9 Best psychology books like Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility by Jennifer Morton

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Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility

By: Jennifer Morton

3.84

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The ethical and emotional tolls paid by disadvantaged college students seeking upward mobility and …

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Cover of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, Donaldo Macedo, Myra Bergman Ramos, None

1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • sociology
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Cover of Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

2. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) by Octavia E. Butler

3. Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Ak… read more

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Cover of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

4. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

By: Nancy Isenberg

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her groundbreaking history of the class system in America, extending from colonial times to the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
Cover of Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik

5. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

By: Mark Miodownik

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A New York TimesBestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surroun… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

By: Jonathan Weiner

4.23

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize On a desert island in the he… read more

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7. Imago (Xenogenesis, #3)

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

The futures of both humans and Oankali rest in one young being's successful metamorphosis into adul… read more

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8. You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

By: None

4.06

Format: 368 pages,

Law professor James J. Duane became a viral sensation thanks to a 2008 lecture outlining the reason… read more

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9. On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

3.97

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more

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  • philosophy
  • economics
  • nonfiction
"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

10. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler

3.78

Format: None pages,

Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more

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11. The Souls of Black Folk

By: W.E.B. Du Bois , None , None

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a s… read more

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12. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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13. Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • sociology
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

Cover of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier

14. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • psychology
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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15. Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

By: Judith Heumann

4.48

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"When other people see you as a third-class citizen, the first thing you need is a belief in yourself and the knowledge that you have rights. The next thing you need is a group of friends to fight bac…"

-Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

"When someone ignores you, it's an intentional display of power. They're essentially acting like you don't exist, and they do it because they can. They believe that nothing will happen to them. Ignori…"

-Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Cover of Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath

16. Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen

By: Dan Heath

4.15

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It by Richard V. Reeves

17. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It

By: Richard V. Reeves

4.07

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • psychology
"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"

-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It

Cover of The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power by Katherine Morgan Schafler

18. The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power

By: Katherine Morgan Schafler

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every “recovering perfectionist” t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Energy management beats time management."

-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power

"Feeling less in danger is not the same as feeling safe."

-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power

"Enthusiasm itself will not be enough to sustain an endeavor."

-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power

"Forgiveness is not a line you cross, it's a path you walk on."

-Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power

Cover of The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li

19. The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

By: Fei-Fei Li

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla

20. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

By: Carlo M. Cipolla

3.86

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • sociology
"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"

-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Cover of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz

21. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

By: Taylor Lorenz

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
Cover of The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook by Ward Farnsworth

22. The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook

By: Ward Farnsworth

4.27

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, h… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • psychology
Cover of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly   Jones

23. I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

By: Kimberly Jones

3.69

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls—one black, one … read more

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  • social justice
Cover of My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capó Crucet

24. My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education

By: Jennine Capó Crucet

4.16

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

In this sharp and candid collection of essays, first-generation American Jennine Capó Crucet explor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice  Wong

25. Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life

By: Alice Wong

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University by Richard White

26. Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

By: Richard White

3.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son.… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum (Skills for Scholars, 22) by Jessica McCrory Calarco

27. A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum (Skills for Scholars, 22)

By: Jessica McCrory Calarco

4.34

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
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28. Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility

By: Jennifer Morton

3.84

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The ethical and emotional tolls paid by disadvantaged college students seeking upward mobility and … read more

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  • class
  • school
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • college
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • economics
  • education
  • sociology
Cover of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack

29. The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

By: Anthony Abraham Jack

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how—and why—disadvantaged students … read more

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  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • economics
  • sociology
Cover of Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition by Debt Collective

30. Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition

By: Debt Collective

4.25

Format: None pages, ebook

With debt cancellation emerging as both a key area of debate in the Democratic primary and a cataly… read more

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  • philosophy
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People by Donna  Hicks

31. Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People

By: Donna Hicks

3.85

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

What every leader needs to know about dignity and how to create a culture in which everyone thrives… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology

7 best-selling philosophy books like Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility by Jennifer Morton

Transform Your Habits

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Transform Your Habits

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

3.97

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Carlo M. Cipolla

3.86

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Transform Your Habits

A Living Remedy: A Memoir

Nicole Chung

4.01

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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

4.12

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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Ashley Shew

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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Hua Hsu

4.03

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