Society & Social Sciences

The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

by Niall Ferguson

Thick: And Other Essays

by Tressie McMillan Cottom

The Perils of Perception: Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything

by Bobby Duffy

The Manual: A Philosopher’s Guide to Life

by Epictetus

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

by Michio Kaku

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

by Steven Pinker

Ponder on This: A Compilation

by Alice A. Bailey

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

by Robert D. Putnam

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

by Thomas Nichols

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt