I think it should go without saying, but Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution is excellent, and deserving of a read by everyone even mildly

I think it should go without saying, but Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution is excellent, and deserving of a read by everyone even mildly interested in the history of computing. Another interesting book I read was Boris Malinovsky's Pioneers of Soviet Computing. The author recounts his experience building computers for the Soviet Union, while at the same time providing a history of computer development in the USSR. At some points it's a bit of a slog, and the chronological structure of the text leaves something to be desired; but overall I found it very interesting. [0] [0]: http://www.sigcis.org/files/SIGCISMC2010_001.pdf http://www.sigcis.org/files/SIGCISMC2010_001.pdf (CC licensed PDF.)