My favourite books on design

Lots of students, mainly those aspiring to become design students who want to prepare for competitive exams, ask me this question. which are your favourite books on Design?

So here goes the list of my favourite books, it is my personal list.
This list is NOT in my order of fondness or my love for the author. First one in the list need not be my all time favourite! This list is not intended to guide any student to prepare for any entrance exams.

Ruder Typography, Ruder Philosophy
Helmut Schmid (Editor), Nicole Schmid (Contributor)

While you're reading
by Gerard Unger

Typography of Devanagari
Bapurao Naik

Typographie: A Manual of Design
by Emil Ruder

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
by Erik Spiekermann , E.M Ginger

The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst 


Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type
by Kimberly Elam 

Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell  , Kritina Holden , Jill Butler 

The Art of Looking Sideways
by Alan Fletcher

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte

Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte

An Essay on Typography
Eric Gill

Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers
by Josef Müller-Brockmann 

Meggs' History of Graphic Design
by Philip B. Meggs , Alston W. Purvis 

Detail In Typography
by Jost Hochuli 

Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces: The Complete Works
by Heidrun Osterer