This document consists of great books or articles on Anthropology. Some are here because there is a course covering the same material; some are just great books that you should read at some point in your career.
Once you have made it through most of the curriculum, knowing whether a book is worth your time will become easier. Or, if you are struggling in one of the courses, perhaps reading a book on the subject will help.
| Name | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Think Like an Anthropologist | Matthew Engelke |
| Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century | Charles King |
| Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art | Rebecca Wragg Sykes |
| Evolution’s Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins | Peter S. Ungar |
| The Interpretation of Cultures | Clifford Geertz |
| Argonauts of the Western Pacific | Bronislaw Malinowski |
| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari |
| History of Anthropological Thought | V.S. Upadhyay and Gaya Pandey; free alternative: Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century (open access chapters available) |