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Post by Sociology reader on Dec 11, 2013 12:41:12 GMT -5
Do you have any sociology books to recommend that are easy reads so I could read them when I'm tired or sick or not that focused?
Usually during those times I read a magazine or a novel but I'm wondering if I can read some Sociology then too. Or soc-relevant history?
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Post by suredo on Dec 11, 2013 13:30:15 GMT -5
I keep just such a list. Here you go:
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, by Timothy Egan.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Stories of Those Who Survived the Great American Dustbowl, by Timothy Egan.
The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry, by Jon Ronson.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick
The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
(about the movement of African Americans north during the first half of the twentieth century. this is an amazing book.)
Salt, by Mark Kurlansky.
(maybe the least interesting read of the bunch)
At Home, by Bill Bryson.
(goes through a house room-by-room and talk about the history of the room's use and the items in it)
Bonk, by Mary Roach.
(about the history of sex research)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach.
They vary in sociological relevancy, but all are good reads. My favorites: At Home, Warmth of Other Suns
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Post by lightreading on Dec 11, 2013 15:27:41 GMT -5
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Post by thanks! on Dec 18, 2013 13:15:35 GMT -5
Thanks; I'm looking forward to reading these.
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