My UX Reading List – Favorite Books About Design and User Experience

When I first started learning about UX, I tried online classes, youtube videos, and lots of books to grasp a more precise concept about UX design and design in general. I learned how to code before designing and needed several books to help me comprehend the combination of coding and design working together better. It was easier to understand and practice a UX challenge after reading the basic concept of what I needed to create. When we talk about UX, we also need to talk about the basic rules of design in general. And when we talk about design, we also need to talk about creativity. These three subjects: UX, basic design, and creativity, are deeply involved. 

My UX Reading List

UX Design

• A Practical Guide to Information Architecture (Practical Guide Series) by Donna Spencer (Author)

• A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making (Voices That Matter) by Russ Unger

• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites by Peter Morville 

• Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams by Jeff Gothelf 

• Product Design for the Web: Principles of Designing & Releasing Web Products by Randy J. Hunt

• Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide Paperback – Color, by Todd Zaki Warfel 

• Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences (Voices That Matter) by Stephen P. Anderson 

• The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide by Leah Buley (Author)

• The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond (Voices That Matter) by Jesse James Garrett (Author)

• Thoughts on Interaction Design by Jon Kolko 

• Undercover User Experience: Learn How to Do Great UX Work with Tiny Budgets, No Time, and Limited Support (Voices That Matter) by Cennydd Bowles 

Design

• 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by Ph.D. Weinschenk

• About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper 

• Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook by Saul Greenberg

• The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition Paperback – Illustrated by Don Norman (Author)

• This is Service Design Thinking: Basics, Tools, Cases by Marc Stickdorn 

Creativity

• Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U) by 99U (Author), Jocelyn K. Glei  

• Designing Together: The collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals (Voices That Matter) by Dan Brown

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Wendy Reyes

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