Henry Petroski's most recommended books

We've asked 10,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Henry Petroski.

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Books like The Book on the Bookshelf

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Books like The Evolution of Useful Things

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Books like To Engineer Is Human

Book lists with Henry Petroski's books

4 authors created a book list with a book by Henry Petroski as one of their picks.

• Foundational perspectives on design
• The history of the library
• Seeing science differently
• Books about books

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• Moving abroad to Europe
• Black Europe
• Travel memoirs that will both inform and amuse you
• Memory and postwar Europe
• Illustrated stories for grown-ups
• Historical fiction to travel across Europe and beyond

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