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Usability books
Beautiful EvidenceBeautiful Evidence by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: £38.00 / Used from: £36.23
beautiful book - great for the bath
Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of DataInformation Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data by Stephen Few
Buy new: £15.55 / Used from: £14.90
you see more and more aps being influenced from the principles in this book
The Visual Display of Quantitative InformationThe Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: £26.00 / Used from: £12.90
another tufte classic
Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web UsabilityDon't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
Buy new: £12.46 / Used from: £12.30
I must have bought 20 of these for various clients - great starter book - the best intro to usability
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web SitesInformation Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites by Peter Morville
Buy new: £16.70 / Used from: £15.85
the daddy of IA - essential reading
Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We BecomeAmbient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become by Peter Morville
Buy new: £11.84 / Used from: £10.87
thought provoking and interesting if not of practical importance.... yet
The Design of Sites: Principles, Processes and Patterns for Crafting a Customer-centered Web ExperienceThe Design of Sites: Principles, Processes and Patterns for Crafting a Customer-centered Web Experience by Douglas K. van Duyne
Buy used from: £6.14
nice for design patterns
Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout DesignJust Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design by Shawn Lawton Henry
Buy new: £42.28 / Used from: £41.10
great book from a great voice in accessibility
The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £5.54
the basic concepts - well described
The Inmates are Running the Asylum: Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the SanityThe Inmates are Running the Asylum: Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper
Buy new: £6.24 / Used from: £5.74
why it happened and an intro to personas