IOT Bookshelf

Interested in learning about the internet of things? Here are some books we like:

To get started

Designing the Internet of Things by Adrian McEwen & Hakim Cassimally

For technologists

Building the Web of Things by Dominique Guinard & Vlad Trifa

The Technical Foundations of IoT by  Boris Adryan, Dominik Obermaier, Paul Fremantle (2017)

Privacy and the Internet of Things, Dr. Gilad Rosner

Smart Home Automation with Linux & Raspberry Pi Steven Goodwin

For fans of sci-fi

The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things by Bruce Sterling

Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling

For fans of design

Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing by Adam Greenfield

Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things by David Rose

Designing Devices by Dan Saffer

Designing Connected Products: UX for the Consumer Internet of Things by Claire Rowland (2015)

Smart Things: Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design by Mike Kuniavsky

How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery by Kevin Ashton

The Internet of Things by Mercedes Bunz and Graham Meikle.

Smarter Homes: how technology has changed your home life by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

A 360-Degree View of IoT Technologies, John Soldatos (2021)

The Practitioner’s Guide to Cellular IoT, Cameron Coursey (2020)

Hybrid Wireless-Power Line Communications for Indoor IoT Networks, Xu Zhu, Kainan Zhu, Mohammad Heggo (2020)

Recommended by Kevin Ashton ( inventor of the term Internet of Things).

When Things Start to Think by Neil Gershenfeld

The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer is So Complex and Information Appliances are the Solution by Don A. Norman

Out Of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World by Kevin Kelly