 | About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $18.90 A must have ... really.
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 | The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) by John Maeda
Buy new: $11.74 / Used from: $7.75 A very good, quick and inspiration read. Do yourself a favor and get this ... oh, and a great gift idea, too. Order a box :)
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 | Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques by Kevin Mullet
Buy new: $54.63 / Used from: $9.00 A must have, too.
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 | In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World by John Thackara
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.99 Tough read, but great context.
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 | Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
Buy new: $24.01 / Used from: $15.45 |
 | Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $23.04 / Used from: $13.50 |
 | Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies) by Bill Buxton
Buy new: $27.93 / Used from: $14.54 Haven't gotten through the whole thing yet, but it's proven very useful already.
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 | Information Anxiety 2 (Hayden/Que) by Richard S Wurman
Buy used from: $13.00 |
 | A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $29.00 a Classic.
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 | The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $37.28 |
 | The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $8.40 I reference the visual design of this book if for nothing else but inspiration.
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 | The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $9.55 I guess this is dated now, but helped set the context for 'About Face', a long while back.
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 | Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $4.94 A very fun read ... doesn't teach about design, but teaches you how to survive as a creative person in an otherwise conservative, large corporation.
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