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Explore 24 books like Making Sense by Ellen Goodman — a handpicked selection united by Journalism, Sociology, Literary Collections, and American.

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Top related books to Making Sense

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Making Sense.

The Best Business Writing 2014

Dean Starkman

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

A Russian Journal

John Steinbeck

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

The Best American Magazine Writing 2021

Sid Holt

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

News of Baltimore Race, Rage and the City

Linda Steiner

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • American

Chasing Shadows A True Story of Drugs, War and the Secret World of International Crime

Miles Johnson

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

The Bedside Guardian 2012

Stephen Bates

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

Teenage Hipster in the Modern World From the Birth of Punk to the Land of Bush : Thirty Years of Millenial Journalism

Mark Jacobson

Themes: Journalism • Literary Collections • American

Dispatches from the Diaspora From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter

Gary Younge

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

The Best of Royko The Tribune Years

Mike Royko

Themes: Journalism • Literary Collections • American

#10

Our Women on the Ground Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Zahra Hankir

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

#11

FDR and the News Media

Betty Houchin Winfield

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • American

#12

Debatable Land Dispatches from the Borders

Rory Stewart

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Literary Collections

#13

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

Themes: Sociology • Literary Collections • American

#14

The Anthropocene in Global Media Neutralizing the Risk

Leslie Sklair

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#15

The Political Economy of Global Communication An Introduction

Peter Wilkin

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#16

Crystallizing Public Opinion (Original Classic Edition)

Edward Bernays

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#17

Media Psychology Exploration and Application

Navin Kumar

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#18

Facebook, the Media and Democracy Big Tech, Small State?

Leighton Andrews

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#19

Empire of Pain The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

Themes: Journalism • Literary Collections • Language Arts & Disciplines

#20

The Noise of Typewriters Remembering Journalism

Lance Morrow

Themes: Journalism • Literary Collections • Language Arts & Disciplines

#21

Behind These Doors Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival

Alex South

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#22

The Laundromat Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite

Jake Bernstein

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • Language Arts & Disciplines

#23

Best American Crime Writing 2004

Otto Penzler

Themes: Journalism • Literary Collections • American

#24

Cathay by the Bay Glimpses of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the Year 1950

George Kao

Themes: Journalism • Sociology • American

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Journalism, Sociology, Literary Collections — the same threads that run through Making Sense by Ellen Goodman. Among the authors featured: Dean Starkman, John Steinbeck, Sid Holt, Linda Steiner, and others.