a list of recommended UX books to read for designers, researchers, product owners and developers

1. Great UX books
DON’T MAKE METHINK
Witty, commonsensical, and eminently
practical, it’s one of the best-loved and
most recommended books on the
subject (of web and mobile usability)
STEVE KRUG

2. Great UX books
ROCKET SURGERY MADE EASY
In this how-to companion to Don't
Make MeThink Steve Krug spells out a
streamlined approach to usability
testing that anyone can easily apply to
their own Web site, application, or
other product.
STEVE KRUG

3. Great UX books
USABLE USABILITY
The A-to-Z guide to spotting and
fixing usability problems.
This book helps you simply get it right
the first time (or fix what's broken).
… this book teaches you how to
understand a user's needs, divulges
techniques for exceeding a user's
expectations, and provides … advice
for improving the overall quality of a
user's experience.
ERIC REISS

4. Great UX books
FOUNDATIONS FOR DESIGNING
ONLINE USER EXPERIENCES
The ultimate guide to UX from the
world's most popular resource for
web designers and developers.
An overview of UX and User
Centered Design … the most
common UX design and research tools
and techniques … regardless of
whether you have 'UX' in your job title
or not.
JESMOND ALLEN & JAMES CRUDELY

5. Great UX books
QUANTIFYINGTHE USER EXPERIENCE
This book offers a practical guide for
using statistics to solve quantitative
problems in user research.The impact
of good and bad designs can be
quantified in terms of conversions,
completion rates, completion times,
perceived satisfaction,
recommendations, and sales.
JEFF SAURO & JAMES R. LEWIS

6. Great UX books
SERVICE DESIGN FROM INSIGHTTO IMPLANTATION
We have unsatisfactory experiences
when we use banks, buses, health
services and insurance companies.They
don't make us feel happier or richer.
Why are they not designed as well as
the products we love to use such as an
Apple iPod or a BMW?
ANDY POLAINE, LAVRANS LOVLIE, & BEN REASON

7. Great UX books
THE USER EXPERIENCETEAM OF ONE
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.
LEAH BULEY

8. Great UX books
LEAN UX:APPLYING LEAN PRINCIPLES
TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE
The Lean UX approach to interaction
design is tailor-made for today’s web-
driven reality.
…valuable Lean UX principles, tactics,
and techniques from the ground up—
how to rapidly experiment with design
ideas, validate them with real users, and
continually adjust your design based on
what you learn.
JEFF GOTHELF & JOSH SEIDEN

9. Great UX books
MOBILE USABILITY
How do we create a satisfactory user
experience when limited to a small
device?
This … guide focuses on usability for
mobile devices, primarily smartphones
and touchphones, and covers such
topics as developing a mobile strategy,
designing for small screens, writing for
mobile, usability comparisons, and
looking toward the future.
JAKOB NIELSEN & RALUCA BUDIU

10. Great UX books
100THINGS EVERY DESIGNER NEEDS
TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE
We design to elicit responses from
people.We want them to buy something,
read more, or take action of some kind.
Designing without understanding what
makes people act the way they do is like
exploring a new city without a map:
results will be haphazard, confusing, and
inefficient.
This book combines real science and
research with practical examples to
deliver a guide every designer needs.
SUSAN M.WEINSCHENKE, PH.D.

11. Great UX books
UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Universal Principles of Design, Revised
and Updated is a comprehensive,
cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of
design.
…it pairs clear explanations of every
design concept with visual examples of
the concepts applied in practice.
WILLIAM LIDWELL, KRITINA HOLDEN & JILL BUTLER

12. Great UX books
A PROJECT GUIDETO UX DESIGN
There’s a lot more to successful UX
design than knowing the latest Web
technologies or design trends: It takes
diplomacy, management skills, and
business savvy.
That’s where the updated edition of
this important book comes in.
RUSS UNGER & CAROLYN CHANDLER

13. Great UX books
THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAYTHINGS
The Design of EverydayThings shows
that good, usable design is possible.
The rules are simple: make things
visible, exploit natural relationships that
couple function and control, and make
intelligent use of constraints.
The goal: guide the user effortlessly to
the right action on the right control at
the right time.
DON NORMAN

14. Great UX books
SITE-SEEING:AVISUAL APPROACH
TO WEB USABILITY
"Site-Seeing" takes a fresh approach to
Web usability by applying visual
communication principles and decision-
making to Web design.
Specifically, readers will learn the key
concepts behind visual organization,
look and feel, technical considerations,
and clear planning that stem from
audience awareness.
LUKE WROBLEWSKI

15. Great UX books
NEURO WEB DESIGN:
WHAT MAKESTHEM CLICK?
Why do people decide to buy a
product online? Register at your Web
site?Trust the information you provide?
Neuro Web Design applies the
research on motivation, decision
making, and neuroscience to the design
of Web sites.
SUSAN M.WEINSCHENK, PH.D.

16. Great UX books
HOWTO GET PEOPLETO DO STUFF
In this book you’ll learn the 7 drives that
motivate people:
• The Desire For Mastery
• The NeedTo Belong
• The Power of Stories
• Carrots and Sticks
• Instincts
• Habits
• Tricks OfThe Mind.
For each of the 7 drives behavioral
psychologist Dr. Susan Weinschenk
describes the research behind each drive,
and then offers specific strategies to use.
SUSAN M.WEINSCHENK, PH.D.

17. Great UX books
DESIGNING FOR EMOTION
From classic psychology to case studies,
highbrow concepts to common sense,
Designing for Emotion demonstrates
accessible strategies and memorable
methods to help you make a human
connection through design.
AARON WALTER

18. Great UX books
JUST ENOUGH RESEARCH
In Just Enough Research, co-founder of
Mule Design Erika Hall distills her
experience into a brief cookbook of
research methods.
Learn how to:
• discover your competitive advantages
• spot your own blind spots and biases
understand and harness your findings
• why you should never, ever hold a
focus group
ERIKA HALL

19. Great UX books
UX STRATEGY
This hands-on guide introduces
lightweight strategy tools and techniques
to help you and your team craft
innovative multi-device products that
people want to use.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, UX/UI
designer, product manager, or part of an
intrapreneurial team, this book teaches
simple-to-advanced strategies that you
can use in your work right away.
JAIME LEVY