Social Science Books in Order
Social Science contains 23 books, published between 1973 and 2013. The first book is The Class Structure Of The Advanced Societies (1973) and the newest is Turbulent and Mighty Continent (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1973–2013
- Pages on record
- 6,082 in 22 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 101–152 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,082 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Social Science is a catalogue grouping rather than a single narrative series, filed under Anthony Giddens with 23 titles dated 1973 to 2013. Most entries are works of sociology and political theory, including The Class Structure Of The Advanced Societies (1973), The Constitution of Society (1991), The Consequences of Modernity (1991) and Beyond Left and Right (1994). The grouping also contains 2 titles credited to Edward Humes, School of Dreams (2004) and Monkey Girl (2007).
How many Social Science books are there?
Social Science has 23 books, released between 1973 and 2013.
Social Science Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Social Science books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Class Structure Of The Advanced Societies1973 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/419733361/4
- 1School of Dreams2004 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420044001/4
- 2Classes, Power and Conflict: Classical and Contemporary Debates1982 · 646 pages · confirmed 1/419826461/4
- 2Monkey Girl2007 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420074001/4
- 3Profiles And Critiques In Social Theory1982 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/419822391/4
- 4Durkheim on Politics and the State1986 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/419862501/4
- 5The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration1991 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/419914021/4
- 6The Consequences of Modernity1991 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/419912001/4
- 7Human Societies: Introductory Reader in Sociology1992 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/419923881/4
- 8Beyond Left and Right: The Future of Radical Politics1994 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419942761/4
- 9Politics, Sociology, and Social Theory1995 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419953041/4
- 10Durkheim1997 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/419971261/4
- 11Conversations with Anthony Giddens1998 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/419982481/4
- 12The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy1998 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/419981661/4
- 13The Third Way and Its Critics1998 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/419982001/4
- 14On the Edge2000 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/420002421/4
- 15Where Now for New Labour?2002 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42002961/4
- 16Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives2003 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/420031041/4
- 17The Progressive Manifesto: New Ideas for the Centre-Left2003 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/420032221/4
- 18Global Europe, Social Europe2006 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/420063091/4
- 19Over to You, MR Brown: How Labour Can Win Again2007 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420072561/4
- 20The Politics of Climate Change2009 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420092721/4
- 21Turbulent and Mighty Continent2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
Do you have to read Social Science books in order?
You should read the Social Science books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Social Science book also stands alone.
Where to start with Social Science
Start with The Class Structure Of The Advanced Societies (1973), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Social Science book?
Turbulent and Mighty Continent (2013) is the newest Social Science book released so far.
Is there a new Social Science book coming?
No next Social Science book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Social Science at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Social Science title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Social Science books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,082 pages across the 22 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 253 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Social Science books, 9 of 23, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 23 titles, 21 are credited to Anthony Giddens and 2 to Edward Humes.
What the Social Science books are about
All 23 Social Science books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sociology is tagged on 6 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Sociology 6 of 23 books
- Globalization 4 of 23 books
- Political science 4 of 23 books
- Political sociology 4 of 23 books
- Right and left (Political science) 4 of 23 books
- Philosophy 3 of 23 books
- Politics and government 3 of 23 books
- Social structure 3 of 23 books
- Socialism 3 of 23 books
- Sociology, philosophy 3 of 23 books
- Capitalism 2 of 23 books
- Civilization, modern 2 of 23 books
Other series by Anthony Giddens
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.