11 Top politics books like The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse by Benjamin van Rooij

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The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse

By: Benjamin van Rooij

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A 2022 PROSE Award finalist in Legal Studies and Criminology A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Bo…

If you liked the politics plot in The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse by Benjamin van Rooij , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Verbrechen

By: Ferdinand von Schirach

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Ferdinand von Schirach hat es in seinem Beruf alltäglich mit Menschen zu tun, die Extremes getan od… read more

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  • law
  • nonfiction
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2. Bad Housekeeping (An Agnes and Effie Mystery #1)

By: Maia Chance

3.59

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

When 28-year-old Agnes Blythe, the contented bifocals-wearing half of an academic power couple, is … read more

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3. O Caso dos Exploradores de Cavernas

By: Lon L. Fuller

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • law
  • nonfiction

4. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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5. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

By: Michael J. Sandel

4.31

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more

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  • law
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

6. Black Skin, White Masks

By: Frantz Fanon , None

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

A major influence on international civil rights, anticolonial, and black consciousness movement, Bl… read more

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7. The House of the Dead

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more

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8. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

By: Ross King

3.26

Format: None pages,

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9. 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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  • 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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10. The Psychology of Time Travel

By: Kate Mascarenhas

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just a… read more

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"Are you from London?"

-Kate Mascarenhas, The Psychology of Time Travel

"Maybe being in charge of time and space would give anyone a god complex, but she’s such a mean god."

-Kate Mascarenhas, The Psychology of Time Travel

"The days before time travelling, when Grace was free to fall in love with any woman or man she met, were officially over. Ruby was it. After her, there was no one else."

-Kate Mascarenhas, The Psychology of Time Travel

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11. The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9)

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen

4.04

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In the penultimate thriller of the 'New York Times' and number one internationally best-selling Dep… read more

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12. Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable

By: Joanna Schwartz

4.47

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An urgent and definitive examination of how the legal system prevents accountability for police mis… read more

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  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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13. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

By: Benjamin Lorr

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
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14. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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15. Mr. Texas

By: Lawrence Wright

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

A sharply drawn, page-turning send up of Texas politics—from the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-sel… read more

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  • politics
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16. Ik ga leven

By: Lale Gül

3.42

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

‘Muziek mag niet, daten is verboden, het hebben van vrienden van het andere geslacht is onwettig, j… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Fysieke arbeid is immers voor hen die voor denken te lui zijn."

-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven

"Gelukkig is vrijheid van meningsuiting iets anders dan het recht op een podium."

-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven

"Zoals Victor Hugo zei Kent elk dorp een docent Die de boel verlicht En een paus Die dat licht weer dooft Maar wat als er meer docenten waren dan pausen?"

-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven

"In onze cultuur moet je immers spreken met lichaamstaal, niet louter met woorden, dat is nooit overtuigend genoeg, daarom moest ik wel bijtend reageren — en daar vooral vurig bij kijken — op dit om d…"

-Lale Gül, Ik ga leven

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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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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18. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence by Kristen R. Ghodsee

19. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

By: Kristen R. Ghodsee

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done rig… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work/family balance, and, yes, even better sex."

-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

"The state of being female is complicated by other categories such as class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and so on."

-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

"You are not a commodity. Your depression and anxiety are not just chemical imbalances in your brain but reasonable responses to a system that thrives on your dehumanization."

-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

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20. The Urge: Our History of Addiction

By: Carl Erik Fisher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction--a phenomenon that remains b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
  • science
"Diagnosis is the art of discernment, of distinguishing one state from another. But how exactly do we define the boundaries of what is normal? This question has dominated the scientific investigation …"

-Carl Erik Fisher, The Urge: Our History of Addiction

"Does history give us any hope for this kind of pragmatic and pluralistic perspective? . . .Today, amid our latest addiction epidemics, we are faced with another precious and rare opportunity for synt…"

-Carl Erik Fisher, The Urge: Our History of Addiction

Cover of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato

21. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

By: Mariana Mazzucato

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
Cover of In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler

22. In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony

By: Darren Byler

4.29

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

How China built a network of surveillance to detain over a million people and produce a system of c… read more

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  • politics
  • social science
  • nonfiction
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23. Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs

By: Ina Park

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Joyful and funny . . . Park uses science, compassion, humor, diverse stories and examples of her o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"In 1959, women were told they needed to cultivate their “daintiness"

-Ina Park, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs

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24. The Frontiers of Knowledge

By: A.C. Grayling

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past and itself. But… read more

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  • social science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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25. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

By: Sabine Hossenfelder

4.06

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"The main reason we use math in physics, however, is because we can."

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"foundational physics, which is far from experimental test as science can be while still being science"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"if you quote this, you can be the first person to quote someone quoting someone quoting himself quoting someone"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

"Theoretical physicists used to explain what was observed. Now they try to explain why they can't explain what was not observed"

-Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

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26. The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War

By: Mark Galeotti

3.85

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged—and how to adapt to this new realit… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing by Chris Bail

27. Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing

By: Chris Bail

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online―and how we might yet… read more

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  • politics
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
Cover of Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age by Norman Ohler

28. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

By: Norman Ohler

3.90

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs… read more

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  • politics
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
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29. The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse

By: Benjamin van Rooij

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A 2022 PROSE Award finalist in Legal Studies and Criminology A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Bo… read more

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  • social science
  • politics
  • law
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • sociology
  • science
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30. Great State: China and the World

By: Timothy Brook

3.86

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with th… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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31. The Final Struggle

By: Ian Easton

3.95

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

“The Final Struggle shows, using the regime’s own words, how Beijing’s aspirations aren’t regional—… read more

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Ferdinand von Schirach

4.24

O Caso dos Exploradores de Cavernas

Lon L. Fuller

4.43

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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Michael J. Sandel

4.31

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David Brooks

4.14

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Tom O'Neill

4.03

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Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

Mike Jay

3.94

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Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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