![A computer illustrated, AI-generated cat "baking" a pie wearing a chef's hat with a floating wooden baking tool.](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-6.png?resize=512%2C512&ssl=1)
It’s Pi(e) Day! A day where we celebrate both math and pastry (and wordplay).
Let’s get down to business. Keep reading for some math and pastry books.
Some math books for your Pi Day–
![humble pi: when math goes wrong in the real world by matt parker](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/humble-pi-when-math-goes-wrong-in-the-real-world-by-matt-parker.jpg?resize=510%2C680&ssl=1)
![Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath and Karla Starr](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/making-numbers-count-the-art-and-science-of-communicating-numbers-by-chip-heath-and-karla-starr.jpg?resize=324%2C500&ssl=1)
![Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by Charles Wheelan](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Naked-Statistics.jpg?resize=267%2C400&ssl=1)
![the data detective: ten easy rules to make sense of statistics by tim harford](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-data-detective-ten-easy-rules-to-make-sense-of-statistics-by-tim-harford.jpg?resize=663%2C1000&ssl=1)
![Algebra the beautiful: an ode to math's least-loved subject by G. Arnell Williams](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Algebra-the-beautiful-an-ode-to-maths-least-loved-subject-by-G.-Arnell-Williams..jpg?resize=645%2C1000&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pi-by-scott-hemphill.png?resize=510%2C680&ssl=1)
And a few baking books for your Pi(e) Day–
![Pie Every Day: Recipes and Slices of Life by Pat Willard](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pie-Every-Day-1.jpg?resize=502%2C591&ssl=1)
![Happiness is Baking by Maida Heatter](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Happiness-is-Baking.jpg?resize=754%2C963&ssl=1)
![baking with dorie: sweet salty & simple by dorie greenspan](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/baking-with-dorie-sweet-salty-simple-by-dorie-greenspan.jpg?resize=754%2C958&ssl=1)
![life is what you bake it: recipes stories and inspiration to bake your way to the top by vallery lomas](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/life-is-what-you-bake-it-recipes-stories-and-inspiration-to-bake-your-way-to-the-top-by-vallery-lomas.jpg?resize=754%2C1005&ssl=1)
![gluten-free baking at home: 102 foolproof recipes for delicious breads cakes cookies and more by jeffrey larson](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/gluten-free-baking-at-home-102-foolproof-recipes-for-delicious-breads-cakes-cookies-and-more-by-jeffrey-larson.jpg?resize=260%2C323&ssl=1)
![how to bake everything by mark bittman](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/how-to-bake-everything-by-mark-bittman.jpg?resize=754%2C858&ssl=1)
![AI cat leaping into pie, dough bits flying, exuberant joy on the brown and white tabby's face](https://i0.wp.com/libraryblog.durhamtech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-7.png?resize=754%2C754&ssl=1)
Now go with joy into your Pi(e) Day!