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A jaw-dropping descent into a Silicon Valley house of cards that reads like a high-stakes psychological thriller. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Bad Blood.

  • tense
  • paranoid
  • claustrophobic
  • astonishing
  1. 01

    Bitcoin Billionaires

    Ben Mezrich

    A cinematic, high-stakes ride through the Wild West of early crypto, fueled by a relentless quest for ultimate vindication.

    Feels:
    • high-stakes
    • energetic
    • clubby
  2. 02

    Super Pumped

    Mike Isaac

    A high-octane, jaw-dropping ride through the toxic excess and spectacular hubris of Silicon Valley's most aggressive startup.

    Shares:
    • tense
    • incredulous
  3. 03

    Bottle of Lies

    Katherine Eban

    A gripping, dread-soaked investigation that reads like a thriller and forever changes how you look at your medicine cabinet.

    Shares:
    • tense
  4. 04

    Billion Dollar Loser

    Reeves Wiedeman

    A dizzying, jaw-dropping front-row seat to the spectacular implosion of a charismatic grifter and his unicorn empire.

    Shares:
    • incredulous
    • corporate hubris
  5. 05

    Digital gold

    Nathaniel Popper

    A globe-trotting, character-driven deep dive into the chaotic frontier of decentralized money and the eccentric visionaries who built it.

    Shares:
    • objective
  6. 06

    The Code Breaker

    Walter Isaacson

    A thrilling, accessible journey into the microscopic frontier that will leave you marveling at the building blocks of life and wrestling with the power to rewrite them.

    Feels:
    • intellectually stimulating
    • awe-struck
    • urgent
  7. 07

    The Smartest Guys in the Room

    Bethany McLean · 2004

    A gripping, slow-motion trainwreck of corporate hubris that reads like a high-stakes financial thriller.

    Shares:
    • tense
    • authoritative
    • incredulous
    • gripping
  8. 08

    Hatching Twitter

    Nick Bilton

    A gripping, backstabbing corporate soap opera that reads like a thriller about the messy human egos behind a global communication empire.

    Shares:
    • tense
  9. 09

    Abolish Silicon Valley

    Wendy Liu

    A heartfelt memoir meets a radical manifesto that dismantles the myth of the tech industry's growth-at-all-costs ethos.

    Feels:
    • reflective
    • sobering
    • galvanizing
  10. 10

    Uncanny Valley

    Anna Wiener

    A sharp, anthropological descent into the surreal and toxic optimism of Silicon Valley's boom years.

    Feels:
    • surreal
    • alienating
    • slick
  11. 11

    Genius Makers

    Cade Metz

    A high-stakes, deeply reported journey into the minds and boardrooms racing to build artificial intelligence.

    Feels:
    • intellectually stimulating
    • high-stakes
    • revelatory
  12. 12

    The Premonition

    Michael Lewis

    A real-life medical thriller about the brilliant, eccentric outsiders who saw a catastrophe coming and the bureaucratic walls they crashed into.

    Shares:
    • tense
    • incredulous

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