Books

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Ethical Data / CyberPolitics

Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms by Hannah Frygoodreads

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neilgoodreads

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven H. Strogatzgoodreads

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneiergoodreads

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitzgoodreads

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noblegoodreads

Ensuring Research Integrity and the Ethical Management of Data by Leilani Goosengoodreads

Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech by Sara Wachter-Boettchergoodreads

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérezgoodreads

Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamingoodreads

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanksgoodreads

A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age by Daniel J. Levitingoodreads

The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media by Nathan Jurgensongoodreads

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitingoodreads

New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridlegoodreads

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information by Alberto Cairogoodreads

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shanegoodreads

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammousgoodreads

Race

How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleminggoodreads

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanongoodreads

How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherfordgoodreads

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Boisgoodreads

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm Xgoodreads

The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomasgoodreads

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelogoodreads

Feminism, Gender & Sexuality

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davisgoodreads

Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedmangoodreads

The ABC's of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardellgoodreads

Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation by Sherry Wolfgoodreads

This Book is Gay by Juno Dawsongoodreads

Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Pragergoodreads

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barkergoodreads

Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us by C.N. Lestergoodreads

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiegoodreads

Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing by Susan Wellsgoodreads

Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era by Judy Norsigiangoodreads

Social Justice & Equality

Animal Farm by George Orwellgoodreads

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Leegoodreads

On History & Culture

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanongoodreads

Orientalism by Edward W. Saidgoodreads

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamondgoodreads

Pulitzer Winner, chronicles of modern world came to racially based theories of human history.

Race And Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowellgoodreads

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Kleingoodreads

Naomi Klein exposes the myths that are clouding climate debate.

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Hermangoodreads

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freiregoodreads

On Identity & Humanity

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hararigoodreads

Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People by Timothy Mortongoodreads

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbertgoodreads

How to Be Both by Ali Smithgoodreads

Dare to Lead by Brené Browngoodreads

Gratitude by Oliver Sacksgoodreads

Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Hararigoodreads

On Philosophy & Psychology

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip G. Zimbardogoodreads

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucaultgoodreads

On Immersive Content & Storytelling

Critical Encounters with Immersive Storytelling: Genre, Narrative and Environments by Alke Gröppel-Wegenergoodreads

The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories by Frank Rosegoodreads

Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View by Alison Griffithsgoodreads

Our Senses: An Immersive Experience by Robert DeSallegoodreads

Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunnegoodreads

On Humour / Games & General Fun Stuff

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parkergoodreads

Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, Lego, and Rubber Ducks by Will Kurtgoodreads

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroegoodreads

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan Northgoodreads

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughtygoodreads

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parkergoodreads

Comics / Illustrations / Fantasy

Black Hammer: Streets of Spiral by Jeff Lemiregoodreads

Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshawgoodreads

The Vexed Generation (Magic 2.0 #6) by Scott Meyergoodreads

#1 in Customer Service The Complete Adventures of Tom Stranger by Larry Correiagoodreads

Improv & Theatre

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstonegoodreads