Foundation

Highly rated with growing community support.

Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design Whitney Quesenbery, Kevin Brooks
Discovery

Highly rated but with minimal community notice.

Service Design: From Insight to Implementation Andy Polaine, Lavrans Løvlie, Ben Reason
Service Design: From Insight to Implementation
Classic

Highly rated books published more than 15 years ago.

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw
Design Probes Tuuli Mattelmäki
The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography Michael H. Agar
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design Bill Buxton
Design Research: Methods and Perspectives
Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt
Trending

Highly rated books with increasing popularity.

Designing Services with Innovative Methods: Perspectives on Service Design
Notable

Four star rating with growing community support.

Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions Bruce Hanington, Bella Martin
Prospect

Four star rating with minimal community notice.

The Service Startup: Design gets Lean Tenny Pinheiro