Ask HN: What's the best book on modern UI/UX? ↗

The books people recommended

2018-12-12 · 542 points · 150 comments · 14 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.

18
Refactoring UI
Adam Wathan, Steve Schoger
18 here · 24 all-time · #255 overall
12
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
12 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
5
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
5 here · 35 all-time · #149 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,670 ratings on Amazon
4
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward Tufte
4 here · 24 all-time · #253 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 996 ratings on Amazon
2About Face
About Face
Alan Cooper
2 here · 13 all-time · #509 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 485 ratings on Amazon
2Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud
2 here · 9 all-time · #716 overall
2Emotional Design
Emotional Design
Don Norman
2 here · 5 all-time · #1497 overall
2Sketching User Experiences
Sketching User Experiences
Bill Buxton
2 here · 4 all-time · #1884 overall
1Lean Customer Development
Lean Customer Development
Cindy Alvarez
1 here · 8 all-time · #795 overall
1Design for Hackers
Design for Hackers
David Kadavy
1 here · 8 all-time · #855 overall
1Badass: Making Users Awesome
Badass: Making Users Awesome
Kathy Sierra
1 here · 5 all-time · #1236 overall
1The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst
1 here · 5 all-time · #1237 overall
1Mental Models
Mental Models
Indi Young
1 here · 3 all-time · #2409 overall
1Designing Interfaces
Designing Interfaces
Jenifer Tidwell
1 here · 3 all-time · #2410 overall