Books like Waking Up by Amanda Carpenter

Deep Work shows how focused, distraction-free effort is a rare yet essential skill for achieving superior results and genuine fulfillment in today’s fast‑paced economy.

The Power of Habit shows how tiny habits shape our lives and how they can be transformed to achieve personal and organizational success.

The Shallows explores how computer‑delivered information reshapes human cognition, weaving Marshall McLuhan, communication history, and neuroscience into a comprehensive analysis of the digital age's mental impact.

Digital Minimalism shows how reducing everyday technology use can improve well‑being, offering a practical strategy to reclaim free time and focus on meaningful activities.

Tim Wu examines the evolution of attention harvesting—from early advertising to digital algorithms—exploring how the pursuit of human focus reshapes society, culture, and commerce.

A compelling romantic story of a woman who finds herself drawn to a strong, unassuming man in unexpected ways.

Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for -- and sacrificing -- in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity. Based on hundreds of interviews, it describes new, unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, parents, and children, and new instabilities in how we understand privacy and community, intimacy and solitude. - Publisher.

The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We have all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in front of a screen for an hour longer than we intended. Mobile devices and the web have invaded our lives, and this is a big idea book that addresses one of the biggest questions of our age: can we stay connected without diminishing our intelligence, attention spans, and ability to really live? Can we have it all? Here the author, a Stanford University technology guru, says yes. His book is packed with fascinating studies, compelling research, and crucial takeaways. Whether it is breathing while Facebook refreshes, or finding creative ways to take a few hours away from the digital crush, this book is about the ways to tune in without tuning out. - Publisher.

Alan Blair, a troubled young writer, is whisked around New Jersey and New York by his devoted valet Jeeves as he clashes with an NRA‑toting uncle, hides in a Hasidic enclave, and then encounters a femme fatale with an iconic nose.