The Greatest Books of All Time on Social Sciences

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17163 Stolen Pride Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 Unknown English
17163 Undivided Hahrie Han 2024 Unknown English
17163 Stories Are Weapons Annalee Newitz 2024 Unknown English
17163 La Défaite De L'occident Emmanuel Todd 2024 French French
17163 The Unaccountability Machine Dan Davies 2024 Unknown English
17163 In The Shadow Of Quetzalcoatl Merilee Grindle 2024 Unknown English
17163 Ours Was The Shining Future David Leonhardt 2023 Unknown English
17163 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17163 The World According To Star Wars Cass R. Sunstein 2016 American English
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17163 On Freedom Timothy Snyder 2024 Unknown English
17163 Get The Picture Bianca Bosker 2024 Unknown English
17163 Between Two Fires Joshua Yaffa 2020 Unknown English
17163 Poverty Safari Darren McGarvey 2017 British English
17163 Private Island James Meek 2014 British English
17163 The Rule Of Law Tom Bingham 2010 British English
17163 India Unbound Gurcharan Das 2000 Indian English
17163 Elementary Aspects Of Peasant Insurgency In Colonial India Ranajit Guha 1984 Indian English
17163 The Ties That Bound Barbara A. Hanawalt 1986 American English
17163 More Work For Mother Ruth Schwartz Cowan 1983 American English
17163 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 Unknown English
17163 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17163 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17163 The Undertow Jeff Sharlet 2023 American English
17163 The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis 2024 Unknown English
17163 Abolition Angela Davis 2022 American English
17163 Who’s Afraid Of Gender? Judith Butler 2024 American English
17163 Stokely Speaks Stokely Carmichael 1971 American English
17163 The Big Sort Bill Bishop 2008 American English
17163 Freethinkers Susan Jacoby 2004 American English
17163 At A Loss For Words Carol Off 2024 Canadian English
17163 Among The Thugs Bill Buford 1990 American English
17163 We Have Never Been Woke Musa Al-Gharbi 2024 Unknown English
17163 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Big Myth Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17163 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17163 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Poison Oracle Peter Dickinson 1974 British English
17163 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17163 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17163 Time Song Julia Blackburn 2019 British English
17163 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17163 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17163 Period Kate Clancy 2023 Unknown English
17163 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17163 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17163 Fair Play Katie Barnes Unknown English
17163 Correction Ben Austen 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 An Inconvenient Cop Edwin Raymond, Jon Sternfeld 2023 Unknown English
17163 Under The Eye Of Power Colin Dickey 2023 American English
17163 Without Children Peggy O’Donnell Heffington 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17163 Gradual Greg Berman, Aubrey Fox 2022 Unknown English
17163 Time To Think Hannah Barnes 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Cheese And The Worms Carlo Ginzburg 1976 Italian Italian
17163 On Fiji Islands Ronald Wright 1986 Canadian English
17163 The Passions And The Interests Albert Hirschman 1977 American English
17163 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Lost Children Of Wilder Nina Bernstein 2001 American English
17163 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17163 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17163 Ritual And Its Consequences: An Essay On The Limits Of Sincerity Adam B. Seligman 2008 American English
16983 Between Man And Man Martin Buber 1944 Austrian English
17163 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17163 The Sirens' Call Chris Hayes 2025 American English
17163 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English
17163 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17163 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English
17163 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17163 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17163 The Economics Of Innocent Fraud john kenneth galbraith 2004 American English
17163 When Sisterhood Was In Flower Florence King 1982 American English
17163 Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Studs Terkel 1996 American English