Monster List of UX Books: August 2019 Updates
Here are the latest updates to the Monster List of UX Books.
Author Links
This is still a work in progress, but I’ve started adding links to authors’ Twitter profiles and blogs to the Authors page of the Monster List so that you can follow your favorite authors.
Recently Added Book Lists
Best UX Design Books: Must-Read in 2019 by Michael A Degtyarev
Want to dig into UX Research? Here’s some must-reads by Joanna Ngai
The designer’s summer reading list: Non-fiction books about design by Adam Fry-Pierce
Newly Released Books
March
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
April
Art Direction for the Web by Andy Clarke
June
The What, How, & Why of Design Systems by Andrea Hock
Getting Started with Design Systems by Marvel
Strategic Writing for UX: Drive Engagement, Conversion, and Retention with Every Word by Torrey Podmajersky
Other Recently Added Books
Content Design by Sarah Richards
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want by Alexander Osterwalder
Benchmarking the User Experience by Jeff Sauro
The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
The Field Study Handbook by Jan Chipchase
UX for Beginners: A practical handbook on the space of user experience design and strategy by Joanna Ngai
101 UX Principles: A definitive design guide by Will Grant
Visual Design: Ninety-five things you need to know. Told in Helvetica and Dingbats. by Jim Krause
Intuitive Design: Eight Steps to an Intuitive UI by Everett N. McKay
UX For Dummies by Donald Chesnut & Kevin Nichols
Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice by Gjoko Muratovski
An Introduction to Service Design: Designing the Invisible by Lara Penin
Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice by Clayton M. Christensen, John Pruden, David S Duncan, Karen Dillon, & Taddy Hall
BrandSimple: How the Best Brands Keep it Simple and Succeed by Allen P. Adamson
It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D. Michael Abrashoff
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff They Don’t Teach You in Design School, but Should by Michael Janda
Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Congdon
Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time by Laura Stack
Design Fundamentals — Elements, Attributes, & Principles: A Beginner’s Guide to Graphic Communication by Steven Bradley
User Interface Design for Programmers by Joel Spolsky
Upcoming Books
2019
Misusability: Navigating the ethical minefield of digital design by Per Axbom
Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding by Karl Fast & Stephen Anderson
About (Design) Leadership: Where to Start and How to Get to What Comes Next by Russ Unger & Chris Avore
The Jobs To Be Done Playbook by Jim Kalbach
Getting Started in UX by Boon Sheridan
Designing with Words: How to Write for Interfaces by Michael J. Metts & Andy Welfle
Designing and Researching Natural Language Interaction by Abby Bajuniemi, PhD
Engaged: Psychology for Digital Product Design by Amy Bucher
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