Recs if you like Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1...

puts beret on a jaunty angle ‘why yes i went to Oxbridge and go skiing on my holibobs with papa, why do you ask?’ takes a hit of tobacco flavoured vape, puts asterisk in margin of the obscure classic i’m ‘reading’

the list for people who want to look ‘well read’ and need some books to name drop - look no further if you have read them, more power to you, but this is explicitly about the people who claim to have read them but can’t read instructions on pasta

Some books I consider to be essential (or just really good) to understand the world from a sociological perspective. (Note: I am a Mexican sociologist so some of the books might be in their Spanish title) ( Note 2: I added that Louise Tilly book but I think that any other would also be a good alternative. I added her because I think she’s a great historian who really contributed to historic sociology)