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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate by Steven PinkerThe Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Best Cognitive Science Books
408 books — 491 voters
The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Best Cognitive Development Books
57 books — 75 voters

EXSTATICA Self-Help Essentials by FrankImpermanence by Daniel FrisanoDeath by T.N.T.Esalen by Jeffrey J. KripalNew Age Religion and Western Culture by Wouter J. Hanegraaff
New Age studies
150 books — 68 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondPrisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall1491 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Suggested Books for Human Geography
218 books — 57 voters

The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyQuiet by Susan Cain
Human Behavior or Evolutionary Psychology
55 books — 57 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtOne Heart - Many Breaks by Sandeep Kumar Mishra
Non-fiction Best
241 books — 57 voters

Mind Fields by Julia FultonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Art of War by Sun TzuThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinSimulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
Non-Fiction Theme
67 books — 50 voters
Beyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.Columbine by Dave CullenThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThe Boom by Russell GoldDrift by Rachel Maddow
Non-Fiction Books for Young Adults: Social Sciences
121 books — 37 voters

The Dalai Lama's Cat by David MichieThe Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenAcross Many Mountains by Yangzom BrauenCutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam TrungpaThe Heart of the World by Ian Baker
Tibetan Issues and Culture
62 books — 28 voters
You Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral by Ann Marie HancockDangled Carat by Hilary GrossmanWith Love, The Argentina Family by Mirta Ines TruppMotherhood by Ann CampanellaEverything Will Be All Right by Douglas Wallace
Family and Relationships
28 books — 25 voters

Undoing the Demos by Wendy BrownThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA Brief History of Neoliberalism by David HarveyCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas PikettyThe Twilight of Equality? Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, a... by Lisa Duggan
Neoliberalism
137 books — 24 voters
Silence of Shame by Wendy J. MenaraI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldAdministrations of Lunacy by Mab SegrestI Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran FoerRecollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
Kirkus Reviews Starred Nonfiction 2020
47 books — 20 voters

Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Mythologies by Roland BarthesThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter BenjaminCulture and Society, 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams
Critique of cultural studies from within.
109 books — 18 voters
Grunt by Mary RoachSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebHamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaThe Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth
Non-Fiction Listed on LitHub's Bookmarks --Part III
102 books — 13 voters

Uprooted by Peter J. BoniThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkHidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerThe Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. YalomMaybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Outstanding Reads: Psychology
95 books — 12 voters
Theory and Methods in Political Science by David MarshParadigms and Sand Castles by Barbara GeddesDesigning Social Inquiry by Gary KingNatural Experiments of History by Jared DiamondApproaches to Social Research by Royce A. Singleton Jr.
Research Methods in Political Science
13 books — 10 voters

TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsHumanism by Christina M. LopezThe Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsWhat Is Political Theology? by Graham WardBowing Toward Babylon by Craig M. Watts
Political Theology
71 books — 9 voters
The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonNaked Economics by Charles WheelanTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomDemography is Politics by Joanne Rodrigues
Social Sciences for the College Bound
26 books — 8 voters

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldRosalie Lightning by Tom HartIn a Different Key by John DonvanLiar by Rob Roberge
Non-Fiction Listed on LitHub's Bookmarks --Part II
100 books — 8 voters
Beyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.Chasing the Scream by Johann HariIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor MatéOn the Run by Alice GoffmanThe Mirror Problem by Gari Johnson
This Mess We've Made
18 books — 7 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond1493 by Charles C. MannCollapse by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. Mann
Book Shelf for Human Geographers
59 books — 6 voters
Gratitude by Oliver SacksEmpire of Self by Jay PariniFools, Frauds and Firebrands by Roger ScrutonTed Hughes by Jonathan BateThe Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf
Non-FIction Listed on LitHub's Bookmarks -- Part I
100 books — 5 voters

Propaganda by Jacques EllulSpinning History by Nathaniel LandeInventing Reality by Michael ParentiPropaganda by Edward L. BernaysGuernica! Guernica! by Herbert Southworth
Books on propaganda
52 books — 3 voters
Selected Writings, Volume 2 by Walter BenjaminFor the Well-Being of All by Bonnie J TaylorSelected Writings, Volume 2, Part 1 by Walter BenjaminPrinciples of Spiritual Economics by Hooshmand BadeeSelected Writings, Volume 4 by Walter Benjamin
Economic Theology
18 books — 2 voters

A Guide to Living Your Best NT Life by Harry ThompsonUntypical by Pete WharmbyWhat I Want To Talk About by Pete WharmbyAn Exact Mind by Peter MyersThe Adult Autism Assessment Handbook by Davida Hartman
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
19 books — 2 voters
أقدم لك علم الإجتماع by Richard Osborneالحركات الاجتماعية 1768 - 2004 by Charles Tillyعلم الاجتماع الديني .. الإشكالات والسياقات by Sabino Acquavivaعلم الاجتماع مع مدخلات عربية by Anthony Giddensعلم الاجتماع by Mel Churton
علم الاجتماع | خطة قراءة ممنهجة للمبتدئين
6 books — 2 voters

Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism by Jacques BidetMain Currents Of Marxism by Leszek KołakowskiEuropean Socialism and Communism by Communist Research ClusterThe Left Hemisphere by Razmig KeucheyanNo Gods No Masters by Daniel Guérin
Comprehensive introductions (readers as well) to all various strains and schools of Marxian/socialist theory (NOT INTRODUCTIONS TO ONE SCHOOL OR AUTHOR OR TO MARX!).
7 books — 1 voter
The First Urban Christians by Wayne A. MeeksSociology of Early Palestinian Christianity by Gerd TheißenThe First Followers of Jesus by Gerd TheißenThe Social Setting of Pauline Christianity by Gerd TheißenSocial Distinctives of the Christians in the First Century by Edwin A. Judge
Social-Scientific Criticism of the Bible
34 books — 1 voter

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