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A sobering, data-rich diagnosis of modern alienation that explores how we lost our communal bonds and why we desperately need them back. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Bowling Alone.
- reflective
- melancholic
- contemplative
- urgent
- 01
Alone Together
Sherry Turkle
A sobering, deeply human look in the mirror at how our screens are reshaping our hearts and minds.
- 02
The Tyranny of Merit
Michael J. Sandel
A sobering but necessary dismantling of the idea that success is purely self-made, urging a return to the common good.
- 03
The way we never were
Stephanie Coontz · 1992
A sharp, intellectually satisfying dismantling of the rosy nostalgia surrounding the traditional American family.
- 04
Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
A sharp, infuriating, and deeply necessary dismantling of the billionaire savior complex.
- 05
The great good place
Ray Oldenburg · 1989
A warm, persuasive love letter to the cafes, pubs, and barbershops that anchor our communities and cure our modern isolation.
- 06
Loneliness
John T. Cacioppo
A compassionate, science-backed exploration of why we hurt when we are apart, and how our brains are wired for togetherness.
- 07
The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz
A rigorous, eye-opening autopsy of a rigged economic system that leaves you both frustrated and armed with understanding.
- 08
Palaces for the people
Eric Klinenberg
A hopeful, eye-opening exploration of the physical spaces that bind our communities together.
- 09
How Soccer Explains the World
Franklin Foer
A globe-trotting, intellectually restless journey that uses the world's most popular sport as a decoder ring for modern geopolitics.
- 10
Future perfect
Steven Johnson
An optimistic, intellectually stimulating exploration of how networked thinking can solve society's most gridlocked problems.
- 11
Here comes everybody
Clay Shirky · 2008
An eye-opening, anecdote-rich exploration of how digital networks have fundamentally rewired our capacity to cooperate and organize.
- 12
The Rise of the Creative Class
Richard Florida · 2002
An analytical exploration of how creativity became the defining economic and cultural force of modern American society.
