Careless People
by Sarah Wynn-Williams
★ Top 25 book of 2025 · #15 on Best Books of 2025
A former Facebook public policy director offers a sharply critical memoir of the company's inner culture and decisions. She takes aim at its handling of global crises and accuses top executives of harmful workplace conduct.
Best for: Readers wanting a critical insider account of Facebook's culture and leadership
Careless People is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2025, out of 30 2025 books that cleared our data bar.
What Careless People is about
Sarah Wynn-Williams worked as a director of public policy at Facebook, and this memoir draws on her time inside the company. She describes the company's culture and style of decision-making, and she is sharply critical of how the company handled major world events, including its part in the Rohingya genocide. She also makes allegations about Mark Zuckerberg and efforts to censor on behalf of the Chinese government, and accuses senior executives such as Sheryl Sandberg and Joel Kaplan of harmful conduct at work, including sexual harassment. Published in March 2025, it is a personal account that weighs power, ambition and lost idealism. It will interest readers curious about how big technology firms operate behind closed doors, and anyone thinking about who answers for the harm such companies can cause.
Careless People on the Best Books of 2025
Careless People came out in 2025. Of the 30 books first published in 2025 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #15 on our Best Books of 2025 list.
Why it made the list: 300 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (16 ratings); its Wikipedia page averaged 34,814 views a month recently. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2025 list
- Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz, #13
- The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow, #14
- The Names Florence Knapp, #16
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab, #17
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 69 want to read it, 1 are reading it now and 30 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 16 Open Library ratings.
- Wikipedia: its article averaged 34,814 views a month recently.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 90 | 45% |
| Reader love | 20 | 20% |
| Being read right now | 57 | 15% |
| Attention | 100 | 20% |
Questions about Careless People
When was Careless People published?
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams was first published in 2025.
Was Careless People one of the best books of 2025?
Careless People is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2025, out of 30 2025 books that cleared our data bar. 300 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (16 ratings); its Wikipedia page averaged 34,814 views a month recently.
Why is Careless People on the Best Books of 2025 list?
300 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (16 ratings); its Wikipedia page averaged 34,814 views a month recently.
More of the best books of 2025
- The Secret of Secrets Dan Brown, #1
- Katabasis R. F. Kuang, #2
- Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid, #3
- Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros, #4
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Eliezer Yudkowsky, #5
- Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy, #6
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How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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