Books for the Digitally Drained

Books for digital minimalists and the digitally drained, on topics related to tech overuse, social media, smartphones, and digital life. 

Recommended by viewers and folks in The Digitally Drained discussion group. 

Note: Book covers are displayed here for informational purposes only. I do not own the rights to these images; all rights remain with the respective authors and publishers.

Non-Fiction

  • Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (picked by Meritumas)
  • The Tech Exit by Clare Morell (picked by tristenknight1988)
  • The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (picked by The Digitally Drained discussion group)
  • 10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier (picked by gourdbox and DesertSingerAZ)
  • How to Break Up With Your Phone by Caroline Price (picked by Domdeone1)
  • The End of Absence by Michael Harris (picked by lauriesopas)
  • The Revenge of Analog by David Sax (picked by octaviusjiantoro554)
  • Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (picked by Maddy)
  • Irrisistable by Adam Alter (picked by lauriesopas)
  • 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul (picked by Zoe)
  • The Shallows by Nicholas Carr (picked by legiontheatregroup and canUpassstheacidtest)
  • Superbloom by Nicholas Carr (picked by legiontheatregroup)
  • Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman (picked by legiontheatregroup)
  • The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken (picked by abubakr2981)
  • You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier (picked by Riccardo_Mori)
  • Solitude by Michael Harris (picked by lauriesopas)
  • The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher (picked by lauriesopas) 
  • The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu (picked by Maddy)
  • Empire of AI by Karen Hao (picked by sapposphere)
  • Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (picked by abubakr2981 and manishapratap935)

Fiction

  • The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick (picked by matthewconnor6561)
  • The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (picked by suzycreamcheese8888 and almamater7860)
  • The Circle by Dave Eggers (picked by Maddy)
  • The Every by Dave Eggers (picked by Maddy)
  • Brave New World by Auldous Huxley (picked by onepalproductions)
  • The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag (picked by AgentThursday)
  • The Veldt by Ray Bradbury (picked by misshopey32)
  • 1984 by George Orwelll (picked by MilkoMilkovicz, sgtigereye, and onepalproductions)