What I’ve Been Reading
2017
I do always enjoy lists of the books people recently read and usually discover one or more interesting titles that I’d like to read myself. Maybe you will too? This is a list of the books I read (and liked) in 2017:
- Sasha Petraske — Regarding Cocktails This is probably the most beautifully designed cocktail book ever! Every cocktail is represented by minimalist infographic, using a language of symbols to represent its ingredients.
- Ralph Caplan — By Design
- David Graeber — The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
- Steven Johnson — Where Good Ideas Come From
- J.D. Vance — Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Bruno Munari — Design as Art
- Bruno Latour — Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern
- Wouter Boon — Defining Creativity
- Klaus Linneweh — Kreatives Denken: Techniken und Organisation produktiver Kreativität
- Edward de Bono — Think!: Before It’s Too Late
- Nicole Fenton & Kate Kiefer Lee — Nicely Said
- Shaun Usher — Lists of Note
- Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec — Dear Data
- Joi Ito & Jeff Howe — Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
- Heinrich Engel — The Japanese House: A tradition for contemporary architecture
- Marshall B. Rosenberg — Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
- Heide Schelhowe — Das Medium aus der Maschine: Zur Metamorphose des Computers
- Howard Rheingold — Tools for Thought My favorite book of the year!
- The Monocle Guide to Drinking & Dining
- David Van Reybrouck — Against Elections
- Malcolm Gladwell — Blink
- Friedrich von Borries — Weltentwerfen
Fiction
- Robert Muchamore — Cherub: Guardian Angel When I was a child I loved Robert Muchamore’s books. When I needed some fiction to take my mind off of things I discovered that he published many more books since I stopped reading them. It was fun reading them, because it reminded me of many summers in my childhood that I spent with his books.
- Robert Muchamore — Cherub: Black Friday
- Robert Muchamore — Cherub: Lone Wolf
- Robert Muchamore — Cherub: New Guard
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: The Escape
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: Eagle Day
- Karin Kalisa — Sungs Laden
- Alejandro Zambra — Ferngespräche
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: Secret Army
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: Grey Wolves
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: The Prisoner
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: One Shot Kill
- Manfred Gregor — Die Brücke
- Robert Muchamore — Henderson’s Boys: Scorched Earth