When the Internet Turns Bad...

It connects us all but what happens when it breaks us?

Some claim the internet has had as big an impact on human civilisation as the Industrial Revolution. Seen by some as a gateway to utopia and others as something to fear, these books explore what happens when the greatest communication technology ever known threatens to destroy us.

1. So You've Been Publicly Shamed

Jon Ronson

2. Meatspace

Nikesh Shukla

3. Viral

Helen FitzGerald

4. Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

5. Neuromancer

William Gibson

6. I Hate the Internet

Jarett Kobek

7. Splinter the Silence

Val McDermid

8. Taipei

Tao Lin

9. The Cyber Effect

Mary Aiken

10. Ripper

Isabel Allende

11. Bleeding Edge

Thomas Pynchon

12. The Circle

Dave Eggers