Mary Douglas

Purity and Danger

Investigations on the Human Obsession With Dirt and Cleanliness

The Refusal of Work

David Frayne

The Refusal of Work

The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work

Minor Feelings

Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings

A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition

The Myth of American Inequality

Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund & John Early

The Myth of American Inequality

How Government Biases Policy Debate

The Sum of Us

Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us

What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

The Architecture of Happiness

Alain de Botton

The Architecture of Happiness

Explore the hidden links between buildings and our well being

Social Empathy

Elizabeth Segal

Social Empathy

The Art of Understanding Others

The Common Good

Robert B. Reich

The Common Good

Spread the word of the good deed before it’s too late

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

Why Feminism is the key to a better world

Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave, Seán O'Hagan

Faith, Hope and Carnage

A Meditation on Faith, Art, Music, Freedom, Grief, and Love