18 must-read business books like Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz

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Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets

By: Jeff Horwitz

3.90

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

By an award-winning technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal, a behind-the-scenes look at th…

If you liked the business plot in Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

1. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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2. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

3. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • technology
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4. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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6. The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

By: Dana Mattioli

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in in… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir Hill

7. Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

By: Kashmir Hill

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforceme… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland

8. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

By: Rob Copeland

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter's Soul by Kurt   Wagner

9. Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter's Soul

By: Kurt Wagner

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An expertly reported investigation into Twitter’s messy corporate history—including Elon Musk’s tak… read more

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  • audiobook
  • social media
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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10. Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter

By: Zoë Schiffer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“the bird is freed” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022 When Elon Musk took over Twitter, … read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social media
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz

11. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

By: Taylor Lorenz

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social media
  • sociology
  • business
  • technology
Cover of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Thomas F. Schaller

12. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

13. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • technology
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14. Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets

By: Jeff Horwitz

3.90

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

By an award-winning technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal, a behind-the-scenes look at th… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social media
  • economics
  • sociology
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie

15. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • sociology
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy by Dominic Erdozain

16. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

By: Dominic Erdozain

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History by Ben Mezrich

17. Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History

By: Ben Mezrich

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author Ben the book Elon Musk doesn’t want you to read. BREAKIN… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social media
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism by Adam  Nagourney

18. The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism

By: Adam Nagourney

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State by Kerry Howley

19. Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State

By: Kerry Howley

3.81

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

A wild, humane, and hilarious meditation on post-privacy America--from the acclaimed author of Thro… read more

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  • history
  • technology
  • politics
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  • audiobook
"Leaks are the way Washington DC communicates with itself. The fortress allows itself to be breached. The ship of state the same goes is the only ship that leaks from the top"

-Kerry Howley, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State

"We tend to think of privacy as the freedom to keep intentional secrets separate from public knowledge but privacy has been the freedom to live as if most of what passes for experience will not endure."

-Kerry Howley, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State

"Surveillance capitalism doesn't manage the system of jails. It will not kidnap you from your country of origin strap you down and pour water down your throat until you break your ribs trying to free …"

-Kerry Howley, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State

Cover of Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture by Mark Bergen

20. Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture

By: Mark Bergen

3.74

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, deeply reported account of YouTube, the company that upended media, culture, indust… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social media
  • sociology
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

21. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter

22. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

By: Cameron McWhirter

4.29

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley by Brent Underwood

23. Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley

By: Brent Underwood

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter

24. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  HOAX,  “[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer

25. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

By: Stephen Breyer

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever by Joseph Cox

26. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

By: Joseph Cox

4.12

Format: None pages, None

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more

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  • history
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf

27. Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, behind-the-scenes look at how a radical group of activists — supported by former Pres… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State by Byron Tau

28. Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

By: Byron Tau

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping exposé of the U.S. government’s alliance with data brokers, tech companies, and advertis… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • business
  • technology
"Dating back to 2019, Premise had a network of more than 1,000 gig workers in the country (Ukraine) that were being asked to do tasks that they believed were innocuous market research or corporate dat…"

-Byron Tau, Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

Cover of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality by Renee DiResta

29. Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality

By: Renee DiResta

4.17

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

 A brilliant, original investigation into the radical shift of power as invisible rulers create bes… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • politics
  • social media
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • technology
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

30. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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31. The Fall

By: Michael Wolff

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ―Leo Tolstoy, Anna … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook

31 Best nonfiction books like Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

Zeke Faux

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

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