Books for National Internet Day

By Coll Rowe | October 24 2024 | Computer Science

For National Internet Day on October 29th, we are sharing books about the history of the Internet, the current culture that exists on web forums, diversity within digital spaces, and the future that is to come.

Black Internet Effect
Black Internet Effect
Ashley Lukashevsky, Shavone Charles
9780593387535

With witty humor and a strong sense of self, musician, model, and technology executive Shavone Charles recounts her journey through Google, Twitter, and more.

$8.99 US
Nov 08, 2022
Paperback
64 Pages
Penguin Workshop
The Internet Con
The Internet Con
How to Seize the Means of Computation
Cory Doctorow
9781804291245
This isn't a book for people who want to fix Big Tech. It's a detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle it.
$24.95 US
Sep 05, 2023
Hardcover
192 Pages
Verso
Because Internet
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
Gretchen McCulloch
9780735210943

The perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that’s a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.

$18.00 US
Jul 21, 2020
Paperback
336 Pages
Riverhead Books
Designing an Internet
Designing an Internet
David D. Clark
9780262547703
Why the Internet was designed to be the way it is, and how it could be different, now and in the future.
$35.00 US
Apr 04, 2023
Paperback
432 Pages
The MIT Press
Broad Band
Broad Band
The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Claire L. Evans
9780593329443
If you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you'll love Claire Evans' breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet—written out of history, until now.
$16.00 US
Jul 07, 2020
Paperback
288 Pages
Portfolio
Internet for the People
Internet for the People
The Fight for Our Digital Future
Ben Tarnoff
9781839762024
A manifesto for how to take back control of the internet for the people.
$24.95 US
Jun 14, 2022
Hardcover
272 Pages
Verso
How the Internet Really Works
How the Internet Really Works
An Illustrated Guide to Protocols, Privacy, Censorship, and Governance
Article 19
9781718500297
An accessible, comic book-like, illustrated introduction to how the internet works under the hood, designed to give people a basic understanding of the technical aspects of the Internet that they need in order to advocate for digital rights.
$19.99 US
Dec 11, 2020
Hardcover
120 Pages
No Starch Press
Researching Internet Governance
Researching Internet Governance
Methods, Frameworks, Futures
9780262539753
Scholars from a range of disciplines discuss research methods, theories, and conceptual approaches in the study of internet governance.
$35.00 US
Sep 08, 2020
Paperback
328 Pages
The MIT Press
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