{"id":7502,"date":"2025-07-25T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:53:13","slug":"tsps-summer-of-sociology-reading-list-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2025\/07\/25\/tsps-summer-of-sociology-reading-list-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP\u2019s Summer of Sociology Reading List, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-330x125.jpg 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-600x228.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-768x291.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-1536x583.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/07\/pexels-repuding-12064-2048x777.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A large, circular library with reading desks and seating in the middle. Photo by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@repuding\/\">Tam\u00e1s M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros<\/a><\/strong> is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/license\/\">CC BY 2.0 via pexels.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As TSP Graduate Student Board members, we\u2019re constantly reading and sharing new books that spark conversations. And 2025 was no exception\u2014our discussions spanned topics like youth mental health, race and labor, nationalism and democracy, and the cultural politics of guns, TV, and religion. Here are a few recent titles that sparked in-depth conversations\u2014books we think are well worth picking up and maybe even adding to your collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Power, Politics, and Democracy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691206806\/modis-india?srsltid=AfmBOor85kF1w95yuv2QKFxPdyx5XVpElKILGjNCKyxh4FPj_LIWnw-K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modi&#8217;s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/christophe-jaffrelot\">Christophe Jaffrelot<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cup.columbia.edu\/book\/the-loyalty-trap\/9780231208154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Loyalty Trap: Conflicting Loyalties of Civil Servants Under Increasing Autocracy<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaimekucinskas.com\/\">Jaime Lee Kucinskas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beacon.org\/After-Dobbs-P2154.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe But Not Abortion<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beacon.org\/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=18136&amp;Name=David+S.+Cohen\">David S. Cohen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beacon.org\/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=552&amp;Name=Carole+Joffe\">Carole Joffe<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/centers\/mrcbg\/programs\/growthpolicy\/upswing-how-we-came-together-century-ago-and-how-we-can-do-it\">The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do it Again<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/faculty\/robert-d-putnam\">Robert Putnam<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guncurious.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor\u2019s Surprising Journey Inside America\u2019s Gun Culture<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.wfu.edu\/faculty\/david-yamane\/\">David Yamane<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691232607\/we-have-never-been-woke?srsltid=AfmBOoqWmoWbDx86q03CDIORBkcx7wGmPrWRhOQLSwf39u6QUQuN5HKG\">We Have Never Been Woke:\u00a0The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/taxonomy\/term\/28039\">Musa al-Gharbi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Race, Inequality, and Social Justice<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/books\/who-pays-for-diversity\/hardcover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who Pays for Diversity: Why Programs Fail at Racial Equity and What to Do About It<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sup.org\/books\/sociology\/souls-white-jokes\">The Souls of White Jokes<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/directory\/person\/raul-perez\/\">Ra\u00fal P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/gray-areas-adia-harvey-wingfield?variant=41006208876578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.wustl.edu\/people\/adia-harvey-wingfield\">Adia Harvey Wingfield<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/Don't+Go%3A+Stories+of+Segregation+and+How+to+Disrupt+It-p-9781509564453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don\u2019t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonijphotography.com\/\">Tonika Lewis Johnson<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soc.uic.edu\/profiles\/krysan-maria\/\">Maria Krysan<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/books\/sin-padres-ni-papeles\/paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.berkeley.edu\/faculty\/stephanie-l-canizales\">Stephanie L Canizales<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Culture, Identity, and Belonging<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9780374720964\/truestory\/\">True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/daniellelindemann.com\/\">Danielle J. Lindemann<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691253855\/long-live-queer-nightlife?srsltid=AfmBOoqN9_lDvHUl5k616VTuR6YLkbsG5MYLP-TrDJ0tDWOrZkTM-Rb6\">Long Live Queer Nightlife:\u00a0How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.ubc.ca\/profile\/amin-ghaziani\/\">Amin Ghaziani<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/why-religion-went-obsolete-9780197800737\">Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/christiansmith.nd.edu\/\">Christian Smith<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/697130\/holding-it-together-by-jessica-calarco\/\">Holding It Together: How Women Became America&#8217;s Safety Net<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessicacalarco.com\/\">Jessica Calarco<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/a-city-on-mars-can-we-settle-space-should-we-settle-space-and-have-we-really-thought-this-through\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weinersmith.com\/\">Kelly Weinersmith<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weinersmith.com\/\">Zach Weinersmith<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/bound-by-bdsm-9798881803032\/\">Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouristate.edu\/sag\/sociology\/profile-display.aspx?p=AliciaWalker\">Alicia M. Walker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/arielletk\/home\">Arielle Kuperberg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/at-home-with-the-holocaust\/9781978839816\/\">At Home with the Holocaust: Postmemory, Domestic Space, and Second-Generation Holocaust Narratives<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/utschools.academia.edu\/LucasWilson\">Lucas Wilson<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/M\/bo237036719.html\">Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution is Changing Same-Sex Relationships<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.nd.edu\/people\/abigail-ocobock\/\">Abigail Ocobock\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Work, Mental Health, and Everyday Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anxiousgeneration.com\/book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanhaidt.com\/\">Jonathan Haidt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/life-under-pressure-9780190847845?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\">Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.indiana.edu\/about\/faculty\/mueller-anna.html\">Anna S. Mueller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.ubc.ca\/profile\/seth-abrutyn\/\">Seth Abrutyn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/M\/bo23899991.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process under Monopoly Capitalism<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.berkeley.edu\/alumni-manager\/michael-burawoy\">Michael Burawoy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large, circular library with reading desks and seating in the middle. Photo by Tam\u00e1s M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros is licensed under\u00a0CC BY 2.0 via pexels. As TSP Graduate Student Board members, we\u2019re constantly reading and sharing new books that spark conversations. 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