Digital minimalism reading list taken from r/nosurf. Plus recently released books relevant to the topic.
created by fountainpengirl
last updated August, 2026
Attensity!: A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement
The Friends of Attention
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Adam Aleksic
Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
Gary Wilson
You Should Quit Reddit
Jacob Desforges
Who Owns the Future?
Jaron Lanier
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Cathy O'Neil
Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations
Nicholas Carr
Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism
Paolo Gerbaudo
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Ryan Holiday
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino
The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
Andy Crouch
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg
The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography
Wendy Maltz
The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy of Pornography
Matt Fradd
The Medium is the Massage
Marshall McLuhan
The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World
Christina Crook
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt
Sinan Aral
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
Robert H. Lustig
The Glass Cage: Where Automation is Taking Us
The Disappearance of Childhood
Neil Postman
The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking
Mark Bauerlein
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Jonathan Haidt
The Circle
Dave Eggers
The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age
Catherine Steiner-Adair
The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life
Anya Kamenetz
The App Generation
Howard Gardner
Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection
Jacob Silverman
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
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