Listmania!
Learning User Experience Design
By an Amazon.com customer
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (VOICES)The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (VOICES) by Jesse James Garrett
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $15.00
A good introduction to user experience.
The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.95
Why user experience design?
The Inmates Are Running the AsylumThe Inmates Are Running the Asylum by Alan Cooper
Buy used from: $0.74
Why user experience design?
Built for Use: Driving Profitability Through the User ExperienceBuilt for Use: Driving Profitability Through the User Experience by Karen Donoghue
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $1.47
Why user experience design? Bridging the gap between business strategy and user experience.
About Face: The Essentials of User Interface DesignAbout Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design by Alan Cooper
Buy used from: $0.19
Interaction design / user interface design: Classic. Who don't know Alan Cooper in the interaction design field?
Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative TechnologyDesigning from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology by Ellen Isaacs
Buy used from: $79.59
Interaction design / user interface design: Very practical.
The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems (ACM Press)The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems (ACM Press) by Jef Raskin
Buy new: $36.51 / Used from: $1.80
Interaction design / user interface design: Interesting read and Jef Raskin is very famous.
Information Appliances and Beyond (Interactive Technologies)Information Appliances and Beyond (Interactive Technologies) by Eric Bergman
Buy new: $69.95 / Used from: $2.90
Interaction design / user interface design: For non-traditional device.
Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented TechniquesDesigning Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques by Kevin Mullet
Buy new: $64.48 / Used from: $19.97
Interaction design / user interface design: Visual issue of UI design.
Designing Web Usability (VOICES)Designing Web Usability (VOICES) by Jakob Nielsen
Buy new: $34.64 / Used from: $0.40
Usability: Maybe the most famous Web usability book. I like the phrase somebody said, "Love it or hate it, you have to read it".
The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design (Interactive Technologies)The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design (Interactive Technologies) by Deborah J. Mayhew
Buy new: $69.25 / Used from: $38.78
Usability: Comprehensive usability engineering book.
Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Circle.Com Library)Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Circle.Com Library) by Steve Krug
Buy used from: $6.98
Usability: The best introduction to Web usability.
A Practical Guide to Usability TestingA Practical Guide to Usability Testing by Joseph S. Dumas
Buy new: $32.40 / Used from: $24.00
Usability: Usability Evaluation
Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web UsabilitySite-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability by Luke Wroblewski
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $19.97
Usability: Web usability from the design point of view.
User and Task Analysis for Interface DesignUser and Task Analysis for Interface Design by JoAnn T., PhD Hackos
Buy new: $81.00 / Used from: $20.00
User and task analysis is the first and most important step in the process. This book is simply the best.
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, 2nd EditionInformation Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, 2nd Edition by Louis Rosenfeld
Buy used from: $1.33
Information Architecture: A.k.a. Polar bear book. Very popular on this topic.
Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (VOICES)Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (VOICES) by Christina Wodtke
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $11.13
Information Architecture: The author is the founder of "Boxes and Arrows", an e-zine on user experience, and the President of the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA).
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd editionThe Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $28.80 / Used from: $17.27
Information Design / Visualization: Book 1 of Edward R. Tufte's classic trilogy.
Envisioning InformationEnvisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $34.56 / Used from: $17.00
Information Design / Visualization: Book 2 of Edward R. Tufte's classic trilogy.
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and NarrativeVisual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $32.40 / Used from: $9.00
Information Design / Visualization: Book 3 of Edward R. Tufte's classic trilogy.
The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web ExperienceThe Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience by Douglas K. van Duyne
Buy used from: $7.00
Web design patterns.
Submit Now: Designing Persuasive Web Sites (VOICES)Submit Now: Designing Persuasive Web Sites (VOICES) by Andrew Chak
Buy new: $26.60 / Used from: $3.92
How to design e-commerce sites.
Customer-Centered Design: A New Approach to Web UsabilityCustomer-Centered Design: A New Approach to Web Usability by Kreta Chandler
Buy used from: $0.95
How to design e-commerce sites.
Constructing Accessible Web SitesConstructing Accessible Web Sites by Jim Thatcher
Buy used from: $1.26
Web accessibility.
Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for EveryoneMaximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone by John M. Slatin
Buy new: $37.49 / Used from: $1.99
Web accessibility.