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
9522 In Line Behind A Billion People Damien Ma, William Adams 2013 Unknown English
9635 Being There Andy Clark 1996 Unknown English
9644 Sentinel Syd Mead 1979 Unknown English
10374 Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen 2024 Unknown Unknown
10534 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 Unknown English
10549 The Burning Earth Sunil Amrith 2024 Unknown English
10636 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
10966 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11038 Les Turbines Du Titanic Robert Perišić 2015 Unknown French
11043 Boy Kings Kate Losse 2012 Unknown English
11659 Videogames For Humans Merritt Kopas 2015 Unknown English
11840 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
12148 The Secret Family David Bodanis 1997 Unknown English
12160 Searches Vauhini Vara 2025 Unknown English
12166 Mood Machine Liz Pelly 2025 Unknown English
12205 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12381 New Money Lana Swartz 2020 Unknown English
12434 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12503 Distributed Blackness André Brock Jr. 2020 Unknown English
12562 Breakneck Dan Wang Unknown English
12618 We Computers Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairweather-Vega 2025 Unknown English
12915 Like, Comment, Subscribe Mark Bergen 2022 Unknown English
12922 Second Life Amanda Hess 2025 Unknown English
12986 The Hour Of The Predator Giuliano da Empoli 2025 Unknown English
13015 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13206 You Have A New Memory Aiden Arata 2025 Unknown English
13138 The Confessions Paul Bradley Carr 2025 Unknown English
13312 Everything I Need I Get From You Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022 Unknown English
14492 Cobalt Red Siddharth Kara 2023 Unknown English
14697 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14983 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
14983 Genentech Sally Smith Hughes 2009 Unknown English
17117 Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Jones 1991 Unknown English
17117 Symbols Of Modernity Abdul Amir Khadir Unknown Unknown
17117 Character Limit Kate Conger, Ryan Mac 2024 Unknown English
17117 Underground Empire Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17117 Burn Book Kara Swisher 2024 Unknown English
17117 There Is No Ethan Anna Akbari 2024 Unknown English
17117 Resisting Borders And Technologies Of Violence Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, Coline Schupfer 2024 Unknown English
17117 Unlocked Pete Etchells 2024 Unknown English
17117 Supremacy Parmy Olson 2024 Unknown English
17117 Ai Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Chinese Computer Thomas S. Mullaney 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Afterlife Of Data Carl Öhman 2024 Unknown English
17117 Light Comes To Shadow Mountain Toni Buzzeo 2023 Unknown English
17117 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17117 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17117 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17117 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17117 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17117 The Right To Oblivion Lowry Pressly 2024 Unknown English
17117 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17117 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17117 The Book Amaranth Borsuk 2018 Unknown English
17117 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17117 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17117 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17117 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17117 Stalking The Red Bear Peter Sasgen 2009 Unknown English
17117 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17117 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17117 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17117 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17117 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Sounds Of Life Karen Bakker 2022 Unknown English
17117 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17117 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17117 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17117 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 Wrong Way Joanne McNeil 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 Artificial Amy Kurzweil 2023 Unknown English
17117 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
17117 Blood In The Machine Brian Merchant 2023 Unknown English
17117 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17117 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17117 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17117 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17117 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English
17117 How Data Happened Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 2023 Unknown English
17117 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17117 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17117 Number Go Up Zeke Faux 2023 Unknown English
17117 Ufo Garrett M. Graff 2023 Unknown English
17117 Material World Ed Conway 2023 Unknown English
17117 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17117 Pandora’s Box Peter Biskind 2004 Unknown English
17117 New Waves Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17117 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17117 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17117 Source Code Bill Gates 2025 Unknown Unknown
17117 A History Of The World In Twelve Shipwrecks David Gibbins Unknown Unknown
17117 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English