The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story is a book by Michael M. Lewis published in 1999 by W. W. Norton & Company. The book focuses on the founder of several Silicon Valley companies, James H. Clark, and the entrepreneurial culture that dominated the area during the height of the Internet boom. It was named one of the best books of 1999 by BusinessWeek, Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Industry Standard.