Books by Simon Garfield

The Error World (2008)
In a thoughtful memoir, the acclaimed author of The End of Innocence intertwines his lifelong obsess...

Private Battles (2007)
Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal d...

On the Map (2012)
"This is a smart, funny, accessible book that does for typography what Lynne Truss's bestselling Eat...

Just My Type (2011)
A North American edition of an internationally best-selling work by the award-winning author of The ...

To the Letter (2013)
An ode to the dwindling art of letter writing explores its potential salvation in the digital age, c...

Mauve (2001)
Relates how English chemist William Perkin's accidental discovery of the color mauve--and a method t...

Exposure (2009)
Bob Carlos Clarke, one of the most controversial photographers of his generation, had a reputation f...