Various Books
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” - Ernest Hemingway
Favourite Books
American Mathematical Monthly
MAA's Mathematics Magazine
Love and Math
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions
Secrets of Mental Math
Books worth Sharing
Love and Math, written by Berkeley Mathematic faculty Edward Frenkel, is ( last thing/writing I need to add: I might add more to this but otherwise this section probably will remain incomplete )
If you have or desire a informal and light introduction to Mathematical Logic or Metamathematics ( or the Foundations of Mathematics ), Godel, Escher, Bach is an excellent read. Albeit slightly as large in appearance as most Harry Potter books, one would gain tremendous insight into not only Mathematical Logic/Metamathematics but also its strange and loopy connections to art and music. The author's wisdom
Flatland introduces readers the concept of dimension in a clear, intuitive way. This book's especially recommended to readers who are interested in visuals, geometry, and mathematics - specifically, how they're all intertwined. Salient are the ideas presented in this book are the most basic in understanding Topology, a branch of mathematics which studies spaces and shapes.
Secrets of Mental Math is probably the easiest of the books presented in the above gallery. Requiring just elementary high school algebraic arithmetic, this book attempts to present a handful of useful tricks and nibnets in performing arithmetic in one's head. I believe that the most "advanced" concept presented in this book is the idea of "modular arithmetic" - or, perhaps, in more familiar terms, "clock arithmetic (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_arithmetic for more ). The author, Arthur Benjamin, is a renowned professor of mathematics, specializing in the field of combinatorics, and well-known for his performances on "mathemagics" in which he shows off his arithmetic skills. This book teaches readers many of his arithmetic
Not so Great Books
Obviously this is just on the top of my mind at the moment, and I am sure that there are other genre of books that I do not especially like. Maybe, autobiographies since they "look" dry/ancient/and long to read, but I don't know since I have not been exposed to many autobiographies to make a decision about them. Perhaps I have more to add on this in a later time.