2021 Math Challenge Reading List

[Evelyn]

If you have a list (either complete or incomplete) of planned/read books for the challenge, you can share them here. You can edit your post as you continue your planning/reading. You can mark completed books with an * or √.

A tip I picked up from the Popsugar reading challenge Goodreads group (browser only): once you're done posting, click on the date/time in the upper right hand corner of your post, then bookmark it to easily get back to your post.

Below is the list of prompts you can cut and paste into your own posts.

1. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class
2. A math book published at least 50 years ago
3. A biography of a woman in math
4. A math book that makes you laugh
5. A book with a geometric design on the cover
6. A book related to geometry
7. A nonfiction math book written by a person of color
8. A math book that intimidates you
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10. A math book not originally written in your native language
11. A math book you meant to read in 2020
12. A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania

[Colin]

1√ A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class Math Girls
2√ A math book published at least 50 years ago Mathematical Models
3√ A biography of a woman in math Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
4√ A math book that makes you laugh: Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
5√ A book with a geometric design on the cover How to Take Smart Notes
6√ A book related to geometry Geometry Juniors
7√ A nonfiction math book written by a person of colour The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
8√ A math book that intimidates you x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10√. A math book not originally written in your native language The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics
11√ A math book you meant to read in 2020: I'm picking Codebreaking here, although it's a bit of a stretch.
12√A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania A slight stretch here, but Islamic Geometric Patterns With CDROM just about fits the bill (with the aid of a shoehorn).

[Daval]

I'll be working on these along with the remaining 2020 books that i haven't finished yet. :)

√ 1. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class Prime Suspects: The Anatomy of Integers and Permutations
√ 2. A math book published at least 50 years ago A Mathematician's Apology
3. A biography of a woman in math
√ 4. A math book that makes you laugh Math with Bad Drawings
√ 5. A book with a geometric design on the cover 99 Variations on a Proof
√ 6. A book related to geometry Symmetry
7. A nonfiction math book written by a person of color
8. A math book that intimidates you
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10. A math book not originally written in your native language
√ 11. A math book you meant to read in 2020 Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life
12. A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania

[Evelyn]

1. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class
2. A math book published at least 50 years ago
3. A biography of a woman in math
√4. A math book that makes you laugh 99 Variations on a Proof
5. A book with a geometric design on the cover
6. A book related to geometry
7. A nonfiction math book written by a person of color
8. A math book that intimidates you
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10. A math book not originally written in your native language
11. A math book you meant to read in 2020
12. A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania

[Jo]

1. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class
2. A math book published at least 50 years ago 3.1416 and All That
3. A biography of a woman in math
4. A math book that makes you laugh
5. A book with a geometric design on the cover
6. A book related to geometry
7. A nonfiction math book written by a person of color
8. A math book that intimidates you
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10. A math book not originally written in your native language
11. A math book you meant to read in 2020 The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
12. A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania

[Lucy]

If anyone’s still looking for a book where a character goes to a maths class.. The Lies We Tell Ourselves definitely has this and is quite the read (I took a gamble)

[Andrew]

1. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class
2. A math book published at least 50 years ago
3. A biography of a woman in math
*4. A math book that makes you laugh
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
5. A book with a geometric design on the cover
6. A book related to geometry
7. A nonfiction math book written by a person of color
8. A math book that intimidates you
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10. A math book not originally written in your native language
11. A math book you meant to read in 2020
12. A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania