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Social Books Worth Reading

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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Aldous Huxley, Christopher Hitchens
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited: Hardcover – Deckle Edge, June 1, 2004
2. How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age: Paperback – December 25, 2012
3. Actress of a Certain Age
Jeff Hiller
Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success
4. As Nature Made Him
John Colapinto
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
5. Platform
Michael Hyatt
Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World
6. American Like Me
America Ferrera
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
7. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
8. Victorian Internet,The
Tom Standage
Victorian Internet,The: Paperback – September 18, 2007
9. Influencer
Brittany Hennessy
Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media
10. Get What's Yours - Revised & Updated
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller
Get What's Yours - Revised & Updated: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security
11. Dress Codes
Richard Thompson Ford
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
12. Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition
Devora Zack
Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected
13. I Want to Burn This Place Down
Maris Kreizman
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays
14. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
Deborah Cohen
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War
15. Scam Me If You Can
Frank Abagnale, Frank W. Abagnale
Scam Me If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today's Rip-off Artists
16. Seeking Shelter
Jeff Hobbs
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America
17. Undocumented
Aviva Chomsky
Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal
18. COVID Chronicles
Kendra Boileau, Rich Johnson
COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology
19. Radical Inclusion
David Moinina Sengeh
Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
20. Mississippi Swindle
Shad White
Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America
21. What They Don't Know
Susan Furlong
What They Don't Know: Kindle Edition
22. When Is It Right to Die?
Joni Eareckson Tada
When Is It Right to Die?: A Comforting and Surprising Look at Death and Dying
23. The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (Dream Harbor, Book 4)
Laurie Gilmore
A Romance pick for readers exploring The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (Dream Harbor, Book 4).
24. All About Love
bell hooks
All About Love: New Visions

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