Great books about misuse and misrepresentation of numbers, statistics and algorithms
created by busia1999
last updated August, 2026



as a statistics major... obsessed!
I just finished Model Land which might be a good fit here. The author spends a lot of time trying to explain how models are manipulated and used to meet various agendas.
added! thank you!
Love love love this list, just voted for it to become a quest!! Highly recommend More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech. Blew my mind and paved the way for me to get deeper into this subject!!
Thank you so much! Added!
Saw this on the sheet of lists nominated to become quests—congrats!—and I love it. If you’re open to recs, I think Calling Bullshit by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West could be a good addition here.