UX Book List

A Common Sense Approach To Web & Mobile Usability

By Steve Krug
Published in December 2013 by New Riders

Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug's guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.

Now Steve returns with fresh perspective to re-examine the principles that made Don't Make Me Think a classic - with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability.

A Quick Guide to User Experience Research Methods

By Alan Cooper & Robert Reimann
Published in September 2014 by John Wiley & Sons

The essential interaction design guide, fully revised and updated for the mobile age. This Fourth Edition is the latest update to the book that shaped and evolved the landscape of interaction design. This comprehensive guide takes the worldwide shift to smartphones and tablets into account. New information includes discussions on mobile apps, touch interfaces, screen size considerations, and more.

Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products

By Brad Nunnally & David Farkas
Published in November 2016 by O'Reilly

With this quick reference guide, you'll learn a common language and set of tools to help you carry out research in an informed and productive manner.

A Quick Guide to User Experience Research Methods

By James Pannafino & Patrick McNeil
Published in October 2017 by CDUCP LLC

UX Methods features 50 different research methods. Each method has concise instructions aimed at getting you in the field gathering insights as quickly as possible. Methods cover situations like user testing, discovering user preferences and behaviors, narrowing project focus with stakeholders and much more.

Doing: Using Research and Customer Journey Maps to Create Successful Services

By Marc Stickdorn & Markus Edgar Hormess
Published in August 2016 by O'Reilly

How can you establish a customer-centric culture in an organisation? This is the first comprehensive book on how to actually do service design to improve the quality and the interaction between service providers and customers.

You'll learn specific facilitation guidelines on how to run workshops, perform all of the main service design methods, implement concepts in reality, and embed service design successfully in an organisation.

A Research and Design Survival Guide

By Leah Buley
Published in July 2013 by Rosenfeld Media

The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables. Whether you want to cross over into user experience or you're a seasoned practitioner trying to drag your organization forward, this book gives you tools and insight for doing more with less.

By Don A. Norman
Published in December 2013 by MIT Press

A fully updated and expanded edition of Don Norman's classic and influential work, which pioneered the application of cognitive science to design. Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we try to figure out the shower control in a hotel or attempt to navigate an unfamiliar television set or stove.

Designing Great Products with Agile Teams

By Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seden
Published in September 2016 by O'Reilly

Lean UX has become the preferred approach to interaction design, tailor-made for today's agile teams. This second edition of this award winning book expands on the valuable Lean UX principles, tactics, and techniques covered in the first edition to share how product teams can easily incorporate design, experimentation, iteration, and continuous learning from real users into their Agile process. Lean UX lets you focus on the actual experience being designed, rather than deliverables.

A Practical Guide For Creating Useful UX Documentation

By Richard Caddick & Steve Cable
Published in November 2011 by John Wiley & Sons

A clear and focused guide to creating useful user experience documentation As web sites and applications become richer and more complex, the user experience (UX) becomes critical to their success. This indispensible and full-color book provides practical guidance on this growing field and shares valuable UX advice that you can put into practice immediately on your own projects.

For User Experience Designers In The Field Or In The Making

By Russ Unger & Carolyn Chandler
Published in March 2012 by New Riders

This important book is an updated edition and contains new information on design principles, mobile and gestural interactions, content strategy, remote research tools and more.

Foundations For Designing Online User Experiences

By Jesmond Allen & James Chudley
Published in May 2012 by John Wiley & Sons

The authors provide an overview of UX and User Centred Design and examine in detail sixteen of the most common UX design and research tools and techniques for your web projects. They share their top tips from their collective 30 years of working in UX.

By Susan Weinschenk
Published in April 2011 by New Riders

This book combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs. With it you'll be able to design more intuitive and engaging work for print, websites, applications, and products that matches the way people think, work, and play.