2012 Bibliography

A list of books i read in 2012 :

Design

• The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda (blog)
• The Google Story by David A. Vise
• Wicked Problems, problems worth solving by Jon Kolko

Fiction

• A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 
• Manna by Marshall Brain

Biographies

• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong 

What's interesting about this list is that most of these books I've read digitally. The shift to e-books has been great, in fact, physical books feel restricting to me now. Of course, the joy of reading a physical book is something else. A talk by Craig Mod on the topic (physical vs digital books) can be viewed here.

Books i am still reading : 

• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Habit by William James
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• Designing Devices by Dan Saffer
• Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek
• The System of Objects by Jean Baudrillard
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien

I wonder how many books a person (or rather, me) can read simultaneously without forgetting the contents of any book.

The delay in reading so many of these has been mainly due to the enormous amounts of documents and reference books on medical devices that i have had to read for my diploma project. But surprisingly, most of the books have been read in the later parts of the year (during my project).

It was a good year for books overall, let 2013 be even better.

Happy reading!