15 Top nonfiction books like Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson

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Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

By: Clive Thompson

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with…

"More than introversion or logic, though, coding selects for people who can handle endless frustration."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

"More than introversion or logic, though, coding selects for people who can handle endless frustration."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

"When you meet a coder, you're meeting someone whose core daily experience is of unending failure and grinding frustration."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

"When you meet a coder, you're meeting someone whose core daily experience is of unending failure and grinding frustration."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

By: Rob Goodman , Jimmy Soni

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The life and times of one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century: Claude Shannon--the … read more

Similar categories in Rob Goodman's A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • history
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
Cover of Computing: A Concise History by Paul E. Ceruzzi

2. Computing: A Concise History

By: Paul E. Ceruzzi

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the I… read more

Similar categories in Paul E. Ceruzzi's Computing: A Concise History book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • computers
  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • technology

3. Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology

By: Ellen Ullman

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

The never-more-necessary return of one of our most vital and eloquent voices on technology and cult… read more

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4. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday l… read more

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5. Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins

By: Garry Kasparov , None

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Audio CD

Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in… read more

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6. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

By: Steve Wozniak , Gina Smith

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

"iWoztraces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted... individual whose contributions to the scie… read more

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7. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

By: Scott Rosenberg

4.33

Format: 192 pages,

Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their c… read more

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8. 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

Similar categories in Kara Swisher's Burn Book: A Tech Love Story book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • history
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • science
Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

9. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

Similar categories in Mustafa Suleyman's The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • business
  • science
Cover of A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier

10. A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

By: Bruce Schneier

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It’s not just computers―hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Schneier's A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • computers
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • business
  • technology
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11. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • nonfiction
  • history
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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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • sociology
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13. The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us

By: Paul Tough

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“Indelible and extraordinary.”—Tara Westover, author of Educated: A Memoir, New York Times Book Rev… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
Cover of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson

14. Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

By: Clive Thompson

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with… read more

Similar categories in Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • computers
  • science
  • history
  • coding
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • sociology
  • business
  • technology
"More than introversion or logic, though, coding selects for people who can handle endless frustration."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

"When you meet a coder, you're meeting someone whose core daily experience is of unending failure and grinding frustration."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

"For years, coders have been programming computers so that they perform repetitive tasks for us. Now they automate our repetitive thoughts."

-Clive Thompson, Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

Cover of Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History by Ben Mezrich

15. 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

Similar categories in Ben Mezrich's Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History book and Clive Thompson's Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST by Martin Baron

16. Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST

By: Martin Baron

4.20

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

“A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil.” — T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
Cover of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan

17. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

By: Venki Ramakrishnan

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets by Brett Scott

18. Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets

By: Brett Scott

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Axiom Award Gold Medalist for Business Commentary The reach of Corporations into our lives via card… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News by Cindy L. Otis

19. True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News

By: Cindy L. Otis

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"If I could pick one book to hand to every teen—and adult—on earth, this is the one. True or False … read more

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  • history
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • science
Cover of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O'Mara

20. The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

By: Margaret O'Mara

3.95

Format: 512 pages, ebook

One of New York Magazine's best books on Silicon Valley!The true, behind-the-scenes history of the … read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology

10 Best history books like Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Clive Thompson

Transform Your Habits

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

Rob Goodman , Jimmy Soni

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Computing: A Concise History

Paul E. Ceruzzi

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

Bill Maher

4.27

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6 best-selling audiobook books like Computing: A Concise History by Paul E. Ceruzzi

Transform Your Habits

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

David Deutsch

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Computing: A Concise History

Paul E. Ceruzzi

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

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