Newly Released Books
November
Visual Collaboration: A Powerful Toolkit for Improving Meetings, Projects, and Processes (paid link) by Ole Qvist-Sorensen & Loa Baastrup
December
Storytelling in Design: Defining, Designing, and Selling Multidevice Products (paid link) by Anna Dahlström
January
Writing is Designing: Words and User Experience (paid link) by Michael J. Metts & Andy Welfle
Ethical Design Handbook (paid link) by Trine Falbe, Martin Michael Frederiksen, & Kim Andersen
February
Cross-Cultural Design by Senongo Akpem
March
Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change (paid link) by Amy Bucher
April
The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs (paid link) by Jim Kalbach
May
Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding (paid link) by Karl Fast & Stephen Anderson
How Design Makes the World (paid link) by Scott Berkun
July
Liftoff: Practical Design Leadership to Elevate Your Team, Your Organization, and You (paid link) by Russ Unger & Chris Avore
New Editions
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design (3rd Edition) (paid link) by Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, & Aynne Valencia
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (2nd Edition) (paid link) by Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D.
“The two [editions] are very similar. It’s not a total revamp. But I did update some of the ‘things’ with newer research and examples, and replaced a few as well. If you have the first edition already you don’t need to buy the 2nd edition. But if you share the book with others, you might want the new edition, and if you recommend the book to others tell them to get the 2nd edition.”
- Susan Weinschenk
Books Recommended by Users
Cultivating A Creative Culture (paid link) by Justin Dauer
"It really helped me build a new team and retain top talent. There are also practical strategies here that can help a design team keep themselves full and happy with their work and their life."
- unnamed user
User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play (paid link) by Cliff Kuang
"It's a history of UX and how it's impacting society. I haven't read it but have a copy and can't wait to dive in. As someone with a history degree, I've seen a need for a more historical and anthro view of the impacts of good design."
- unnamed user
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds For the Better (paid link) by Clive Thompson
"The book is not a direct UX book but it is a critical understanding into the emerging field of "Centaur design" - the understanding that it's not man or machine, it is the combination of the best of both. Humans to ask good questions, AI to provide good answers."
- unnamed user
UX for Development Shops by David Parmelee
"This book addresses a large yet underserved segment of the people who want to learn UX."
- unnamed user
Delta CX: The Truth About How Valuing Customer Experience Can Transform Your Business (paid link) by Debbie Levitt
"I wrote it and everybody (except people making monster money promoting design thinking) seems to love some or all of it. It's 394 pages burning down what's hurting the UX industry and building up what we should do instead... so it was hard to find a category that didn't fit. :) Thanks for considering it."
- unnamed user
Conversational UX Design (paid link) by Robert J. Moore & Raphael Ahar
"It is comprehensive and scientific (the lead author is an IBM researcher with a Ph.D in Sociology, specializing in conversation analysis and ethnomethodology) and gives a research-based look at designing CUI/VUI."
- unnamed user
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Book Reviews by Users
Just Enough Research by Erika Hall
"I think this book is great if you are a beginner or need to understand the basics of research (which you need regardless of whether you're a beginner or not.) That's why I suggested that category. For me the best part about this book is how foundational the information provided is."
- Rebecca Karasik, Rating: 5/5
Serious Work: How to Facilitate Meetings & Workshops Using the Lego Serious Play Method (paid link) by Marko Rillo
"This book allows a team to run their own sessions because it includes templates and example workshop plans. Participants really valued the kind of open communication that this style of workshop created.
The only downside is that these workshops are time consuming for prep and running (understandably). Many stakeholders will be averse to trying these methods."
- Andrew Garber-Browne, Rating: 4/5
This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World (paid link) by Jakob Schneider, Adam Lawrence, Markus Edgar Hormess, & Marc Stickdorn
"This book was the first one I read as a new UX researcher (with no prior UX experience!). It was meaty and concrete enough to give me the confidence to go out and design/do my own methods. Would recommend for getting into the weeds of research."
- Bronwyn Clarke, Rating: 4/5
The Design of Everyday Things (paid link) by Don Norman
"A seminal book that's key to believing the mission of UX and where we came from"
- Alex Mercado, Rating: 5/5
Butterick's Practical Typography by Matthew Butterick
"It's easy to share links to arguments in this book because it's online with no paywall."
- Alex Mercado, Rating: 5/5
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (paid link) by Susan Weinschenk
"A book that pleasantly explains the processes behind certain behaviors that we sometimes take for granted and that help a lot when coming up with new solutions."
- Carlos Mendoza, Rating: 5/5
Don't Make Me Think (paid link) by Steve Krug
"Excellent book to beginners and beyond, the base criteria to web design and mobile"
- Richar Munoz, Rating: 5/5
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights (paid link) by Steve Portigal
"Wonderful"
- Richar Munoz, Rating: 5/5
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Other Recently Added Books
Serious Work: How to Facilitate Meetings & Workshops Using the Lego Serious Play Method (paid link) by Marko Rillo
A Tiny History of Service Design: Or How to Make Service Design Sound Way More Interesting and Smarter During Dinner Parties by Daniele Catalanotto
Service Design Principles 1–100: 100 Ideas to Improve the User and Customer Experience in Simple and Practical Ways (paid link) by Daniele Catalanotto
Introduction to Data Visualization & Storytelling: A Guide For The Data Scientist (paid link) by Mary Sandell, Dr. Ali Fenwick, & Jose Berengueres
Upcoming Books
2020
Design Beyond Devices by Cheryl Platz
Surveys That Work by Caroline Jarrett
2021
Getting Started in UX by Boon Sheridan
Research Practice by Gregg Bernstein
Prioritization: Beyond Getting Things Done by Harry Max
Conversations with Things: UX Design for Chat and Voice by Diana Deibel & Rebecca Evanhoe
Product Management for UX Designers by Christian Crumlish
TBD
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