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    Politics & Society

    Cover of Manufacturing consent
    2008–2026

    Manufacturing consent

    Edward S. Herman
    179 recommend · 592
    Cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death
    2008–2026

    Amusing Ourselves to Death

    Neil Postman
    174 recommend · 422
    Cover of Bullshit Jobs
    2013–2026

    Bullshit Jobs

    David Graeber
    159 recommend · 628
    Cover of Thinking in systems
    2010–2026

    Thinking in systems

    Donella H. Meadows
    124 recommend · 202
    Cover of Seeing Like a State
    2009–2026

    Seeing Like a State

    James C. Scott
    123 recommend · 391
    Cover of The Dawn of Everything
    2020–2026

    The Dawn of Everything

    David Graeber
    111 recommend · 270
    Cover of Command and Control
    2013–2026

    Command and Control

    Eric Schlosser
    100 recommend · 178
    Cover of The Wealth of Nations
    2007–2026

    The Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith
    92 recommend · 666
    Cover of Mindstorms
    2008–2026

    Mindstorms

    Seymour Papert
    89 recommend · 201
    Cover of Cadillac desert
    2009–2026

    Cadillac desert

    Marc Reisner
    80 recommend · 137
    Cover of Why Nations Fail
    2012–2026

    Why Nations Fail

    Daron Acemoglu
    74 recommend · 146
    Cover of The better angels of our nature
    2011–2026

    The better angels of our nature

    Steven Pinker
    72 recommend · 195
    Cover of Red Plenty
    2010–2026

    Red Plenty

    Francis Spufford
    71 recommend · 113
    Cover of Made to stick
    2007–2025

    Made to stick

    Chip Heath
    70 recommend · 110
    Cover of Weapons of Math Destruction
    2016–2026

    Weapons of Math Destruction

    Cathy O'Neil
    68 recommend · 132
    Cover of Bowling Alone
    2008–2026

    Bowling Alone

    Robert D. Putnam
    66 recommend · 188
    In praise of idlenessBertrand Russell
    2009–2026

    In praise of idleness

    Bertrand Russell
    64 recommend · 134
    Cover of Fahrenheit 451
    2009–2026

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury
    63 recommend · 291
    Cover of The dictator's handbook
    2013–2026

    The dictator's handbook

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    63 recommend · 160
    Cover of The Prince
    2007–2026

    The Prince

    Niccolò Machiavelli
    61 recommend · 220
    Cover of The Road to Serfdom
    2008–2026

    The Road to Serfdom

    Friedrich A. von Hayek
    59 recommend · 162
    Cover of Against Intellectual Monopoly
    2008–2026

    Against Intellectual Monopoly

    Michele Boldrin
    59 recommend · 133
    Cover of The New Jim Crow
    2010–2026

    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander
    58 recommend · 97
    Cover of The Art of War
    2007–2026

    The Art of War

    孙武 (Sun Tzu)
    57 recommend · 198
    Cover of The Coddling of the American Mind
    2016–2026

    The Coddling of the American Mind

    Greg Lukianoff
    51 recommend · 151
    Cover of Enlightenment now
    2018–2026

    Enlightenment now

    Steven Pinker
    51 recommend · 123
    Cover of Down and Out in Paris and London
    2009–2026

    Down and Out in Paris and London

    George Orwell
    50 recommend · 100
    Cover of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
    2018–2026

    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    Shoshana Zuboff
    47 recommend · 133
    Cover of On Liberty
    2008–2026

    On Liberty

    John Stuart Mill
    45 recommend · 152
    Cover of Countdown to Zero Day
    2014–2026

    Countdown to Zero Day

    Kim Zetter
    44 recommend · 65
    Cover of Capitalist Realism
    2015–2026

    Capitalist Realism

    Mark Fisher
    41 recommend · 100
    Cover of Das Kapital
    2007–2026

    Das Kapital

    Karl Marx
    40 recommend · 228
    The case against educationBryan Douglas Caplan
    2015–2026

    The case against education

    Bryan Douglas Caplan
    40 recommend · 118
    Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
    2010–2026

    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

    William L. Shirer
    37 recommend · 82
    Cover of The machinery of freedom
    2008–2026

    The machinery of freedom

    David D. Friedman
    37 recommend · 91
    Cover of Discipline and Punish
    2009–2026

    Discipline and Punish

    Michel Foucault
    36 recommend · 98
    Cover of The Technological Society
    2009–2026

    The Technological Society

    Jacques Ellul
    36 recommend · 96
    Cover of The Prize
    2008–2026

    The Prize

    Daniel Yergin
    36 recommend · 112
    Cover of The Color of Law
    2017–2026

    The Color of Law

    Richard Rothstein
    36 recommend · 69
    Cover of Industrial Society and Its Future
    2009–2026

    Industrial Society and Its Future

    Theodore Kaczynski
    35 recommend · 109
    Cover of Understanding Media
    2009–2026

    Understanding Media

    Marshall McLuhan
    35 recommend · 106
    Cover of Technopoly
    2009–2026

    Technopoly

    Neil Postman
    35 recommend · 96
    Cover of Three felonies a day
    2009–2026

    Three felonies a day

    Harvey A. Silverglate
    33 recommend · 149
    Cover of Propaganda
    2009–2026

    Propaganda

    Edward L. Bernays
    33 recommend · 77
    Cover of Republic, lost
    2011–2023

    Republic, lost

    Lawrence Lessig
    33 recommend · 53
    Cover of The Jungle
    2008–2026

    The Jungle

    Upton Sinclair
    32 recommend · 152
    Cover of Communist Manifesto
    2007–2026

    Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx
    31 recommend · 308
    Cover of Capital
    2012–2026

    Capital

    Karl Marx
    31 recommend · 132
    Cover of The Open Society and Its Enemies
    2007–2026

    The Open Society and Its Enemies

    Karl Popper
    31 recommend · 109
    Cover of Blind man's bluff
    2010–2026

    Blind man's bluff

    Sherry Sontag
    31 recommend · 58
    Cover of Skin in the Game
    2015–2026

    Skin in the Game

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb
    30 recommend · 90
    Cover of The transparent society
    2007–2026

    The transparent society

    David Brin
    30 recommend · 82
    Cover of The master and his emissary
    2013–2026

    The master and his emissary

    Iain McGilchrist
    30 recommend · 73
    Cover of Legacy of Ashes
    2009–2025

    Legacy of Ashes

    Tim Weiner
    29 recommend · 51
    Cover of Who Owns the Future?
    2013–2026

    Who Owns the Future?

    Jaron Lanier
    28 recommend · 72
    Cover of Chasing the Scream
    2015–2026

    Chasing the Scream

    Johann Hari
    28 recommend · 65
    Cover of Democracy in America
    2009–2026

    Democracy in America

    Alexis de Tocqueville
    27 recommend · 97
    Society of the spectacleGuy Debord
    2008–2026

    Society of the spectacle

    Guy Debord
    27 recommend · 101
    Cover of The Shock Doctrine
    2009–2026

    The Shock Doctrine

    Naomi Klein
    27 recommend · 84
    Cover of The Anxious Generation
    2023–2026

    The Anxious Generation

    Jonathan Haidt
    27 recommend · 75