Berkman Center for Internet & Society recommended reading
1. 
Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
by:
Lawrence Lessig
4.11 avg rating — 2,706 ratings 
3. 
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
by:
Clay Shirky
3.78 avg rating — 7,139 ratings 4. 
5. 
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
by:
Yochai Benkler
3.96 avg rating — 1,695 ratings 6. 
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
by:
Lawrence Lessig
3.98 avg rating — 1,386 ratings 
9. 
The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
by:
Yochai Benkler
3.70 avg rating — 349 ratings 10. 
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You
by:
Eli Pariser
3.79 avg rating — 5,467 ratings 11. 
Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future
by:
Cory Doctorow
3.79 avg rating — 1,461 ratings 12. 
Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment
by:
William Fisher
3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings 12. 
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by:
Ryan Holiday
3.86 avg rating — 12,017 ratings 14. 
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning With New Media
by:
Mizuko Ito
3.81 avg rating — 187 ratings 15. 
16. 
Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering (Information Revolution & Global Politics) 3.73 avg rating — 51 ratings
17. 
Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
by:
John Palfrey
3.62 avg rating — 1,433 ratings 17. 
The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance 3.60 avg rating — 124 ratings
19. 
Knowledge: Everything You Really Need to Know about the Internet
by:
John Naughton
3.76 avg rating — 282 ratings 19. 
24. 
Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
by:
Pippa Norris
3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings 25. 
Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace (Information Revolution and Global Politics) 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
26. 
Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems
by:
John Palfrey
3.30 avg rating — 50 ratings 