Books Read in 2013

I thought it might be useful for students and others to know which books I read during 2013. Here is the list in chronological order. Note that I only list those books I have finished (I have many others in progress). I try to read one book a week. The operative word is try. Obviously, books are eBooks unless otherwise noted. I am curious if you have read any of these or if you have others you think I should have read this year. Add your thoughts to the comments below.

January, 2013

• Risky is the New Safe by Randy Gage
• JumpStart Node.js by Don Nguyen
• Unmarketing: Stop marketing, Start Engaging [revised and updated] by Scott Stratten
• The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan
• The coming jobs war by Jim Clifton
• Content Strategy for mobile by Karen McGrane

February, 2013

• Visions of a vanished world: The extraordinary fossils of the Hunsrück Slate by Gabrielle Kühl, Christopher Bartels, Derek Briggs, and Jess Rust [this was only available in printed form]
• Flies: The natural history and diversity of Diptera by Stephen Marshall [this was only available in printed form]
• Compiler Design: Analysis and transformation by Helmut Seidl, Reinhard Wilhelm and Sebastian Hack. [printed form supplied by CHOICE Magazine as they asked me to write a book review]
• 31 days of Twitter tips: Grow your online influence, 12 minutes at a time by Becky Robinson
• Field guide to the grasshoppers, katydids and crickets of the United States by John Capinera, Ralph Scott and Thomas Walker

March, 2013

• Common spiders of North America by Richard Bradley
• Contagious: Why things catch on by Jonah Berger
• Building Touch Interfaces with HTML5: Develop and Design Speed up your site and create amazing user experiences by Stephen Woods [received from publisher as printed book]

April, 2013

• Designing web and mobile graphics by Christopher Schmitt [received from publisher as a printed book]
• The Philanthropists Dan$e by Paul Wornham [thanks to Doug Orwig for recommending this one – great read]
• Practically radical: not-so-crazy ways to transform your company, shake up your industry, and challenge yourself by William C. Taylor

May, 2013

• The smarter startup: A better approach to online business for entrepreneurs by Neal Cabage and Sonya Zhang [received from publisher as printed book]
• Instant LESS CSS Pre-processor by Alex Libby [the publisher asked me to review this book]
• Inferno: A novel by Dan Brown [ok, I succumbed to the hype and wanted to see what this was all about]
• The inspiring teacher: making a positive difference in students lives by Bob Sullo

June, 2013

• Business intelligence for dummies by Swain Scheps
• Manage your day to day: build your routine, find your focus & sharpen your creative mind by Jocelyn Glei [I could only get this as a paperback when it was first published]
• The Modern Web: Multi-Device Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript by Peter Gasston [I was sent a paperback version to review for CHOICE]
• Responsive web design by Matthew Leach [Matt asked me to be the technical editor].
• Fred 2.0: New ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results by Mark Sanborn

July, 2013

• Android Photography: Take better photos with your Android phone by Colby Brown
• Predictive Analytics: The power to predict who will click, buy, lie, or die by Eric Siegel
• Letters to a young scientist by Edward Wilson
• Wicked bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart
• jQuery hotshot by Dan Wellman
• Dr. Eleanor’s book of common ants by Eleanor Spicer Rice
• Webb Space Telescope science guide by NASA

August, 2013

• Hubble Space Telescope: Discoveries by NASA
• The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook: Revised by David Gordon
• Present shock: When everything happens now by Douglas Rushkoff

September, 2013

• Jump Start Responsive Web Design by Andrew Fisher and Craig Sharkie
• Build mobile: Websites and apps for smart devices by Myles Eftos and Max Wheeler

October, 2013

• The Human Face of Big Data by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt [yes, this is a paper book; it has a lot of augmented reality features.]

November, 2013

• Influencer: The new science of leading change by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
• The Circle by Dave Eggers
• Killer UX Design by Jodie Moule

December, 2013

• Head First: Design Patterns by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, and Kathy Sierra
• Jump Start HTML5: Offline Applications by Tiffany Brown
• Jump Start HTML5: Multimedia by Tiffany Brown
• Hook: why websites fail to make money by Andrew McDermott (thanks to Doug Orwig for pointing out this one).

Total number of books read in 2013: 46

Ok, I didn’t make one per week, but I was relatively close. That being said, I am interested in whether you found this list useful or not. I look forward to your comments.

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