Analyzing Our Inherent Bias as a Society: Academic Best Sellers in Social Sciences

An exposé on the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research, an intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, and a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers (and why they often go wrong) top the list of best-selling social sciences books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

An exposé on the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research, an intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, and a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers (and why they often go wrong) top the list of best-selling social sciences books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Criado Perez, Caroline
Harry N. Abrams. 2019. ISBN 9781419729072. $27.
 

2. No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Snyder, Rachel Louise
Bloomsbury. 2019. ISBN 9781635570977. $28.
 

3. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Gladwell, Malcolm
Little, Brown. 2019. ISBN 9780316478526. $30.
 

4. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Odell, Jenny
Melville House. 2019. ISBN 9781612197494. $25.99.
 

5. End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media
Eichhorn, Kate
Harvard University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780674976696. $22.95.
 

6. Superior: The Return of Race Science
Saini, Angela
Beacon. 2019. ISBN 9780807076910. $26.95.
 

7. Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice
O'Flaherty, Brendan
Harvard University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780674976597. $27.95.
 

8. Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Diamond, Jared M.
Little, Brown. 2019. ISBN 9780316409131. $35.
 

9. Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Benjamin, Ruha
Polity Press. 2019. ISBN 9781509526390. $74.95.
 

10. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Cep, Casey N.
Alfred A Knopf. 2019. ISBN 9781101947869. $26.95.
 

11. Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
Markovits, Daniel
Penguin Books. 2019. ISBN 9780735221994. $30.
 

12. Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America
Cobbina, Jennifer E.
New York University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781479818563. $89.
 

13. Maoism: A Global History
Lovell, Julia
Alfred A Knopf. 2019. ISBN 9780525656043. $37.50.
 

14. How Technology Is Changing Human Behavior: Issues and Benefits
Prado, C.G.
Praeger. 2019. ISBN 9781440869518. $37.
 

15. Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
Roberts, Sarah T.
Yale University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780300235883. $30.
 

16. Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Couldry, Nick
Stanford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781503603660. $90.
 

17. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia.
Strings, Sabrina
New York University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781479819805. $89.
 

18. Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
Rajunov, Micah
Columbia University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780231185325. $75.
 

19. The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry
Kumar, Raj
Beacon. 2019. ISBN 9780807059579. $28.95.
 

20. All Roads Lead to Power: Appointed and Elected Paths to Public Office for US Women
Sidorsky, Kaitlin N.
University Press of Kansas. 2019. ISBN 9780700627868. $34.95.

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