Lawrence M. Friedman, Guarding Life’s Dark Secrets (2007)
An fascinating history of privacy, gossip, and defamation.
Jeffrey Rosen, The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age (2004)
A wonderful sociological account of fear, security, and liberty in times of crisis.
Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You (2009)
A fascinating discussion of current psychological research about what the products we buy reveal about us.
Anupam Chander, Lauren Gelman, and Margaret Jane Radin (editors), Securing Privacy in the Internet Age (2008)
An interesting selection of essays about information privacy.
Mohammad Hashim Kamali, The Right to Life, Security, Privacy and Ownership in Islam (2008)
A very interesting exploration of privacy in Islamic law.
Jon Mills, Privacy: The Lost Right (2008)
Provides a clear, concise, and accessible synthesis of the field of information privacy.
John Palfrey, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation (2010)
A deft and accessible account of how the generation growing up today will face increasing challenges to their privacy.
Laura Donohue, The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty (2008)
A detailed and compelling history of how 9/11 altered privacy and surveillance in the US and UK.
Colin J. Bennett, The Privacy Advocates: Resisting the Spread of Surveillance (2010)
A very informative account of those who work in the privacy advocacy community.
William Cuddihy, The Fourth Amendment: Origins and Original Meaning 602-1791 (2008)
The best and most comprehensive intellectual history of the Fourth Amendment ever written.