Social Science

    75 mentions across 15 recommendation lists.

    Cover of For the Love of Men

    #1

    For the Love of Men

    Liz Plank

    749 upvotes

    Cover of Black Rednecks & White Liberals

    #2

    Black Rednecks & White Liberals

    Thomas Sowell

    360 upvotes

    Cover of The Lavender Scare

    #3

    The Lavender Scare

    David K. Johnson

    335 upvotes

    Cover of Are We the 99%?

    #4

    Are We the 99%?

    Heather McKee Hurwitz

    245 upvotes

    Cover of We Should All Be Feminists

    #5

    We Should All Be Feminists

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    236 upvotes

    Cover of Concepts and Categories

    #6

    Concepts and Categories

    Michael T. Hannan, Gaël Le Mens, Greta Hsu, Balázs Kovács, Giacomo Negro, László Pólos, Elizabeth Pontikes, Amanda J. Sharkey

    223 upvotes

    Cover of The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)

    #7

    The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)

    Simone de Beauvoir

    200 upvotes

    Cover of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    #8

    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    Caitlin Doughty

    178 upvotes

    Cover of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

    #9

    The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

    Anne Fadiman

    173 upvotes

    Cover of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

    #10

    Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

    Caitlin Doughty

    145 upvotes

    Cover of Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

    #11

    Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

    Richard Hofstadter

    136 upvotes

    Cover of Real Queer America

    #12

    Real Queer America

    Samantha Allen

    118 upvotes

    Cover of Smoke and Mirrors

    #13

    Smoke and Mirrors

    Dan Baum

    114 upvotes

    Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    #14

    Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond

    110 upvotes

    Cover of Talking to Strangers

    #15

    Talking to Strangers

    Malcolm Gladwell

    81 upvotes

    Cover of Drive-Thru Dreams

    #16

    Drive-Thru Dreams

    Adam Chandler

    69 upvotes

    Cover of The New Jim Crow

    #17

    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander

    63 upvotes

    Cover of The Condition of Democracy

    #18

    The Condition of Democracy

    Jürgen Mackert, Hannah Wolf, Bryan S. Turner

    62 upvotes

    Cover of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

    #19

    The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

    Richard Rothstein

    57 upvotes

    Cover of Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites

    #20

    Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites

    Tucker Carlson

    56 upvotes

    Cover of Cultures of Authenticity

    #21

    Cultures of Authenticity

    Marie Heřmanová, Michael Skey, Thomas Thurnell-Read

    53 upvotes

    Cover of Evicted

    #22

    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond

    44 upvotes

    Cover of Suspicious Minds

    #23

    Suspicious Minds

    Rob Brotherton

    42 upvotes

    Cover of The New Jim Crow

    #24

    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander

    42 upvotes

    Cover of Homo Deus

    #25

    Homo Deus

    Yuval Noah Harari

    40 upvotes

    Cover of The Coddling of the American Mind

    #26

    The Coddling of the American Mind

    Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

    39 upvotes

    Cover of Bullshit Jobs

    #27

    Bullshit Jobs

    David Graeber

    39 upvotes

    Cover of Examining Tuskegee

    #28

    Examining Tuskegee

    Susan Reverby

    37 upvotes

    Cover of 12 Rules For Life

    #29

    12 Rules For Life

    Jordan B. Peterson

    37 upvotes

    Cover of This Is Vegan Propaganda

    #30

    This Is Vegan Propaganda

    Ed Winters

    33 upvotes

    Cover of The Power of Myth

    #31

    The Power of Myth

    Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers

    31 upvotes

    Cover of Caste

    #32

    Caste

    Isabel Wilkerson

    29 upvotes

    Cover of Winners Take All

    #33

    Winners Take All

    Anand Giridharadas

    29 upvotes

    Cover of Dreamland

    #34

    Dreamland

    Sam Quinones

    29 upvotes

    Cover of Boom Town

    #35

    Boom Town

    Sam Anderson

    28 upvotes

    Cover of The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

    #36

    The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

    Christopher Lasch

    25 upvotes

    Cover of Hillbilly Elegy

    #37

    Hillbilly Elegy

    J. D. Vance

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Anti-Semite and Jew

    #38

    Anti-Semite and Jew

    Jean-Paul Sartre

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Nickel and Dimed

    #39

    Nickel and Dimed

    Barbara Ehrenreich

    24 upvotes

    Cover of The Prize

    #40

    The Prize

    Daniel Yergin

    24 upvotes

    Cover of The World Until Yesterday

    #41

    The World Until Yesterday

    Jared Diamond

    24 upvotes

    Cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death

    #42

    Amusing Ourselves to Death

    Neil Postman

    23 upvotes

    Cover of American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

    #43

    American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

    Monica Hesse

    19 upvotes

    Cover of The Souls of Black Folk

    #44

    The Souls of Black Folk

    W.E.B. Dubois

    17 upvotes

    Cover of The Fire Next Time

    #45

    The Fire Next Time

    James Baldwin

    16 upvotes

    Cover of Brown Skin, White Minds

    #46

    Brown Skin, White Minds

    E. J. R. David

    16 upvotes

    Cover of Discipline and Punish

    #47

    Discipline and Punish

    Michel Foucault

    15 upvotes

    Cover of The Island

    #48

    The Island

    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

    15 upvotes

    Cover of Thinking Sociologically

    #49

    Thinking Sociologically

    Zygmunt Bauman, Tim May

    15 upvotes

    Cover of The Day It Finally Happens

    #50

    The Day It Finally Happens

    Mike Pearl

    15 upvotes

    Cover of The Coddling of the American Mind

    #51

    The Coddling of the American Mind

    Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

    12 upvotes

    Cover of Rejected Princesses

    #52

    Rejected Princesses

    Jason Porath

    11 upvotes

    Cover of Right-Wing Women

    #53

    Right-Wing Women

    Andrea Dworkin

    11 upvotes

    Cover of Minor Feelings

    #54

    Minor Feelings

    Cathy Park Hong

    10 upvotes

    Cover of The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia

    #55

    The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia

    Ulrich Marzolph, Richard van Leeuwen

    10 upvotes

    Cover of American Like Me

    #56

    American Like Me

    America Ferrera

    9 upvotes

    Cover of Evicted

    #57

    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond

    8 upvotes

    Cover of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

    #58

    The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

    Kate Summerscale

    8 upvotes

    Cover of The Right Side of History

    #59

    The Right Side of History

    Ben Shapiro

    7 upvotes

    Cover of Deer Hunting with Jesus

    #60

    Deer Hunting with Jesus

    Joe Bageant

    7 upvotes

    Cover of Manufacturing Consent

    #61

    Manufacturing Consent

    Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

    7 upvotes

    Cover of Neither Wolf nor Dog

    #62

    Neither Wolf nor Dog

    Kent Nerburn

    7 upvotes

    Cover of Transgender History

    #63

    Transgender History

    Susan Stryker

    7 upvotes

    Cover of The Will to Change

    #64

    The Will to Change

    bell hooks

    6 upvotes

    Cover of Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies

    #65

    Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies

    Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau

    6 upvotes

    Cover of The White Woman's Other Burden

    #66

    The White Woman's Other Burden

    Kumari Jayawardena

    6 upvotes

    Cover of Feminism Is for Everybody

    #67

    Feminism Is for Everybody

    bell hooks

    6 upvotes

    Cover of The Celluloid Closet

    #68

    The Celluloid Closet

    Vito Russo

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Confessions of a Funeral Director

    #69

    Confessions of a Funeral Director

    Caleb Wilde

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Sister Outsider

    #70

    Sister Outsider

    Audre Lorde

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Discourses of Domination

    #71

    Discourses of Domination

    Frances Henry, Carol Tator

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Radium Girls, Women and Industrial Health Reform

    #72

    Radium Girls, Women and Industrial Health Reform

    Claudia Clark

    5 upvotes

    Cover of The Conservative Mind

    #73

    The Conservative Mind

    Russell Kirk

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Pornography

    #74

    Pornography

    Andrea Dworkin

    5 upvotes

    Cover of So You Want to Talk About Race

    #75

    So You Want to Talk About Race

    Ijeoma Oluo

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Wise Children

    #76

    Wise Children

    Angela Carter

    5 upvotes

    Cover of Bad Feminist

    #77

    Bad Feminist

    Roxane Gay

    4 upvotes

    Cover of The Witches Are Coming

    #78

    The Witches Are Coming

    Lindy West

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies

    #79

    Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies

    Caitlin Doughty

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Ace

    #80

    Ace

    Angela Chen

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Comic Book Crime

    #81

    Comic Book Crime

    Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Cuban Palimpsests

    #82

    Cuban Palimpsests

    Jose Quiroga

    4 upvotes

    Cover of The Wayfinders

    #83

    The Wayfinders

    Wade Davis

    4 upvotes

    Cover of The Inconvenient Indian

    #84

    The Inconvenient Indian

    Thomas King

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Histories of the Transgender Child

    #85

    Histories of the Transgender Child

    Jules Gill-Peterson

    4 upvotes

    Cover of The Divide

    #86

    The Divide

    Jason Hickel

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Of Mice and Women

    #87

    Of Mice and Women

    Kaj Bjorkqvist, Pirkko Niemela

    4 upvotes

    Cover of Rise of the Warrior Cop

    #88

    Rise of the Warrior Cop

    Radley Balko

    4 upvotes

    Cover of The Hidden Brain

    #89

    The Hidden Brain

    Shankar Vedantam

    4 upvotes