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
17161 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17161 Amygdalatropolis B.R. Yeager 2016 Unknown English
16907 Theory Of Business Enterprise Thorstein Veblen 1904 American English
17161 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17161 Made In America Bill Bryson 1994 American English
17161 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English
17161 Radicalized Cory Doctorow 2019 Canadian English
17161 Technofeudalism Yanis Varoufakis 2024 Greek English
17161 Character Limit Kate Conger, Ryan Mac 2024 Unknown English
17161 Underground Empire Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17161 Burn Book Kara Swisher 2024 Unknown English
17161 There Is No Ethan Anna Akbari 2024 Unknown English
17161 A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor Hank Green 2020 American English
17161 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17161 Resisting Borders And Technologies Of Violence Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, Coline Schupfer 2024 Unknown English
17161 Unlocked Pete Etchells 2024 Unknown English
17161 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Devil Colony James Rollins 2011 American English
17161 Sandstorm James Rollins 2004 American English
17161 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17161 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
17161 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17161 Only The Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove 1996 American English
17161 Fire In The Valley Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine 1984 American English
17161 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17161 More Work For Mother Ruth Schwartz Cowan 1983 American English
17161 House Of Suns Alastair Reynolds 2008 British English
17161 Pandaemonium Humphrey Jennings 1985 British English
17161 Daemon Daniel Suarez 2006 American English
17161 Moxyland Lauren Beukes 2008 South African English
17161 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17161 Light Comes To Shadow Mountain Toni Buzzeo 2023 Unknown English
17161 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17161 The Ark Sakura Kobo Abé 1984 Japanese Japanese
17161 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17161 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17161 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17161 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
17161 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17161 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17161 The Unseen World Liz Moore 2016 American English
17161 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17161 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17161 The Thirst For Annihilation Nick Land 1992 British English
17161 The Machinic Unconscious Félix Guattari 1979 French French
17161 Red Plenty Francis Spufford 2010 British English
17161 Silo 1 Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17161 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17161 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17161 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17161 The Salmon Of Doubt Douglas Adams 2002 British English
17161 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17161 Third Wave Alvin Toffler 1980 American English
17161 Fanged Noumena Nick Land 2011 British English
17161 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
17161 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17161 Numbers In The Dark And Other Stories Italo Calvino 1995 Italian Italian
17161 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17161 The Book Amaranth Borsuk 2018 Unknown English
17161 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17161 O Tempo Dos Simulacros Philip K. Dick American Unknown
17161 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17161 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17161 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17161 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17161 Coma Robin Cook 1977 American English
17161 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17161 The Race Nina Allan 2014 British English
17161 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17161 Cave & Julia M. John Harrison 2014 British English
17161 Angelmaker Nick Harkaway 2012 British English
17161 The Future Naomi Alderman British Unknown
17161 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17161 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17161 Because Internet Gretchen McCulloch 2019 Canadian English
17161 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 4 Hayao Miyazaki 1990 Japanese Japanese
17161 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 2 Hayao Miyazaki 1983 Japanese Japanese
17161 The Short Drop Matthew FitzSimmons 2015 American English
17161 Siilo Hugh Howey 2011 American English
16904 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17161 Mass Effect Drew Karpyshyn 2010 Canadian English
17161 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17161 Blind Man's Bluff Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Drew 1998 American English
17161 Stalking The Red Bear Peter Sasgen 2009 Unknown English
17161 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17161 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17161 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17161 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17161 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17161 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17161 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17161 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17161 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17161 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17161 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 Wrong Way Joanne McNeil 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 Going Infinite Michael Lewis 2023 American English
17161 Artificial Amy Kurzweil 2023 Unknown English
17161 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
17161 Blood In The Machine Brian Merchant 2023 Unknown English
17161 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17161 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17161 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17161 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17161 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17161 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17161 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17161 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English