Alexa Hampton’s Book List 70 books and 0 comments
I have always been a big reader. My tastes are far-ranging—from police procedurals to history to biography and even chick lit.
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Horrible title—but an excellent book filled with tons of amazing floor plans of New York’s great buildings.
A textbook written by a former professor of mine. It’s a must for any student of architecture.
A two-volume tour de force about my favorite city on earth. My parents met in Florence on a blind date!
My favorite architect (along with Schinkel, Soane, and Alberti). A great sculptor and a great artist, too.
I love this book and it had a huge influence on my academic life.
One of my favorite design books. I love the images and the structure of the book.
Great political philosopher writing about morality and ethics.
This is the book that triggered my love of reading. I read it the summer after the fifth grade and, ever after, I was a reader.
A catalogue raisonné of an important American architect.
This is in my top ten fiction reads. I love the story and I feel for Raskolnikov.
With three small kids, I’m grateful I have Dr. Seuss around. This book is a favorite of mine from my childhood.
I love reading theory. Whether or not one agrees, theory usually contains great creative thinking.
Another all-time favorite. The World Wars are so unbelievable to me that I love reading about them and Massie is an excellent author. He just published a biography of Catherine the Great. I cannot wait to read it!
An essential trio of reference books in one set that includes Early Georgian: 1715–1760, Mid Georgian 1760–1800, and Late Georgian 1800–1840.
Being in the current edition of Finest Rooms in America is a great honor.
What’s better than Nancy Mitford writing fiction? Nancy Mitford’s historical biographies.
A truly beautiful book with mouth-watering images of important houses.
See my comments on Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault.
As a film lover, as well as book lover, I love art criticism that focuses on semiology.
For me, Amis is hit or miss. I love his books, but he is such a pessimist, I sometimes have to put his books down. But, he is always hilarious.
I love all the books in the Jack Reacher series (more police procedurals) and can’t wait for the next one.
Elmore Leonard is a great American author. His dialogue is snappy and fun.
A beautiful poetic book with philosophical and political essays.
Among my all-time favorite books. Churchill is so colorful and fascinating
See my comments on The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932–1940 by William Manchester.
A must for any student of interior design.
This book (“Achievements in French Decoration, 1950-1960”) and Nouvelles Réussites de la Décoration Française, 1960-1966 (“New Achievements in French Decoration, 1960-1966,” also by Thomas Kernan) are two of my all-time designer favorites. I have copies of these at home where they will be safe. They really show how taste in modern decorating has changed over the years.
Le Style Louis XVI is part of the series Les Grands Styles (“The Great Styles”), which includes Le Style Louis XIV, and Le Style Louis XV. These are essential reference books for interior designers.
Not as pulpy as Arianna Huffington’s biography—more serious and more in-depth.
Any art historian, serious or not, must read this book—part history, part fiction and part propaganda.
A fascinating book of essays on the topic of misogyny. A terrific read despite the gloomy subject.
I read this as a 13-year-old and petitioned my school to exchange this for George Eliot’s Middlemarch as our summer required reading. It is a beautiful, easy read. I love Cather.
A beautiful, seminal design book. Crisp Scandinavian interiors like this inspire me.
This book (“New Achievements in French Decoration, 1960-1966”) and Les Réussites de la Décoration Française 1950–1960 (“Achievements in French Decoration, 1950-1960,” also by Thomas Kernan) are two of my all-time designer favorites. I have copies of these at home where they will be safe. They really show how taste in modern decorating has changed over the years.
I read this book just before my college interviews. I spent most of them making sure my interviewers went and bought this book. I loved it.
Along with Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt is my historical hero. This book—along with Theodore Rex—also by Edmund Morris, is amazing.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that this man, who has such an amazing command of the written language, was doing anything else besides writing. He’s incredible.
A great book about a fascinating architect and the contents of his house, which is my favorite museum.
David Hicks was a family friend as well as one of my favorite designers.
See my comments on The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris.
One in a series of Scandinavian police procedurals about a grumpy, diabetic policeman, Kurt Wallender. Amazing books.
I think we all love this book, along with John Adams, also by David McCullough.
I read this book as a freshman at Brown University and it introduced me to a new way of looking at images. It’s an interesting text.
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