Author	Title	Type	Blurb
Abbott, Edwin	Flatland:  A Romance of Many Dimensions	Fiction	What is life like for a person who is living only in a two-dimensional world?  Interesting math concepts are introduced and developed; for example, what would a flatlander see and deduce from a sphere passing through his/her 2-D world.  This book has been banned by many public school systems as too sexist.
Alder, Ken	The Measure of all Things:  The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World	Non-fiction	The story of the birth of the metric system, which, believe it or not was a product of the Enlightenment.
Auburn, David	Proof:  A Play	Fiction	A talented young woman struggles to reconcile herself to her talent, as her sister, father, and a love interest all pull her in different directions.
Berlinski, David	A Tour of the Calculus	Non-fiction	What is Calculus?  This book answers that question for non-mathematicians.
Blatner, David	The Joy of Pi	Non-fiction	Why all of this obsession with pi?  Read anecdotes about mathematicians throughout the centuries, as they try to determine better estimates of pi.
Brown, Dan	The DaVinci Code	Fiction	Thriller/ Mystery that touches on many mathematical themes.
Cole, K.C.	The Universe and the Teacup:  The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty	Non-fiction	Consider the poetry and beauty of mathematics.  This book is a good read for the "non-math types", who hope to better understand the world in which they live
Ekeland, Ivar	Mathematics and the Unexpected	Non-fiction	This book was written for high school students interested in the unusual aspects of mathematical relationships.  Upper grades.
Feynman, Richard	QED:  The Strange Theory of Light and Matter	Non-fiction	The story of light and matter told by a brilliant scientist with a sense of humor.
Gleick, James	Chaos:  Making a New Science	Non-fiction	Chaos theory describes much of the world around us.  This is a mostly non-mathematical discussion of this new field.  Upper grades
Greene, Brian	The Elegant Universe	Non-fiction	A description of string theory for non-scientists.  Upper grades
Guillen, Michael	Five Equations That Changed the World:  The Power and Poetry of Mathematics	Non-fiction	The history behind and the consequences of five of the great equations- like e=mc^2.
Kaplan, Robert	The Nothing that Is:  A Natural History of Zero	Non-fiction	When and how and why die the idea of the quantity of no quantity develop?  Blends history with business, anthropology and math.
King, Ross	Brunelleschi’s Dome:  How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture	Non-fiction	An easy, engaging read that seems like fiction, but is not, about the architectural design and building of Florence's cathedral.  All levels
Kline, Morris	Mathematics and the Physical World	Non-fiction	Looking for math all around you.  This book tells you where to look and why.   All levels
Lewis, Michael	Moneyball:  The art of Winning an Unfair Game	Non-fiction	The true story of how intelligent use of some overlooked statistics almost won a world series.
Livio, Mario	The Golden Ratio:  The Story of PHI, the World’s Most Astonishing Number	Non-fiction	A new book, a best seller about the number behind the Golden Ratio.
Mlodinow, Leonard	Euclid’s Window:  The Story of Geometry From Parallel Lines to Hyperspace	Non-fiction	The melding of simple Geometry and quantum physics- very out there, but readable.
Nasar, Sylvia	A Beautiful Mind:  The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash	Non-fiction	The book behind the movie- goes into a lot more detail about this incredible man and his struggles.
Osen, Lynn	Women in Mathematics	Non-fiction	Vignettes about the women (some behind the men) of mathematics.
Paulos, John Allen	Beyond Numeracy:  Ruminations of a Numbers Man	Non-fiction	The thoughts and cogitations of a famous Mathematician.
Singh, Simon	Fermat’s Enigma:  The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem	Non-fiction	The story of Fermat's Last Theorem and its eventual proof.  The video The Proof is based on this story.
Sobel, Dava	Galileo’s Daughter:  A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love	Non-fiction	The correspondence between Galileo and his daughter.  Very enjoyable read.
Stewart, Ian	Nature by Numbers:  Discovering Order and Pattern in the Universe	Non-fiction	Explore new and unsuspected structures and patterns in the world around you.
Vonnegut, Kurt	Slaughterhouse Five or The Children’s Crusade:  A Duty Dance with Death	Fiction	Time as a coordinate system, among other themes.
Wertheim, Margaret	Pythagoras’s Trousers:  God, Physics, and the Gender Wars	Non-fiction	A very interesting approach to the study of mathematics in the past as seen from different perspectives.  All levels
Kasner, Newman	Mathematics and the Imagination	Non-fiction	Great book for general info about math, including large numbers and infinity.  Easy to read, but the concepts are intellectually stimulating.
Gardner, Martin	Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions	Non-fiction	Book I takes the reader through such diverse topics as Hexaflexagons, Nim, magic with matrices, probability paradoxes, topology (WHAT’S THAT?), mathematical card tricks, polynominoes, fallacies, and much more—all intellectually stimulating topics.