Best Books on How Things Work

How everyday things are made, and why the world works the way it does. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the how things work documentaries.

1. The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites - View on Amazon
4. Factfulness by Hans Rosling (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
5. Liquid Rules by Mark Miodownik - View on Amazon
6. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. The Elements by Theodore Gray - View on Amazon
8. The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester - View on Amazon
9. The Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack - View on Amazon
10. How Things Work by Neil Ardley - View on Amazon
11. Chip War by Chris Miller (5/5) - View on Amazon
12. Electric Universe by David Bodanis - View on Amazon
13. Code by Charles Petzold (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
14. How Things Work by Louis A. Bloomfield - View on Amazon
15. Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
16. What If? by Randall Munroe (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
17. Infrastructure by Brian Hayes - View on Amazon
18. Ninety Percent of Everything by Rose George - View on Amazon
19. Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski - View on Amazon
20. The Science of Cooking by Peter Barham - View on Amazon
21. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
22. Basic electrical engineering by A. E. Fitzgerald (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
23. Mechanics of machines by Hannah, John (4/5) - View on Amazon
24. Introduction to machine learning by Ethem Alpaydin - View on Amazon

Best Books on How Things Are Made

1. The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites - View on Amazon
4. Factfulness by Hans Rosling (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
5. Liquid Rules by Mark Miodownik - View on Amazon
6. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. The Elements by Theodore Gray - View on Amazon

Best Books on How Machines Work

1. The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester - View on Amazon
3. The Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack - View on Amazon
4. How Things Work by Neil Ardley - View on Amazon
5. Chip War by Chris Miller (5/5) - View on Amazon
6. Electric Universe by David Bodanis - View on Amazon
7. Code by Charles Petzold (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
8. How Things Work by Louis A. Bloomfield - View on Amazon

Best Books on The Hidden World Around Us

1. Infrastructure by Brian Hayes - View on Amazon
2. Ninety Percent of Everything by Rose George - View on Amazon
3. What If? by Randall Munroe (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
4. Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski - View on Amazon
5. The Science of Cooking by Peter Barham - View on Amazon
6. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (3.6/5) - View on Amazon