Reading books is inspiring. From funny ones to more serious ones they make us share human experiences and thoughts, they change us. I used not to be an avid reader in my youth, seemed I preferred the ski hills then. But at the same time, I discover the playfulness of acquiring another language, English, I also got the benefit to have a larger and most diversified scope of publications available, which seems to suit me well.
There is little I want to share on the web, but revealing some books that I have read and have liked so much that I thought they were the best gift for my family and friends, might be beneficial enough for people landing on my web-pages... Reading is a leisure activity that I think help me in my work, make me think differently, take a larger context into account beyond the technicality of my field. I owe it to my graduate academic career to have encountered that life changing activity.

My list is not exhaustive. I hope to modify part of it every few months. I am not including personal reviews. I first happen to read them because professionals wrote reviews about them, thus I let you to search for those. The year indicates the edition I read, thus it was probably reviewed around then.