Social Media and the Internet

Books about the social and psychological impacts of social media and the internet.

Updated November 25, 2025
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This Is for Everyone : The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
Paper Book
A Sunday Times Bestseller The inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision's promise--and how it can be redeemed for the future. Perhaps the most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of technologist....
Careless people : cautionary tale of power, greed, and lost idealism
Wynn-Williams, Sarah
#1 New York Times Bestseller A 2025 best book of the year so far by The New York Times, The Economist, NPR, and more "Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to...
Irresistible : the rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us h
Alter, Adam L., 1980-
Paper Book
"One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity." --Adam Grant, New York Times...
Digital madness : how social media is driving our mental health crisis--and how
Kardaras, Nicholas, 1964-
Paper Book
From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids, Digital Madness explores how we've become mad for our devices as our devices are driving us mad, as revolutionary research reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates--and offers a way out....
Hype : how scammers, grifters, and con artists are taking over the internet--and
Bluestone, Gabrielle
Paper Book
"Hype is the best kind of nonfiction: juicy, sharp, savage and wildly entertaining, with a celebrity behaving badly on every page. What more could you want?" -Cat Marnell, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Murder Your Life From former Vice...
Antisocial : online extremists, techno-utopians, and the hijacking of the Americ
Marantz, Andrew
Paper Book
"Trenchant and intelligent." --The New York Times As seen/heard on NPR, New Yorker Radio Hour, The New York Book Review Podcast, PBS Newshour, CNBC, and more. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A New York Times Notable Book of...
Everything you need to know about social media : (without having to call a kid)
Van Susteren, Greta, 1954-
Paper Book
Greta Van Susteren has been named one of Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women in the World six times. She was formerly an anchor on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News and lives in Washington, DC. The most practical, thorough, and reader-friendly guide around to living well on social...
Zucked : waking up to the Facebook catastrophe /
McNamee, Roger.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestseller about a noted tech venture capitalist, early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook investor, who wakes up to the serious damage Facebook is doing to our society - and sets out to try to stop it.  If you had told Roger McNamee even three...

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