Sachita Nishal

PhD Candidate, Northwestern University

Books

Jun 19, 2025

A list of books I am reading or have read in a way that means something to me.

Currently Reading

Writers’ Rights: Freelance Journalism in a Digital Age, by Nicole Cohen (2016)
Living Thinkwork: Where do Labor Processes Come From, by Mike Hales (1980)

2025

The Human Use of Human Beings, by Norbert Weiner (1954) The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, by Ursula K. Le Guin (1986)
Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, by Jeffrey Ding (2024)

2024

Sorting Things Out, by Geoffrey Bowker and Susan Star (2000)
The Algorithm, by Hilke Schellmann (2024)
Bullshit Jobs, by David Graeber (2018)
Data Colonialism, by Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias (2019)
Eye of the Master, by Matteo Pasquinelli (2023)

2022

The Power of Platforms, by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Sarah Anne Ganter (2022) Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India, by Lilly Irani (2019)