Jonathan Huffman

My Bookshelf

I wouldn't say that I am an avid reader, but when I find a really good book I often can't put it down. Here are some that sit on my bookshelf:
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Professional books

Web Design and Development
Cascading Style Sheets: Designing For The Web CSS Secrets by Lea Verou JavaScript for Web Designers HTML and CSS by Jon Ducket
Smashing Book 5: Real-Life Responsive Web Design JavaScript and jQuery by Jon Ducket CSS The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer Practical SVG by Chris Coyier
The New CSS Layout by Rachel Andrew The Web Designer's Idea Book Vol 2 by Patrick McNiel The Designers Web Handbook what you need to know to cretae for the web by Patrick McNeil The Sketch Handbook by Christian Krammer

User Experience and Consumer Experience Design
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman Universal Principals of Design by Lidwell Holden and Butler

Graphic Design + Art + Inspiration
Pretty Much Everything by Aaron Draplin Parks from The Standards Manual The Art of Walt Disney by Christopher Finch The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Work-life (balance?) / Business
The Everything Guide to Working Remote by Jill Duffy Meeting Design by Kevin Hoffman Be Our Guest: Perfecting the art of customer service from The Disney Institute

Programming
Code by Charles Petzold Refactoring by Martin Fowler

Pleasure reading

Non-fiction

History and Biography
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge Patriots: The Men Who Started The American Revolution

Science
About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Paul Davies Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelii Man on Earth: A Celebration of Mankind: Portraits of Human Culture in a Multitude of Environments

Fiction

Classic fiction
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy East of Eden by John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder

Contemporary Fiction
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

Science Fiction
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clark 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C Clark Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
Redshirts by John Scalzi Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
The Martian by Andy Weir Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey Cabiban's War by James S. A. Corey The Android's Dream
Annihilation by Jeff Vandeermeer Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Neuromancer by William Gibson Quicker Than the Eye by Ray Bradbury
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin Alterned Carbon by Richard K. Morgan Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Fantasy
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

Comics/Graphic Novels
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Cliff Chiang (Illustrator), Matt Wilson (Colorist) Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by FFrank Miller, Lynn Varley (Colorist), Klaus Janson (Inker) East of West by Jonathan Hickman (Writer), Nick Dragotta (Artist), Frank Martin (Colourist)

Childhood books
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein Where the Red Fern Grows Hatchet by gary Paulsen
The River A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle A Wind in the Door