Books for an unhurried reader

Evolutionary biology and psychology

Barash, David P. and Ilona A. Barash. The Mammal in the Mirror: Understanding Our Place in the Natural World.
de Waal, Frans B.M., ed. Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Social Evolution.
Dennett, Daniel. Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
Haidt, Jonathan. The Righteous Mind.
Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Krech, Shepard. The Ecological Indian: Myth and History.
Nesbitt, Richard. The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently, and Why.
Noe, Alva. Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness.
Wilson, Edward O. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge.

Brende, Eric. Better OFF: Flipping the Switch on Technology.
Carlson, Chris, ed. Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration.
Carlson, Chris. Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today.
Furness, Zack. One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility.
Gärling, Tommy and Linda Steg, eds. Threats from Car Traffic to the Quality of Urban Life: Problems, Causes, and Solutions.
Honore, Carl. In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed.
Leonard, Annie. The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health -- And a Vision for Change.
Siegel, Lee. Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob.
Stilgoe, John R. Outside Lies Magic: Recovering History and Awareness in Everyday Places.
Wells, Spencer. Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization.

Berman, Morris. The Reenchantment of the World.
Breggin, Peter. Medication Madness.
Elliott, Carl. White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine.
Goldacre, Ben. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients.
Smolin, Lee. The Trouble With Physics.
Szasz, Thomas. The Myth of Mental Illness.
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder.

Friedrichs, Jörg. The Future is Not What it Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity.
Monbiot, George. Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning.
Quinn, Daniel. The Story of B.
Tidwell, Mike. The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities

Gatto, John Taylor. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling.
Gatto, John Taylor. The Underground History of American Education.
Grandin, Temple and Sean Barron. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism.
Levine, Madeline. The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids.
Laney, Marti Olsen, Psy.D. The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World.
Quinn, Daniel. My Ishmael.
Settersten, Richard, and Barbara E. Ray. Not Quite Adults: Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone
Willingham, Daniel T. Why Don't Students Like School?

Chang, Ha-Joon. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism.
Dodson, Lisa. The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream.
Frank, Robert. Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess.
Goodman, Paul. Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society.
Graeber, David. Bullshit Jobs.
Hudson, Michael. Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Destroy the Global Economy.
Lloyd, Richard. Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City.
McKibben, Bill. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.
Olds, Jacqueline, M.D., and Richard S. Schwartz, M.D. The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century.
Turkle, Sherry. Alone Together.