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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.05 — 14,234 ratings — published 2018
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,750,839 ratings — published 1949
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No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,313 ratings — published 2014
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Permanent Record Permanent Record (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.30 — 59,486 ratings — published 2019
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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.93 — 53,981 ratings — published 2008
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Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.46 — 579 ratings — published 2015
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Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,219 ratings — published 2018
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,919 ratings — published 2015
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The Circle (The Circle, #1) The Circle (The Circle, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.43 — 235,492 ratings — published 2013
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,343 ratings — published 1975
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The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,547 ratings — published 2023
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We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,678 ratings — published 2018
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,892 ratings — published 2018
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The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,698 ratings — published 2008
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The Dream Hotel The Dream Hotel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.58 — 47,978 ratings — published 2025
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Privacy Is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data Privacy Is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,367 ratings — published 2020
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Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,207 ratings — published 2020
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The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.83 — 241 ratings — published 2010
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A Scanner Darkly A Scanner Darkly (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.02 — 113,259 ratings — published 1977
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Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,684 ratings — published 2023
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Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.16 — 733 ratings — published
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Going Zero Going Zero (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.88 — 18,281 ratings — published 2023
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Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.79 — 5,157 ratings — published 2023
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In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,080 ratings — published 2021
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Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,048 ratings — published 2018
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,974 ratings — published 2016
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Verax: The True History of Whistleblowers, Drone Warfare, and Mass Surveillance: A Graphic Novel Verax: The True History of Whistleblowers, Drone Warfare, and Mass Surveillance: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.82 — 395 ratings — published 2017
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Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 2015
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المراقبة السائلة المراقبة السائلة (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.80 — 504 ratings — published 2012
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Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.68 — 664 ratings — published 2014
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,555,077 ratings — published 1985
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The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.94 — 553 ratings — published 1998
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Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.08 — 131 ratings — published
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Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,590 ratings — published 2023
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"I Have Nothing to Hide": And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy (Myths Made in America) "I Have Nothing to Hide": And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy (Myths Made in America)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.65 — 193 ratings — published 2021
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The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Radical Perspectives) The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Radical Perspectives)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.44 — 9 ratings — published
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The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,159 ratings — published 2021
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Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,136 ratings — published 2019
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Surveillance Tradecraft Surveillance Tradecraft (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.23 — 43 ratings — published 2010
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Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear in America Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.31 — 101 ratings — published
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Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 4.00 — 67 ratings — published 2016
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Enemies: A History of the FBI Enemies: A History of the FBI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,152 ratings — published 2012
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Homeland (Little Brother, #2) Homeland (Little Brother, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,737 ratings — published 2013
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Surveillance Studies: An Overview Surveillance Studies: An Overview (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.59 — 29 ratings — published 2007
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The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,802 ratings — published 2014
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Super Sad True Love Story Super Sad True Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.45 — 42,669 ratings — published 2010
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Feed Feed (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surveillance)
avg rating 3.55 — 69,390 ratings — published 2002
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Edward Snowden
“Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries.”
Edward Snowden

Jeff Nesbit
“His Eminence, U.S. President-for-Life, is degrading. His cognitive decline is accelerating. It's memory fragmentation. His hard drive is corrupted. Too much input. Too much adulation. He cannot distinguish between history, movies, and his own lies.”
Jeff Nesbit, Autocrat

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