All the books are nonfiction, yet none are actually technical. They are about how computers have affected humans and their culture in various ways, whether it was through games, algorithms, social networks, corporate CEOs, and more.
Interestingly, some also look at how computers have changed the way humans interact with other humans through spam, their intellectual property, how celebrity creators come into being and are destroyed overnight, etc.
Very sad to say that of the 40 books listed, I’ve only read one, and that was The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by Bruce Sterling. But I can say this book had a profound impact on me. So I’ll certainly try to read a few more from this list.
See https://www.theverge.com/c/23771068/best-tech-books-nonfiction-recommendations