Best Books on Society & Culture

How we live, love, argue, believe and belong. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the society & culture documentaries.

1. Evicted by Matthew Desmond (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
2. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam - View on Amazon
4. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
5. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
6. Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty (4/5) - View on Amazon
7. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (4/5) - View on Amazon
9. Planet of Slums by Mike Davis - View on Amazon
10. Maximum City by Suketu Mehta - View on Amazon
11. Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser (3.4/5) - View on Amazon
12. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
13. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
14. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
15. Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
16. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
17. And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
18. Stonewall by Martin B. Duberman - View on Amazon
19. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby - View on Amazon
20. Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon - View on Amazon
21. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida (4/5) - View on Amazon
22. Being Heumann by Judith E. Heumann - View on Amazon
23. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
24. Attached by Amir Levine (4.1/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Class, Poverty & Inequality

1. Evicted by Matthew Desmond (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
2. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty (4/5) - View on Amazon
5. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
6. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (4/5) - View on Amazon
7. Planet of Slums by Mike Davis - View on Amazon
8. Maximum City by Suketu Mehta - View on Amazon

Best Books on Race, Gender & Identity

1. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
2. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
5. Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
6. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
7. And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
8. Stonewall by Martin B. Duberman - View on Amazon

Best Books on Family & Relationships

1. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
2. Attached by Amir Levine (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman - View on Amazon
4. Why We Love by Helen Fisher - View on Amazon
5. Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon - View on Amazon
6. The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
7. NurtureShock by Po Bronson - View on Amazon
8. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber - View on Amazon