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Books for UX and Design
15
items Not just UX books, a collection of books that I've genuinely found useful throughout my design career.
Sections
4
UX Design Fundamental
Human Behaviour & Psychology
Research & Product Thinking
Teamwork & Leadership
UX Design Fundamental
The books that shaped how I think about usability, interfaces, and design in general.
A timeless book, since the principles still hold up decades later. You start seeing design decisions everywhere after this.
The Design of Everyday Things
A classic for a reason. Every chapter feels like common sense until you notice how often products ignore it.
This book taught me simplicity is much harder than it looks.
This book taught me simplicity is much harder than it looks.
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Read this if you've ever wondered why some products just feel better than others.
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
A practical guide to catching problems before users do.
Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
Human Behaviour & Psychology
Less about screens, more about understanding the people using them.
Not about design at all, but surprisingly useful for understanding why people do (or don't do) things.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones|Hardcover
A collection of small insights that quietly explain why people do what they do.
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Not every product should be addictive, but every designer can learn something from this.
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Not specifically for UX, but made me pay more attention to things I normally overlook.
The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
Made me realize people are consistently irrational in surprisingly predictable ways.
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Research & Product Thinking
Books that taught me to question assumptions before designing solutions.
Helped me stop treating research as something only big teams can do.
Just Enough Research: 2024 Edition
Great reminder that users experience products as stories, not Jira tickets.
User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product
Turns out asking questions is easy. Asking the right ones is much harder.
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights
Made product design feel more collaborative and less precious.
Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams
Teamwork & Leadership
Design isn't just about pixels. Eventually you'll need to work with people, processes, and priorities too.
Less about designing products, more about designing how design teams survive.
Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams
Being a designer is one thing, explaining your design is another. A reminder that good ideas still need good communication.
Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience