The Greatest Unknown 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
9527 In Line Behind A Billion People Damien Ma, William Adams 2013 Unknown English
9639 Being There Andy Clark 1996 Unknown English
9648 Sentinel Syd Mead 1979 Unknown English
10380 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10541 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 Unknown English
10556 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
10643 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
10973 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11045 Les Turbines Du Titanic Robert Perišić 2015 Unknown French
11050 Boy Kings Kate Losse 2012 Unknown English
11662 Videogames For Humans Merritt Kopas 2015 Unknown English
11842 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
12149 The Secret Family David Bodanis 1997 Unknown English
12161 Searches Vauhini Vara 2025 Unknown English
12167 Mood Machine Liz Pelly 2025 Unknown English
12206 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12383 New Money Lana Swartz 2020 Unknown English
12436 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12505 Distributed Blackness André Brock Jr. 2020 Unknown English
12564 Breakneck Dan Wang Unknown English
12620 We Computers Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairweather-Vega 2025 Unknown English
12917 Like, Comment, Subscribe Mark Bergen 2022 Unknown English
12925 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
12989 The Hour Of The Predator Giuliano da Empoli 2025 Unknown English
13018 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13209 You Have A New Memory Aiden Arata 2025 Unknown English
13141 The Confessions Paul Bradley Carr 2025 Unknown English
13315 Everything I Need I Get From You Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022 Unknown English
14493 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14698 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14985 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
14985 Genentech Sally Smith Hughes 2009 Unknown English
17163 Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Jones 1991 Unknown English
17163 Symbols Of Modernity Abdul Amir Khadir Unknown Unknown
17163 Amygdalatropolis B.R. Yeager 2016 Unknown English
17163 Character Limit Kate Conger, Ryan Mac 2024 Unknown English
17163 Underground Empire Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17163 Burn Book Kara Swisher 2024 Unknown English
17163 There Is No Ethan Anna Akbari 2024 Unknown English
17163 Resisting Borders And Technologies Of Violence Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, Coline Schupfer 2024 Unknown English
17163 Unlocked Pete Etchells 2024 Unknown English
17163 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17163 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17163 Light Comes To Shadow Mountain Toni Buzzeo 2023 Unknown English
17163 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17163 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17163 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17163 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17163 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17163 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17163 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17163 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17163 The Book Amaranth Borsuk 2018 Unknown English
17163 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17163 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17163 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17163 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17163 Stalking The Red Bear Peter Sasgen 2009 Unknown English
17163 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17163 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17163 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17163 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17163 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17163 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17163 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17163 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17163 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Wrong Way Joanne McNeil 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Artificial Amy Kurzweil 2023 Unknown English
17163 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
17163 Blood In The Machine Brian Merchant 2023 Unknown English
17163 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17163 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17163 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17163 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17163 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English
17163 How Data Happened Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 2023 Unknown English
17163 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17163 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17163 Number Go Up Zeke Faux 2023 Unknown English
17163 Ufo Garrett M. Graff 2023 Unknown English
17163 Material World Ed Conway 2023 Unknown English
17163 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17163 Pandora’s Box Peter Biskind 2004 Unknown English
17163 New Waves Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17163 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17163 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17163 Source Code Bill Gates 2025 Unknown Unknown
17163 A History Of The World In Twelve Shipwrecks David Gibbins Unknown Unknown
17163 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English