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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What is your favorite non-technical CS book?

I'm looking for some casual reading about CS (history, important people, etc.). I guess you could say I'm a bit lost and looking for motivation and inspiration for why I'm still in this field suffering :) 

As sort of an analogy, I'm looking for something like Mukherjee's *The Gene*, but about CS instead of Genetics. I'd really appreciate any suggestions!
gpt
If you want a nice history of computers, read *The Innovators* by Walter Isaacson.

If you want a more well-rounded history of computers after reading the Innovators, read *A People's History of Computing in the United States* by Joy Lisi Rankin.

If you want an interesting look at the people who make computers and what drives them, read *The Soul of a New Machine* by Tracy Kidder.

Some of these are certainly more "computing" than Computer Science, but people mean different things by "computer science" so they might fit what you're looking for.