Ask HN: Good books or articles on UI design? ↗

The books people recommended

2016-10-14 · 363 points · 86 comments · 17 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

7
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
7 here · 35 all-time · #149 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,670 ratings on Amazon
7
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward Tufte
7 here · 24 all-time · #253 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 996 ratings on Amazon
7About Face
About Face
Alan Cooper
7 here · 13 all-time · #509 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 485 ratings on Amazon
4
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
4 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
4Design for Hackers
Design for Hackers
David Kadavy
4 here · 8 all-time · #855 overall
2The Best Interface Is No Interface
The Best Interface Is No Interface
Golden Krishna
2 here · 5 all-time · #1434 overall
2Universal Principles of Design
Universal Principles of Design
William Lidwell
2 here · 4 all-time · #1844 overall
2Sketching User Experiences
Sketching User Experiences
Bill Buxton
2 here · 4 all-time · #1884 overall
2Designing Interfaces
Designing Interfaces
Jenifer Tidwell
2 here · 3 all-time · #2410 overall
1Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud
1 here · 9 all-time · #716 overall
1Sprint
Sprint
Jake Knapp
1 here · 6 all-time · #1167 overall
1Emotional Design
Emotional Design
Don Norman
1 here · 5 all-time · #1497 overall
1Making Things Happen
Making Things Happen
Scott Berkun
1 here · 4 all-time · #1575 overall
1Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Christopher Alexander
1 here · 4 all-time · #1630 overall
1The Non-Designer's Design Book
The Non-Designer's Design Book
Robin Williams
1 here · 4 all-time · #1706 overall
1Designing Visual Interfaces
Designing Visual Interfaces
Kevin Mullet, Daniel Sano
1 here · 3 all-time · #2106 overall
1Interface
Interface
Stephen Bury
1 here · 3 all-time · #2548 overall