Humor (laugh out loud authors)

Douglas Adams

Robert Asprin

Action

Michael Crichton (credible adventure)

Terry Brooks (Imaginativefantasy)

Tom Clancy (realistic, military/political)

Philosophy

Infinity and the Mind: the Science and Philosophy of theInfinite by Rudy Rucker (very detailed and mathematical puzzles andpatterns)

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (An easy read with significance)

Another Roadside Attraction, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (veryintrospective and exciting)

The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking (Requires thought)

Art/ Design

MC Escher (all works are amiable)

By Nature's Design by Pat Murphy and William Neill (exploration of pattern)

Sacred Geometry by Miranda Lundy (basic fundamentals, brief)

Geometry Summer Reading List (These require some advanced mathematicalunderstanding, and a willingness to reread and think through conceptspresented.)

The Joy of Mathematics, Discovering Mathematics All Around You byTheoni Pappas (A quick read with intriguing patterns)

The Mathematical Fun Fair and The Amazing Mathematical Amusement Arcadeby Brian Bolt (packed with great puzzles and solutions)

From Five Fingers to Infinity edited by Frank J. Swetz (A detailedhistory of mathematics)

Mathematics: A Concise History and Philosophy by W.S. Anglin (Only forthe brave or foolhardy)

Journey Through Genius, The Great Theorems of Mathematics by WilliamDunham (Persistence along with a compass and a straight edge, required)

The Non-Euclidean Revolution by Richard J. Trudeau (An informative andchallenging transition from Euclidean Geometry)

The Knot Book by Colin C. Adams (A detailed and complex illustrationof knot theory)

The History of Pi by Peter Beckmann (An intriguing story of a number)