And here's a chronological list, too!
- A Philosophy of Librarianship, by A. Broadfield
- Library: An Unquiet History, by Matthew Battles
- Amon: The Texan Who Played Cowboy For America, by Jerry Flemmons
- Libraries, by Candida Höefer and Umberto Eco
- The Meaning of Everything, by Simon Winchester
- The Business of Books, by André Schiffrin
- Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities, by Paul Cartledge
- Lords of the Sea, by John R. Hale
- The Language of Things, by Deyan Sudjic
- Weekend in September, by John Edward Weems
- Unbelievable, by Stacy Horn
- Books: A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry
- Hunting Marfa Lights, by James Bunnell
- This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson
- The Quakers in America, by Thomas Hamm
- Donald Judd: Architecture, by Brigitte Huck & Donald Judd & Peter Noever
- Library Design, by Karen Smith
- Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, by Michael Davis
- Yale Library Studies, 2009
- A Gentle Madness : Bibliophiles Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books, by Nicholas Basbanes
- Train Your Gaze: A Practical and Theoretical Introduction to Portrait Photography, by Roswell Angier
- The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, by Alain de Botton
- Thucydides: The Reinvention of History, by Donald Kagan
- Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, by Gordon S. Wood
- What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, by Daniel Walker Howe
- Scott Barber: Selected Works 1995-2005, by John Pomara And Charissa N. Terranova
- Summer Nights, Walking, by Robert Adams
- The ACME Novelty Library #16, by Chris Ware
- Chris Ware, by Daniel Raeburn
- Louis Kahn: Conversations with Students, Louis I. Kahn
- Thoughts on Landscape: Collected Writings and Interviews, by Frank Gohlke
- Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks
- Acquired Tastes: 200 Years of Collecting for the Boston Athenaeum, by Stanley Cushing & David B. Derringer
- The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Devotions, Demons and Daily Life in the Fifteenth Century, by Rob Duckers & Ruud Priem
- Profile: Pentagram Design, by Rick Poynor & Susan Yelavich
- President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman, by William Lee Miller
- Esquire The Handbook of Style: A Man's Guide to Looking Good, by The Editors of Esquire Magazine
- Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, by Nicholson Baker
- Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward R. Tufte
- Le Corbusier's Hands, by André Wogenscky
- The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking
- Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, by Edward R. Tufte
- The Good War, by Studs Terkel
- The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, by David Remnick
- The Cognitive Style of Power Point, by Edward R. Tufte
- Chinati: The Vision of Donald Judd, by Marianne Stockebrand
- Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention, by Stanislas Dehaene
- A Splendor of Letters : The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
- The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy, by Bill Carter
- The World through a Monocle: The New Yorker at Midcentury, by Mary F. Corey
Now, as an added bonus, I picked my top 5 books from the year, and I will be sharing those with you from no. 5 on Monday to no. 1 (what I thought was the best book I read this year) on Christmas Eve. Enjoy, stick around for more books (maybe have some mulled Apple cider), and have a great and safe holiday season!
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