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A sharp, anthropological descent into the surreal and toxic optimism of Silicon Valley's boom years. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Uncanny Valley.
- surreal
- alienating
- slick
- mildly dystopian
- 01
Voices from the Valley
Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel
An unfiltered, ground-level exploration of the human labor and stark contradictions hiding behind Silicon Valley's polished utopian hype.
- 02
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.
- 03
Genius Makers
Cade Metz
A high-stakes, deeply reported journey into the minds and boardrooms racing to build artificial intelligence.
- 04
Life in code
Ellen Ullman
A deeply humanistic, late-night reflection on the invisible architecture of code and the people who build it.
- 05
Broad Band
Claire L. Evans
A vibrant, vindicating journey through the hidden history of the digital age, spotlighting the women who wove the web.
- 06
Coders
Clive Thompson
An immersive, anthropological deep-dive into the minds and culture of the people quietly engineering our modern reality.
- 07
Machines of loving grace
John Markoff
A sweeping, journalistic exploration of the ethical tightrope between human agency and artificial intelligence.
- 08
Super Pumped
Mike Isaac
A high-octane, jaw-dropping ride through the toxic excess and spectacular hubris of Silicon Valley's most aggressive startup.
- 09
Recollections of My Nonexistence
Rebecca Solnit
A lyrical, fiercely intelligent exploration of finding your voice and taking up space in a world designed to silence you.
- 10
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
A razor-sharp, dizzying plunge into the funhouse mirror of modern internet culture and millennial self-delusion.
- 11
Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams
A sharp, insider's autopsy of Silicon Valley hubris that reads like a corporate thriller laced with dark, absurdist humor.
- 12
Doppelganger
Naomi Klein
A dizzying, deeply personal descent into the funhouse mirror of modern internet culture and political extremism.
