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Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Popular Anthropology Books
360 books — 274 voters
In Search of Respect by Philippe BourgoisThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanLiquidated by Karen HoDeath Without Weeping by Nancy Scheper-HughesArgonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronisław Malinowski
Good Ethnography
141 books — 103 voters

Call of the Forbidden Way by Robert OwingsFully Alive by Tyler GageShamanism by Manvir SinghA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićShamanism by Mircea Eliade
Best Shamanism Books
49 books — 61 voters
"Believing Women" in Islam by Asma BarlasWomen and Gender in Islam by Leila AhmedThe Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema MernissiDo Muslim Women Need Saving? by Lila Abu-LughodCasting off the Veil by Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi
Gender in Islamic Cultures
180 books — 29 voters

The Anxieties of Mobility by Johan A. LindquistThe Way Thais Lead by Larry S. PersonsAfter the Ancestors by Andrew BeattyEveryday Life in Southeast Asia by Lorraine AragonBomb Children by Leah Zani
Best Ethnographic books on Southeast Asia
13 books — 4 voters
Treasures of Tutankhamun by Katherine Stoddert Gilbert30,000 Years of Art by Phaidon PressRoloff Beny Interprets in Photographs "Pleasure of Ruins" by ... by Rose MacaulayAncient Egypt by Christiane Desroches Noblec...Harmony By Hand by Patrick Houlihan
Best archaeology and ethnography photo books worldwide
71 books — 4 voters

The Nuer by E.E. Evans-PritchardWitchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande by E.E. Evans-PritchardTwilight of Cutting by Saida HodžićPartial Stories by Claire L WendlandBeyond the Neocolonial by Michael Neocosmos
African Ethnography
31 books — 4 voters
Kode-Kode Nusantara by Hokky SitungkirEnacting the Corporation by Marina WelkerBetween the Folds by Jill ForsheeArt as Politics by Kathleen M. AdamsThe Religion of Java by Clifford Geertz
Best Ethnographic Books on Indonesia
8 books — 3 voters

Veiled Sentiments by Lila Abu-LughodMusic in Egypt by Scott L. MarcusGuests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock FerneaWomen As Ritual Experts by Susan Starr SeredLawrence of Arabia by Steven C. Caton
Anthropology of the Middle East
53 books — 3 voters
The Land of Open Graves by Jason De LeónWriting Women's Worlds by Lila Abu-LughodUprooted by Peter J. BoniThe Resonance of Unseen Things by Susan LepselterSwamplife by Laura A. Ogden
MSU Cultural Anthropology
58 books — 3 voters

Participant Observation by James P. SpradleyWriting the New Ethnography by H.L. Goodall Jr.Ethnographic Film by Karl G. HeiderThe Cultural Experience by James P. SpradleyDigital Ethnography by Natalie M. Underberg
Best books on ethnography
10 books — 2 voters
Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba by Valerio SimoniA Landscape of Travel by Jenny ChioSelling Salem's Witches by Alexandra AirdTourism, Magic and Modernity by David PicardWhat's Love Got to Do with It? by Denise Brennan
Anthropology of tourism
12 books — 2 voters

Nightmarch by Alpa ShahBehind Mud Walls 1930-1960 [Jun 01, 1994] Wiser, William; Wis... by William WiserThe Discordant Development by Katy GardnerParsis by Sooni TaraporevalaCaptured at Sea by Jatin Dua
South Asian Ethnography
44 books — 2 voters
Between the Folds by Jill ForsheeArt as Politics by Kathleen M. AdamsHard Bargaining in Sumatra by Andrew CauseyWomen at the Center by Peggy Reeves SandayInvesting in Miracles by Katharine L. Wiegele
Accessible Ethnographies on Indonesia and the Philippines for Southeast Asia classes
15 books — 1 voter

Outcomes Over Output by Josh SeidenSeductive Interaction Design by Stephen P. AndersonFlow by Mihály CsíkszentmihályiYes! by Noah J. GoldsteinNudge by Richard H. Thaler
Fundamentals of UX and Service Design
18 books — 1 voter
Famished by Rebecca J. LesterAbject Relations by Megan Warin
Anthropology and Eating Disorders
2 books — 1 voter

My Girls by Jasmin SandelsonSummoned by Iddo TavoryEvicted by Matthew DesmondHeat Wave by Eric KlinenbergGhosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing
Eric Klinenberg's Spring 2024 NYU Urban Ethnography Doctoral Seminar
42 books — 1 voter
The Spirit and the Flesh by Walter L. WilliamsBodies, Pleasures, and Passions by Richard G. ParkerHidden in the Blood by Carter WilsonTwo-Spirit People by Sue-Ellen JacobsRender Me, Gender Me by Kath Weston
AQA Benedict Prize
70 books — 1 voter

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