I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

Joy Lisi Rankin, A People’s History of Computing in the United States: ( think different )
Scott Stern, The Trials of Nina McCall: Sex, Surveillance, and the Decades-Long Government Plan to Imprison “Promiscuous” Women: ( hidden history )
Marcy Norton, Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World: ( copy cats )
Robert J. Shiller, Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events: ( story time )
Rory Sutherland, Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life: ( cute anecdotes; shame about the smug misogyny )

Sady Doyle, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power: ( media studies )
Fei-Hsien Wang, Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China: ( parallel histories )

Peter Watts, Peter Watts Is an Angry Sentient Tumor: Revenge Fantasies and Essays: ( mostly essays )