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A collection of books which are essential reads for designers at all levels, covering a wide range of topics and skills.


Susan Weinschenk


Tim Brown


Strategies for ethical design that encourages user engagement.


UXPin, Whitespace


Steve Krug


Yesenia Perez-Cruz


Artiom Dashinsky


Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown


Nir Eyal


Everett McKay


Marty Cagan


Applying psychology in design for better products and services.


Jeff Gothelf with Josh Seiden


Chip and Dan Heath


Mike Monteiro


Ryan Singer


Artiom Dashinsky


Jake Knapp


Tom Kelley


Golden Krishna


Don Norman


3steban - Product Crafters


John Maeda


Practical steps to grow a UX design career.


Daniel Kahneman


Exploring the unseen rules of design and their impact on life and work.


Jaime Levy


A. Osterwalder, Y. Pigneur, G. Bernarda, A. Smith


Jon Kolko


Michael Angeles, Leon Barnard, and Billy Carlson