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24 alternatives to The Facebook Effect

The inside story of the company that is connecting the world

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Facebook Effect launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook ▲69

   The book The Social Network was based on

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Public Parts▲83

   How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

   2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Connect▲57

   How companies succeed by engaging radically with society

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Upstarts▲78

   How the companies of Silicon Valley are changing the world

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Becoming a Category of One▲76

   How extraordinary companies transcend commodity

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

   How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Disrupting Digital Business▲111

   Create an authentic experience in the peer-to-peer economy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

   Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Facebook Paper▲176

   Explore stories from friends and the world around you

   2014 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Real World of Technology ▲62

    The complex relationship between technology and society

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Power Of Visual Storytelling▲68

    How to use visuals, videos, and social media to market

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Gather The People▲61

    A human-centered approach to making and marketing

    2016 · gatherthepeople.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Connected▲56

    The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Sh…

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Thank You Economy▲89

    How companies big and small can scale

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Network marketing for Facebook▲60

    Good tactical book for using social media

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    This Is Happening▲56

    Life Through the Lens of Instagram

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Cognitive Surplus▲63

    How technology makes consumers into collaborators

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Memeoirs▲64

    Turn Facebook Messages into a Book

    2014 · memeoirs.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Google Guys▲64

    Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hacking Growth▲72

    The modern marketing mindset to create fast growing

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Booktrope▲81

    Reinventing the way books are published

    2015 · booktrope.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Launching a Startup in the Digital Age▲89

    You get what you work for, not what you wish for

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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