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24 alternatives to Kaboom

A book based on a blog shut down by the US govt

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kaboom launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Booklights▲169

   Make America Read Again 📖

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Ender's Game▲93

   The enemy's gate is down

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3BD
   Booknshelf – Discover great books on different topics▲89

   2017 · booknshelf.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Unscientific America▲54

   How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Kooba▲141

   An interactive graph for finding new books

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Shitty Notebook▲61

   Shitty notebooks for all your shitty ideas.

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Glose▲241

   A next-generation social reading platform for ebooks

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The End of Jobs▲98

    Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dataclysm▲108

    OkCupid's famous blog is now a famous book

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ParrotRead▲89

    Book recommendations from people you follow on Twitter.

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Nonsense▲59

    The power of not knowing

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    TrapCrunch▲126

    "Someone Made A TechCrunch Parody Site And It’s Hilarious"

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Grammar for Creators▲82

    A book for bloggers, writers, engineers, designers, & more

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Fake Science 101▲60

    A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

    How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Blindspot▲86

    Hidden biases of good people

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Trump Temptation▲80

    A Trump erotic novel

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Chaos Monkeys▲72

    An exposé of life inside the tech bubble

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    American Girls▲60

    Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →