Anthropology
American Afterlives: Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century
Shannon Lee Dawdy
A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary life
Grief: A Philosophical Guide
Michael Cholbi
An engaging and illuminating exploration of grief—and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow
The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live
Daniel M. Davis
“A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling.”—Bill Bryson
A revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs that will transform our lives
Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter
Emily Martin
An inside view of the experimental practices of cognitive psychology—and their influence on the addictive nature of social media
Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence
Jenny White
A powerful graphic novel that traces Turkey's descent into political violence in the 1970s through the experiences of four students on opposing sides of the conflict
Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
Lucas Bessire
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human
Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez
A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution
Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy
Christophe Jaffrelot
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance
How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures
Owen Flanagan
An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame
A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences
Shannon Mattern
A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers
Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change
Adriana Petryna
A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds
In Humboldt's Shadow: A Tragic History of German Ethnology
H. Glenn Penny
A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von Humboldt
What Is Religious Authority?: Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia
Ismail Fajrie Alatas
An anthropologist's groundbreaking account of how Islamic religious authority is assembled through the unceasing labor of community building on the island of Java
Managing Medical Authority: How Doctors Compete for Status and Create Knowledge
Daniel Menchik
How the authority of medicine is continuously shaped by relationships among physicians, industry, colleagues, and organizations
The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security
Andrew Lakoff and Stephen J Collier
The origins and development of the modern American emergency state
Every Household Its Own Government: Improvised Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Citizens, and the State in Nigeria
Daniel Jordan Smith
An up-close account of how Nigerians’ self-reliance in the absence of reliable government services enables official dysfunction to strengthen state power
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet
Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost
Caitlin Zaloom
How the financial pressures of paying for college affect the lives and well-being of middle-class families