(Or in a pile next to your computer so you can tell yourself “I’ll get to these eventually.”)
I’m a sucker for book recommendations. Especially when it comes to something I’m passionate about (for reference, ask me about my poker book purchases between 2003-2008). So as I was typing notes away furiously, I also noted any book recommendations that were thrown at us during this year’s Nielsen Norman Group UX Conference in SF. Some of the books I already owned, others I did not. I’ve complied a few lists below, primarily so that my Amazon cart doesn’t get too full!
10 Books I Currently Have on My Shelf
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst
Content Strategy for the Web
Kristina Halvorson, Melissa Rach
Content Strategy at Work
Margot Bloomstein
Don’t Make Me Think Revisted
Steve Krug
Universal Principles of Design
William Lidwell, Kristina Holden, Jill Butler
The User Experience Team of One
Leah Buley
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky & Braden Kowitz
Universal Methods of Design
Bella Martin, Bruce Hanington
Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams
Jeff Gothelf
6 Books Recommended at NNG UX That I Don’t (yet)
Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams
Peter Merholz
The Best Interface Is No Interface: The simple path to brilliant technology
Golden Krishna
The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work
Scott Berkun
Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology: A Practical Guide
Michael Forrester
Ego Free Leadership: Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business
Brandon Black
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
Cost-Justifying Usability, Second Edition: An Update for the Internet Age, Second Edition
Randolph G. Bias
14 More UX Books in My Amazon ‘Save for Later’ List
About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Alan Cooper and Robert Reimann
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition Paperback
Don Norman
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning
Dan M. Brown
Designing with the Mind in Mind, Second Edition: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines
Jeff Johnson
Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences
Stephen Anderson
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design
Bill Buxton
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan Weinschenk
Designing Together: The Collaboration and Conflict Management Handbook for Creative Professionals
Dan M. Brown
A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making
Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights
Steve Portigal
Validating Product Ideas: Through Lean User Research
Tomer Sharon
The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love Paperback
Donna Lichaw
And IF My List Isn’t Large Enough, Try These Ones!
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