Popular Pop Sociology Books
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by Malcolm Gladwell (shelved 8 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.89 — 723,990 ratings — published 2000
Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by Malcolm Gladwell (shelved 5 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.09 — 536,874 ratings — published 2008
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by Malcolm Gladwell (shelved 5 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.87 — 539,709 ratings — published 2005
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Freakonomics, #1)
by Steven D. Levitt (shelved 5 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.93 — 774,458 ratings — published 2005
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (Hardcover)
by Daniel J. Levitin (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.66 — 19,378 ratings — published 2014
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Hardcover)
by Steven Pinker (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.16 — 36,643 ratings — published 2010
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Hardcover)
by Steven D. Levitt (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.94 — 117,052 ratings — published 2009
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Hardcover)
by Malcolm Gladwell (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.87 — 167,239 ratings — published 2011
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.02 — 478,188 ratings — published 2012
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by Jared Diamond (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.98 — 298,813 ratings — published 1997
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by Dan Ariely (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.09 — 120,925 ratings — published 2007
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Paperback)
by Mary Pipher (shelved 2 times as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.86 — 38,572 ratings — published 1994
A Short Guide to a Happy Life (Hardcover)
by Anna Quindlen (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,880 ratings — published 2000
The Fifties (Paperback)
by David Halberstam (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,909 ratings — published 1993
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture (Hardcover)
by Glen Weldon (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,627 ratings — published 2016
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging (Hardcover)
by Sebastian Junger (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,561 ratings — published 2016
Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine (Paperback)
by Tim Hanley (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,437 ratings — published 2014
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Hardcover)
by Adam M. Grant (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.89 — 22,881 ratings — published 2016
Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order (Paperback)
by George Johnson (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.94 — 378 ratings — published 1995
The Nones Are Alright: A New Generaton of Believers, Seekers and Those in Between (Paperback)
by Kaya Oakes (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.08 — 190 ratings — published 2015
Black Hole Focus: How Intelligent People Can Create a Powerful Purpose for Their Lives (Paperback)
by Isaiah Hankel (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.03 — 805 ratings — published 2014
The Joy of Strategy: A Business Plan for Life (Hardcover)
by Allison Rimm (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.71 — 288 ratings — published 2013
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (Hardcover)
by Richard W. Wrangham (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.85 — 3,435 ratings — published 2009
The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece (Hardcover)
by Roseanne Montillo (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.46 — 4,129 ratings — published 2013
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Hardcover)
by Paul Tough (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.89 — 46,149 ratings — published 2012
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor (Hardcover)
by Mark Schatzker (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.01 — 8,118 ratings — published 2015
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover)
by Oliver Sacks (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.87 — 82,174 ratings — published 2007
Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found (Hardcover)
by Frances Larson (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,802 ratings — published 2014
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.93 — 135,129 ratings — published 2008
How the Dog Became the Dog: From Wolves to Our Best Friends (Hardcover)
by Mark Derr (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 2.94 — 668 ratings — published 2011
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by Caitlin Doughty (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,142 ratings — published 2014
Black Swan Green (Paperback)
by David Mitchell (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.97 — 42,590 ratings — published 2006
SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable (Hardcover)
by Bruce M. Hood (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,214 ratings — published 2009
How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain (Hardcover)
by Gregory Berns (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,442 ratings — published 2013
Buy Shoes on Wednesday and Tweet at 4:00: More of the Best Times to Buy This, Do That, and Go There (ebook)
by Mark Di Vincenzo (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.11 — 144 ratings — published 2012
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.00 — 41,620 ratings — published 2012
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process (Hardcover)
by Irene M. Pepperberg (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,552 ratings — published 2008
What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend (Hardcover)
by John Homans (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.45 — 1,724 ratings — published 2012
Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism (Paperback)
by Krysta Williams (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,774 ratings — published 2011
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Paperback)
by bell hooks (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,138 ratings — published 1984
Gender Trouble (Paperback)
by Judith Butler (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.10 — 22,345 ratings — published 1989
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback)
by Mary Wollstonecraft (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.90 — 22,224 ratings — published 1790
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Paperback)
by Patricia Hill Collins (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,280 ratings — published 1990
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Paperback)
by Cherríe L. Moraga (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.43 — 16,700 ratings — published 1981
The Second Sex (Paperback)
by Simone de Beauvoir (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,369 ratings — published 1949
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by bell hooks (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.17 — 24,321 ratings — published 2000
The Feminine Mystique (Paperback)
by Betty Friedan (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 3.95 — 18,527 ratings — published 1963
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
by bell hooks (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,745 ratings — published 1981
Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology (Paperback)
by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,222 ratings — published 2006
How to Suppress Women's Writing (Paperback)
by Joanna Russ (shelved 1 time as pop-sociology)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,187 ratings — published 1983