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
17102 Logan's Run William F. Nolan 1967 American English
17161 Earth David Brin 1990 American English
17161 Starfish Peter Watts 1999 Canadian English
17161 Dragon's Egg Robert L. Forward 1980 American English
17161 Such Christine Brooke-Rose 1966 British English
17161 Attrib. And Other Stories Eley Williams 2017 British English
17161 Mapping The Deep Robert Kunzig 2000 American English
17161 Electric Universe David Bodanis 2005 British English
17161 Adventures In The Anthropocene Gaia Vince 2014 British English
17161 Dark Matters Simone Browne 2015 Canadian English
17161 Race After Technology Ruha Benjamin 2019 American English
17161 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17161 Bring The Jubilee Ward Moore 1953 American English
17161 Ring Around The Sun Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
17161 The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett 1955 American English
17161 Journey Beyond Tomorrow Robert Sheckley 1962 American English
17161 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 1975 American English
17161 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
17161 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17161 The Palace Of Eternity Bob Shaw 1969 British English
17161 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad 1969 American English
17161 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
17161 Looking Backward, From The Year 2000 Mack Reynolds 1987 American English
17161 The Centauri Device M. John Harrison 1974 British English
17161 Michaelmas Algis Budrys 1977 American English
17161 The Ophiuchi Hotline John Varley 1977 American English
17161 The Walking Shadow Brian Stableford 1979 British English
17161 Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm 1979 American English
17161 The Dreaming Dragons Damien Broderick 1980 Australian English
17161 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 1982 American English
17161 Oath Of Fealty Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 1981 American English
17161 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17161 L8r, G8r Lauren Myracle 2007 American English
17161 Super Cannes J. G. Ballard 2000 British English
17161 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
17161 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
17161 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
17161 We Had To Remove This Post Hanna Bervoets 2021 Dutch Dutch
17161 Winter Ali Smith 2017 British English
17161 Those Guys Have All The Fun James Andrew Miller 2011 American English
17161 Andymon Angela Steinmüller, Karlheinz Steinmüller 1982 German German
17161 Commander Perkins H. G. Francis 1978 German German
17161 Midworld Alan Dean Foster 1975 American English
17161 A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski 1986 American English
17161 The Last Day Of Creation Wolfgang Jeschke 1981 German German
17161 Little Brother Cory Doctorow 2008 Canadian English
17161 Otherland Tad Williams 1996 American English
17161 We Were Out Of Our Minds With Joy David Marusek 1995 American English
17161 Ruby Finley Vs. The Interstellar Invasion K. Tempest Bradford 2023 American English
17161 Arabella Of Mars David D. Levine 2016 American English
17161 Shards Of Earth Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021 British English
17161 Children Of Ruin Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019 British English
17161 Europe In Winter Dave Hutchinson 2016 British English
17161 Ack Ack Macaque Gareth L. Powell 2012 British English
17161 Brasyl Ian McDonald 2007 British English
17161 End Of The World Blues Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2006 British English
17161 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17161 The Sky Road Ken MacLeod 1999 Scottish English
17161 Aztec Century Christopher Evans 1993 British English
17161 Gráinne Keith Roberts 1973 British English
17161 The Ragged Astronauts Bob Shaw 1986 British English
17161 Tik Tok John Sladek 1983 American English
17161 Brontomek! Michael G. Coney 1976 British English
17161 The Moment Of Eclipse Brian Aldiss 1970 British English
17161 The Jagged Orbit John Brunner 1969 British English
17161 The Icarus Plot Timothy Zahn 2022 American English
17161 A Star Wheeled Sky Brad R. Torgersen 2018 American English
17161 Somewhither John C. Wright 2015 American English
17161 The Great Divergence Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 American English
17161 The Broker John Grisham 2005 American English
17161 The Shock Of The Old David Edgerton 2006 British English
17161 Brother Astronomer Guy Consolmagno 2000 American English
17161 Breaking The Chains Of Gravity Amy Shira Teitel 2015 American English
17161 How To Cool The Planet Jeff Goodell 2010 American English
17161 So, You Want To Be A Coder? Jane Bedell 2016 American English
17161 Black Inventors For Children Charles Jones 2002 American Unknown
17161 Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Jones 1991 Unknown English
17161 Consider The Following Bill Nye 1995 American English
17161 Vacuum Diagrams Stephen Baxter 1997 British English
17161 Darwin Among The Machines George B. Dyson 1997 American English
17161 Critical Path R. Buckminster Fuller 1981 American English
17161 In The Vineyard Of The Text Ivan Illich 1993 American English
17161 Giving Up The Gun Noel Perrin 1979 American English
17161 Medieval In La Jim Paul 1996 American English
17161 Home Witold Rybczynski 1986 Canadian English
17161 River Of Shadows Rebecca Solnit 2003 American English
17161 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree Jr. 1990 American English
17161 Design John Heskett 2005 British English
17161 Lost Memory Of Skin Russell Banks 2011 American English
17161 Moonglow Michael Chabon 2016 American English
17161 Los Angeles Reyner Banham 1971 British English
17161 Nature’s Metropolis William Cronon 1991 American English
17161 Deschooling Society Ivan Illich 1971 American English
17161 Rivers Of Empire Donald Worster 1985 American English
17161 An Unfinished History Of The World Hugh Thomas 1979 British English
17161 Trillion Year Spree Brian Aldiss 1986 British English
17161 Our Posthuman Future Francis Fukuyama 2002 American English
17161 Our Final Century Martin Rees 2003 British English
17161 The Master Switch Tim Wu 2010 American English
17161 The Running Man Stephen King 1982 American English
17161 Symbols Of Modernity Abdul Amir Khadir Unknown Unknown
17161 Wings Of Fire APJ Abdul Kalam 1999 Indian English
17161 Wild Robot Peter Brown 2016 American English
17161 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline 2020 American English
17161 The Gone World Tom Sweterlitsch 2018 American English
17161 Zero Charles Seife 2000 American English
17161 At Home Bill Bryson 2010 American English
17161 Zero To One Peter Thiel 2014 American English
17161 Look To Windward Iain Banks 2000 British English
17161 How Music Got Free Stephen Richard Witt 2015 American English
17161 Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy 1986 American English
17161 The Bear And The Dragon Tom Clancy 2000 American English
17161 Debt Of Honor Tom Clancy 1994 American English
17161 Origin Dan Brown 2017 American English
17161 Wool Omnibus Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17161 The Victorian Internet Tom Standage 1998 British English
17161 Engineers Of Victory Paul Kennedy 2013 British English
17161 The Lost World Michael Crichton 1995 American English
17161 Hocus Pocus Kurt Vonnegut 1990 American English
17161 Building A Second Brain Tiago Forte 2022 American English