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A wry, deeply empathetic, and quietly terrifying exploration of what happens when the internet decides to destroy your life. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with So You've Been Publicly Shamed.
- unsettling
- tense
- thought-provoking
- darkly comedic
- 01
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
A darkly funny, slightly paranoid plunge into the blurry line between eccentricity and clinical madness.
- 02
You're Not Listening
Kate Murphy
A gentle but firm wake-up call that transforms how you experience every conversation you have.
- 03
Perv
Jesse Bering
An unflinching, inquisitive exploration of the hidden corners of human desire and the shame we attach to them.
- 04
The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
An urgent, analytical deep-dive into the cultural shifts reshaping childhood, campus life, and American discourse.
- 05
Evil
Julia Shaw
A provocative, science-backed exploration that dismantles our cultural assumptions about what makes a person truly monstrous.
- 06
Dataclysm
Christian Rudder
A witty, voyeuristic peek into the collective human psyche through the unfiltered lens of our internet search histories and dating profiles.
- 07
Dopamine Nation
Anna Lembke
A compassionate, eye-opening look at why we cannot stop scrolling, snacking, and striving, offering a science-backed path back to baseline.
- 08
You are not so smart
David McRaney
A playful, humbling tour through the cognitive biases that secretly run your life, proving that you are delightfully, predictably irrational.
- 09
Rising strong
Brené Brown
A compassionate, research-backed roadmap for turning your greatest failures into your most profound moments of growth.
- 10
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
Jessica Pan
A hilarious, cringe-inducing, and deeply heartwarming exploration of what happens when you force yourself to do the exact things that terrify you most.
- 11
Confessions of a sociopath
M. E. Thomas
A chillingly charismatic and unapologetic tour through the mind of a self-aware predator.
- 12
Quirkology
Richard Wiseman
A playful, eye-opening romp through the bizarre and hidden science of everyday human behavior.
