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 by Adam Fry-Pierce
Newly Released Books
March
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (paid link) 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
Books Recommended by Users
Design Fundamentals - Elements, Attributes, & Principles (paid link) by Steven Bradley
"It's little-known, but quite a good round-up of visual principles."
- unnamed user
User Interface Design for Programmers (paid link) by Joel Spolsky
"It's a great introduction to user interface design for people who are new to it."
- unnamed user
Recommend a book to add to the Monster List.
Other Recently Added Books
Content Design (paid link) by Sarah Richards
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (paid link) by Alexander Osterwalder
Benchmarking the User Experience (paid link) by Jeff Sauro
The Signal and the Noise (paid link) by Nate Silver
The Field Study Handbook (paid link) by Jan Chipchase
UX for Beginners: A practical handbook on the space of user experience design and strategy (paid link) by Joanna Ngai
101 UX Principles: A definitive design guide (paid link) by Will Grant
Visual Design: Ninety-five things you need to know. Told in Helvetica and Dingbats. (paid link) by Jim Krause
Intuitive Design: Eight Steps to an Intuitive UI (paid link) by Everett N. McKay
UX For Dummies (paid link) by Donald Chesnut & Kevin Nichols
Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice (paid link) by Gjoko Muratovski
Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice (paid link) by Clayton M. Christensen, John Pruden, David S Duncan, Karen Dillon, & Taddy Hall
BrandSimple: How the Best Brands Keep it Simple and Succeed (paid link) by Allen P. Adamson
It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy (paid link) by D. Michael Abrashoff
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders (paid link) by L. David Marquet
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (paid link) by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win (paid link) by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
JavaScript: The Good Parts (paid link) by Douglas Crockford
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (paid link) by Mark Manson
Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff They Don’t Teach You in Design School, but Should (paid link) by Michael Janda
Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers (paid link) by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
Upcoming Books
2019
Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding (paid link) by Karl Fast and Stephen Anderson
Liftoff: Practical Design Leadership to Elevate Your Team, Your Organization, and You (paid link) by Russ Unger and Chris Avore
The Jobs To Be Done Playbook by Jim Kalbach
Getting Started in UX by Boon Sheridan
Writing Is Designing: Words and the User Experience (paid link) by Michael J. Metts & Andy Welfle
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