If you're wondering what to read over the holidays, check out the Design Observer's annual Holiday Reading List. I've already received some wonderful books for Christmas (I was particularly happy to get Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, New York, Paris by Leah Dickerman), but I've jotted down a few of their recommendations for more good reading in the new year. My picks:
On Location: Cities of the World in Film
by Claudia Hellman and Claudine Weber-Hof
Nature's Engraver: The Life of Thomas Bewick
by Jenny Uglow
London: City of Disappearances
by Iain Sinclair