Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

Science Fiction Author & Digital Rights Activist

Cory Doctorow writes speculative fiction exploring technology, privacy, and corporate power. He's also a vocal advocate for digital rights and open internet access.

Authors & Thinkers

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, journalist, and digital rights activist known for novels like Little Brother that examine surveillance and technology's impact on society. His work frequently explores themes of corporate monopolies, internet freedom, and resistance to authoritarian control. Beyond fiction, he's co-founded organizations and written extensively about technology policy.

10 Books Recommended by Cory Doctorow

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson

3 people recommended

An uncomfortable read. It's a brilliant book.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Ezra Klein

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#2

Monopolies Suck

by Sally Hubbard

2 people recommended

Excellent advice for actually DOING SOMETHING about monopolism.

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Also recommended by: Scott Galloway

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#3

The Private Eye

by Brian K. Vaughan

A very good book.

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#4

“Yellow Kid” Weil

by J. R. Weil

Amazing.

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#5

The Big Con

by David Maurer

A nonfiction anthropological study of gilded age con artists that was later adapted to become The Sting.

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#6

Boundless Realm

by Foxx Nolte

One of the best books ever written about environmental design in general.

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#7

Break ‘Em Up

by Zephyr Teachout

The most lucid, readable, infuriating, energizing book on the rise of monopolies.

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#8

2312

by Kim Stanley Robinson

My favorite KSR series.

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#9

Pacific Edge

by Kim Stanley Robinson

My favorite KSR novel.

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#10

A Paradise Built in Hell

by Rebecca Solnit

[Proves] that in times of crisis, people help one another - rather than looting and pillaging.

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