The Greatest Books of All Time on Technology

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
13886 Googled Ken Auletta 2009 American English
13920 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 1965 Polish Polish
13923 Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 1967 American English
13924 No Highway Nevil Shute 1948 British English
13941 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Consuming Fire John Scalzi 2018 American English
14011 Великий Гусляр Kir Bulychev 1976 Russian Russian
14025 The Rosewater Insurrection Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson 2019 British English
14025 2030 Albert Brooks 2011 American English
14051 The Power To Compete Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani 2014 Japanese English
14122 Life 3.0 Max Tegmark 2017 Swedish English
14138 They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton 1954 American English
14138 ...And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny 1965 American English
14138 Hominids Robert J. Sawyer 2002 Canadian English
14138 Beyond This Horizon Robert A. Heinlein 1942 American English
14138 Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 1950 American English
14132 Energy Vaclav Smil 1999 Czech English
14167 Going Postal Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
14180 Titan Ii David Stumpf 2000 American English
14176 To Be A Machine Mark O'Connell 2017 Irish English
14202 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 1970 American English
14198 Nova Samuel R. Delany 1968 American English
14204 High-Rise J. G. Ballard 1975 British English
14208 Have Space Suit—Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein 1958 American English
14212 Enriching The Earth Vaclav Smil 2001 Canadian English
14232 The Postman David Brin 1985 American English
14232 Excession Iain Banks 1996 British English
14232 How Music Works David Byrne 2012 American English
14232 Pattern Recognition William Gibson 2003 American English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14232 Neurotribes Steve Silberman 2015 American English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14324 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14332 Changing Planes Ursula K. Le Guin 2003 American English
14335 Выстрел с монитора Vladislav Krapivin 1986 Russian Russian
14343 The Circle Dave Eggers 2013 American English
14348 Fortune Smiles Adam Johnson 2015 American English
14385 Numbers Don't Lie Vaclav Smil 2021 Czech English
14390 The World Is Flat Thomas L. Friedman 2005 American English
14390 Creating The Twentieth Century Vaclav Smil 2005 Czech English
14390 The End Of Poverty Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005 American English
14411 The Box Marc Levinson 2006 American English
14432 American Innovations Rivka Galchen 2014 American English
14435 Collected Short Fiction Of Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley 1991 American English
14435 The Time Patrol Poul Anderson 1991 American English
14435 Big History Cynthia Stokes Brown 2007 American English
14435 The Grid Phillip F. Schewe 2007 American English
14435 The Age Of Extremes Eric Hobsbawm 1994 British English
14458 The Post American World Fareed Zakaria 2008 American English
14458 Energies Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
14458 Global Catastrophes And Trends Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
14458 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14493 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14499 The Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael Swanwick 1993 American English
14499 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14499 Liberating Learning Terry M. Moe 2009 American English
14497 Blue Blood Being Ni Kuang 1985 Chinese Chinese
14499 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
14520 The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley 2010 British English
14520 Where Good Ideas Come From Steven Johnson 2010 American English
14520 The Most Powerful Idea In The World William Rosen 2010 American English
14520 Energy Transitions Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14520 Prime Movers Of Globalization Vaclav Smil 2010 Canadian English
14520 Xkcd Randall Munroe 2010 American English
14554 Reinventing Fire Amory Lovins 2011 American English
14554 Unlocking The Gates Taylor Walsh 2011 American English
14554 Unlocking Energy Innovation Richard K. Lester 2011 American English
14554 That Used To Be Us Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum 2011 American English
14554 Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold 2011 American English
14554 Change.Edu Andrew S. Rosen 2011 American English
14554 The Quest Daniel Yergin 2011 American English
14554 Getting Better Charles Kenny 2011 American English
14585 Lai Suo Huang Fan 1987 Chinese Chinese
14599 Abundance Peter Diamandis 2012 American English
14599 Sustainable Materials Julian M. Allwood 2012 British English
14599 One Billion Hungry Gordon Conway 2012 British English
14630 Making The Modern World Vaclav Smil 2013 Canadian English
14630 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14677 Men Of The Old Stone Age Henry Fairfield Osborn 1915 American English
14680 Becoming Steve Jobs Brent Schlender 2015 American English
14680 Thing Explainer Randall Munroe 2015 American English
14698 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14710 History Of The World War Frank H. Simonds 1917 American English
14729 The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov 1957 American English
14732 Hit Refresh Satya Nadella 2017 American English
14732 Energy And Civilization Vaclav Smil 2017 Czech English
14819 Restaurant At The End Of The Universe Douglas Adams 1980 British English
14788 Two Planets Kurd Laßwitz 1897 German German
14834 Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman 2018 American English
14834 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14834 The Future Of Capitalism Paul Collier 2018 British English
14834 The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger 2018 American English
14924 Life, The Universe And Everything Douglas Adams 1982 British English
14926 The End Of Eternity Isaac Asimov 1955 American English
14939 The City And The Stars Arthur C. Clarke 1956 British English
14936 Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said Philip K. Dick 1974 American English
14943 Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut 1952 American English
14966 Greybeard Brian Aldiss 1964 British English
14954 334 Thomas M. Disch 1972 American English
14985 Beyond Freedom and Dignity B. F. Skinner 1971 American English
14985 Carrying the Fire Michael Collins 1974 American English
14985 Nova Express William S. Burroughs 1964 American English
14985 Count Zero William Gibson 1986 American English
14985 The Baroque Cycle Neal Stephenson 2003 American English
14985 The Sea And Summer George Turner 1987 Australian English
14985 Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland 1990 British English
14985 Synners Pat Cadigan 1991 American English
14985 Song Of Time Ian R. MacLeod 2008 British English
14985 The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling 2019 American English
14985 Exit Strategy Martha Wells 2018 American English
14985 Sphere Michael Crichton 1987 American English
14985 The Player Of Games Iain Banks 1988 Scottish English
14985 The Robots Of Dawn Isaac Asimov 1983 American English
14985 Eon Greg Bear 1985 American English
14985 Virtual Light William Gibson 1993 American English
14985 The Songs Of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke 1986 British English
14985 Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut 1985 American English
14985 Armor John Steakley 1984 American English