A Web Developer's Reading List (56 books)

A list by Kate Shea

My curated collection of tech books I'd like to read for future book club topics. It reflects my diverse interests, and I hope some resonate with you. Spanning topics such as general coding and design, women in tech, AI, healthcare tech, mindfulness, tech for good, climate and green tech, and sustainability.

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1	The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman 4.15 avg rating — 47,664 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Circle (The Circle, #1) by Dave Eggers 3.43 avg rating — 231,413 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing by Janet Abbate 4.13 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever by Bijal P. Trivedi 4.44 avg rating — 1,150 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper 3.94 avg rating — 2,947 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 30,744 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms by Hannah Fry 4.11 avg rating — 11,820 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug: The Working Woman's Guide to Overthrowing the Patriarchy by Sarah Lacy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 463 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers by Jeff Johnson 3.58 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing by Jane Margolis 4.20 avg rating — 291 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet by Claire L. Evans (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 2,480 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 2,570 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila 4.38 avg rating — 3,407 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 968 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech by Sara Wachter-Boettcher (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 2,532 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur by Cara Alwill Leyba 3.88 avg rating — 4,861 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil 3.87 avg rating — 30,116 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work by Alex Rosenblat 3.54 avg rating — 318 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 9,396 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor by Paul Farmer 4.28 avg rating — 4,861 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez 4.34 avg rating — 169,242 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 33,064 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck 4.09 avg rating — 176,215 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein 4.16 avg rating — 27,742 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal 4.22 avg rating — 7,333 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane 4.12 avg rating — 4,818 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell 4.34 avg rating — 3,920 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,277 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport 4.05 avg rating — 95,611 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives by David M. Levy 3.41 avg rating — 152 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World by Adam Gazzaley 3.70 avg rating — 1,171 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 14,956 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity by Jason Thacker (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 182 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands by Eric J. Topol 3.76 avg rating — 1,457 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth by Jeremy Rifkin 3.68 avg rating — 810 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 39,845 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity by Byron Reese 4.01 avg rating — 1,049 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism by Joel Solomon (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 150 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold 4.40 avg rating — 10,592 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts by Richard Susskind 3.64 avg rating — 1,066 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Grid: Electrical Infrastructure for a New Era by Gretchen Bakke 3.86 avg rating — 4,674 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Civic Tech in the Global South: Assessing Technology for the Public Good by Tiago Peixoto 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Patient Revolution: How Big Data and Analytics Are Transforming the Health Care Experience (Wiley and SAS Business Series) by Tailor 2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance by William McDonough 4.01 avg rating — 1,224 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age by Robert M. Wachter (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 1,052 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 29,894 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin 4.35 avg rating — 23,444 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 2,009 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford 4.23 avg rating — 8,664 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Future We Chose: Emerging Perspectives on the Centenary of the Anc by Busani Ngcaweni (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 5,020 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh 4.30 avg rating — 28,994 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World by Nancy Colier (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 309 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again by Eric J. Topol 4.01 avg rating — 2,853 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good by Ann Mei Chang (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 370 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 7,445 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars