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#BroaderBookshelf 2021: Read A Social Science Book (30 Must-Read Titles)

  • Mona Verma
  • Monday, January 11

Fulfill the "Read A Social Science Book" prompt with these titles.

This list is part of the #BroaderBookshelf 2021 reading challenge. Find more lists here.

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Alexander, Michelle.
Published in 2010
xi, 290 pages ; 24 cm
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The Social Animal

The Social Animal

The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Brooks, David, 1961-
Published in 2011
xviii, 424 pages ; 25 cm
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Chokehold

Chokehold

Policing Black Men
Butler, Paul, 1961- author.
Published in 2017
304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Quiet Power

Quiet Power

The Secret Strengths of Introverts
Cain, Susan, author.
Published in 2016
270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Invisible Women

Invisible Women

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Criado-Perez, Caroline, author.
Published in 2019
xv, 411 pages ; 24 cm
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The Origin of Species

The Origin of Species

By Means of Natural Selection of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Published in 2003
495 pages ; 18 cm
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Excellent Sheep

Excellent Sheep

The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Deresiewicz, William, 1964-
Published in 2014
245 pages ; 24 cm
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies
Diamond, Jared M.
Published in 2005
518 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Diamond, Jared M., author.
Published in 2011
xii, 589 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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White Fragility

White Fragility

Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
DiAngelo, Robin J., author.
Published in 2018
xvii, 169 pages ; 23 cm
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Integration Nation

Integration Nation

Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best
Eaton, Susan E.
Published in 2016
208 pages : maps ; 22 cm
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Nickel and Dimed

Nickel and Dimed

On (not) Getting by in America
Ehrenreich, Barbara.
Published in 2011
244 pages ; 21 cm
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David and Goliath

David and Goliath

Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
Published in 2013
ix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Outliers

Outliers

The Story of Success
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
Published in 2008
ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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The Mismeasure of Man

The Mismeasure of Man

Gould, Stephen Jay.
Published in 1996
444 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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The Righteous Mind

The Righteous Mind

Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Haidt, Jonathan.
Published in 2012
xvii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Sapiens

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind
Harari, Yuval N.
Published in 2015
443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Homo Deus

Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow
Harari, Yuval N., author.
Published in 2017
449 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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White Trash

White Trash

The 400-year Untold History of Class in America
Isenberg, Nancy.
Published in 2016
xvii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Kahneman, Daniel, 1934-
Published in 2011
499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Freakonomics

Freakonomics

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Levitt, Steven D., author.
Published in 2006
xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
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The Communist Manifesto.

The Communist Manifesto.

Marx, Karl, 1929-2008.
Published in 2013
1 online resource
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Capital in the Twenty-first Century

Capital in the Twenty-first Century

Piketty, Thomas, 1971-
Published in 2014
viii, 685 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Pinker, Steven, 1954- author.
Published in 2018
xix, 556 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Democracy

Democracy

Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- author.
Published in 2017
viii, 486 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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The Paradox of Choice

The Paradox of Choice

Why More is Less
Schwartz, Barry, 1946- author.
Published in 2016
xix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Everybody Lies

Everybody Lies

Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
Stephens-Davidowitz, Seth, author.
Published in 2017
xi, 338 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Vance, J. D., author.
Published in 2016
264 pages ; 24 cm
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Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
Vanderbilt, Tom, author.
Published in 2016
viii, 305 pages ; 25 cm
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American Character

American Character

A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good
Woodard, Colin, 1968- author.
Published in 2016
308 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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Author

Mona Verma

Research and Readers Advisory Professional

Loves learning about other cultures and broadening her reading horizons through a vast selection of multicultural fiction.

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