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IAPP Summer Reading List 2025

This annual list recommends books on a variety of topics including privacy, social media, artificial intelligence, and cyberthreats.


Published: 1 July 2022

Last updated: 1 July 2025

As we slip into the warmer months, you may be looking to unwind with a good book. The IAPP asked privacy professionals to recommend their favorite privacy-centered books on a variety of topics including social media, artificial intelligence, and cyberthreats. Whether you’re reading to unplug from the digital world or dig deeper into it, these privacy-themed picks will keep you engaged all season long.

The New Breed
Kate Darling

The Afterlife of Data
Carl Öhman

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
Stephen Witt

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Privacy, Identity and Love in the Digital Age
Danielle Keats Citron

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chris Miller

Artificial: A Love Story
Amy Kurzweil

Kill Decision
Daniel Suarez

Service Model
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
Parmy Olson

2054
Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis

The Candy House
Jennifer Egan

Means of Control
Byron Tau

Empire of AI
Karen Hao

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition
Charles Petzold

The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Nick Couldry and Ulises Ali Mejias

Building Responsible AI Algorithms: A Framework for Transparency, Fairness, Safety, Privacy, and Robustness
Toju Duke

The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics by Ben Buchanan
Ben Buchanan

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RESOURCE ARTICLE

IAPP Summer Reading List 2025

This annual list recommends books on a variety of topics including privacy, social media, artificial intelligence, and cyberthreats.

Published: 1 July 2022

Last updated: 1 July 2025



As we slip into the warmer months, you may be looking to unwind with a good book. The IAPP asked privacy professionals to recommend their favorite privacy-centered books on a variety of topics including social media, artificial intelligence, and cyberthreats. Whether you’re reading to unplug from the digital world or dig deeper into it, these privacy-themed picks will keep you engaged all season long.

The New Breed
Kate Darling

The Afterlife of Data
Carl Öhman

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
Stephen Witt

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Privacy, Identity and Love in the Digital Age
Danielle Keats Citron

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chris Miller

Artificial: A Love Story
Amy Kurzweil

Kill Decision
Daniel Suarez

Service Model
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
Parmy Olson

2054
Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis

The Candy House
Jennifer Egan

Means of Control
Byron Tau

Empire of AI
Karen Hao

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition
Charles Petzold

The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Nick Couldry and Ulises Ali Mejias

Building Responsible AI Algorithms: A Framework for Transparency, Fairness, Safety, Privacy, and Robustness
Toju Duke

The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics by Ben Buchanan
Ben Buchanan

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This content is eligible for Continuing Professional Education credits. Please self-submit according to CPE policy guidelines.

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