- Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design / Michael Bierut
- Library: An Unquiet History / Matthew Battles
- Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought / Keith J. Holyoak, Paul Thagard
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets / Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life / Marshall B. Rosenberg, Arun Gandhi
- Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization / Adrian Bejan, J. Peder Zane
- Thinking, Fast and Slow / Daniel Kahneman
- Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making / Sam Kaner, et al
- Symbol / Steven Bateman, Angus Hyland
- The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing / Daniel Shiffman
- Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) / Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig
- The Analogical Mind: Perspectives from Cognitive Science / Dedre Gentner, et al
- Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design (Voices That Matter) / Maggie Macnab
Visualization of all non-finction books I read last year. Click to see interactive chart. 
- An Introduction to Lambda Calculi for Computer Scientists C Hankin
- Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography Robin Kinross
- Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung (German and English Edition) Josef Muller-Brockmann
- slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations Nancy Duarte
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! Al Ries, Jack Trout
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Simon Sinek
- Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide, 2nd Edition Martin Odersky, et al
- Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential George Lois
- 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design Steven Heller, Veronique Vienne
- Professional JavaScript for Web Developers Nicholas C. Zakas
- Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities David Airey
- The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist Frederick P. Brooks
- Object-Oriented JavaScript: Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript applications and libraries Stoyan Stefanov
- An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) Greg Michaelson
- The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) Leland Wilkinson, et al
- A Field Guide to Digital Color Maureen Stone
- Pattern Calculus: Computing with Functions and Structures Barry Jay
- Visualizing Data William S. Cleveland
- The Elements of Graphing Data William S. Cleveland
- Data Mining with R: Learning with Case Studies Luis Torgo
- Functional Programming in C#: Classic Programming Techniques for Modern Projects Oliver Sturm
- Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications Toby Segaran
- The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) Leland Wilkinson, et al
- Exploratory Data Analysis John W. Tukey
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard P. Feynman, et al
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition) Harold Abelson, et al
- Scalable Internet Architectures Theo Schlossnagle
- The Complete Manual of Typography James Felici
- A Discipline of Programming Edsger W. Dijkstra
- Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better Adam Pash, Gina Trapani
- Literate Programming Donald E. Knuth
- The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development Chad Fowler
- Letterletter Gerrit Noordzij
- How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics William Byers
- Concurrent Programming on Windows Joe Duffy
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries
- The Algorithm Design Manual Steven S. Skiena
- Surpassing Ourselves: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Implications of Expertise Carl Bereiter, Marlene Scardamalia
- The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible Keith Devlin
