Saturday, December 18, 2010

What I read in 2010

It's the week of Christmas, and so as my gift to you, I would like to share with you the list of the 51 books I read this year. First, here's a photo of all the books I read, in chronological order from top to bottom:

Books, 2010

And here's a chronological list, too!


  1. A Philosophy of Librarianship, by A. Broadfield


  2. Library: An Unquiet History, by Matthew Battles


  3. Amon: The Texan Who Played Cowboy For America, by Jerry Flemmons


  4. Libraries, by Candida Höefer and Umberto Eco


  5. The Meaning of Everything, by Simon Winchester


  6. The Business of Books, by André Schiffrin


  7. Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities, by Paul Cartledge


  8. Lords of the Sea, by John R. Hale


  9. The Language of Things, by Deyan Sudjic


  10. Weekend in September, by John Edward Weems


  11. Unbelievable, by Stacy Horn


  12. Books: A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry


  13. Hunting Marfa Lights, by James Bunnell


  14. This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson


  15. The Quakers in America, by Thomas Hamm


  16. Donald Judd: Architecture, by Brigitte Huck & Donald Judd & Peter Noever


  17. Library Design, by Karen Smith


  18. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, by Michael Davis


  19. Yale Library Studies, 2009


  20. A Gentle Madness : Bibliophiles Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books, by Nicholas Basbanes


  21. Train Your Gaze: A Practical and Theoretical Introduction to Portrait Photography, by Roswell Angier


  22. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, by Alain de Botton


  23. Thucydides: The Reinvention of History, by Donald Kagan


  24. Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, by Gordon S. Wood


  25. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, by Daniel Walker Howe


  26. Scott Barber: Selected Works 1995-2005, by John Pomara And Charissa N. Terranova


  27. Summer Nights, Walking, by Robert Adams


  28. The ACME Novelty Library #16, by Chris Ware


  29. Chris Ware, by Daniel Raeburn


  30. Louis Kahn: Conversations with Students, Louis I. Kahn


  31. Thoughts on Landscape: Collected Writings and Interviews, by Frank Gohlke


  32. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks


  33. Acquired Tastes: 200 Years of Collecting for the Boston Athenaeum, by Stanley Cushing & David B. Derringer


  34. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Devotions, Demons and Daily Life in the Fifteenth Century, by Rob Duckers & Ruud Priem


  35. Profile: Pentagram Design, by Rick Poynor & Susan Yelavich


  36. President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman, by William Lee Miller


  37. Esquire The Handbook of Style: A Man's Guide to Looking Good, by The Editors of Esquire Magazine


  38. Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, by Nicholson Baker


  39. Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture, by Nicholas A. Basbanes


  40. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward R. Tufte


  41. Le Corbusier's Hands, by André Wogenscky


  42. The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking


  43. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, by Edward R. Tufte


  44. The Good War, by Studs Terkel


  45. The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, by David Remnick


  46. The Cognitive Style of Power Point, by Edward R. Tufte


  47. Chinati: The Vision of Donald Judd, by Marianne Stockebrand


  48. Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention, by Stanislas Dehaene


  49. A Splendor of Letters : The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World, by Nicholas A. Basbanes


  50. The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy, by Bill Carter


  51. 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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