What books have people read either about individual psychology or books about the nature of the human race and/or society that they found really worth reading? Or books that just give you clues into important skills you need to navigate life?
For me:
The moral animal - Robert Wright
Lucifer Principle - Howard Bloom
Singluarity is near - Ray Kurzweil (about the fate of the human race, so arguably a sociology type book)
Intro to communications textbook for interpersonal communications class. It really helped outline things I kindof intuitively knew but made them more concrete and easier to understand about how relationships and communications worked. Of all my college textbooks this is the only one I still have.
Honorable mention to ‘the dictators handbook’ by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita about game theory and self interest and how it relates to politics.