Foundation

Highly rated with growing community support.

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

Highly rated books published more than 15 years ago.

Bringing User Experience to Healthcare Improvement: The Concepts, Methods and Practices of Experience-based Design Paul Bate, Glenn Robert
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond Jesse James Garrett
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design Bill Buxton
Recommended

Four star rating with established community support.

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures Dan Roam
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
Unrated

Books with no star rating.

Design-inspired Innovation James M. Utterback, Bengt-Arne Vedin, Eduardo Alvarez, Sten Ekman, Susan Walsh Sanderson, Bruce Tether, Roberto Verganti
User Experience in Libraries: Applying Ethnography and Human-Centred Design