If I’m not reading, I’m not living. Here are some of my absolute favorites on UX & Content Design, inspiration and personal growth.
Content design
- UX For AI: A Framework For Designing AI-Driven Products Greg Nudelman
- Content Strategy for the Web Kristina Halvorson and Melissa Rac
- Good Talk Daniel Stillman
- The Secret Life of Pronouns James W. Pennebaker
- Writing is Designing Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle
- Writing Without Bullshit Josh Bernoff
- Strategic Writing for UX Torrey Podmajersky
- Technically Wrong Sara Wachter-Boettcher
- Wired for Speech Clifford Nass and Scott Brave
- The Bestseller Code Jodie Archer, Matthew L. Jockers
- Story Genius Lisa Cron
- Strategic Content Design: Tools and Research Techniques for Better UX Erica Jorgensen
- Designing Connected Content Mike Atheron and Carrie Hane
Info architecture
- Information Architecture Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, Jorge Arango
- The Accidental Taxonomist Heather Hedden
Artificial Intelligence
- UX Foe AI Greg Nudelman
- Weapons of Math Destruction Cathy O’Neil
User experience
- Badass. Making Users Awesome Kathy Sierra
- Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh
- Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara
- Lean UX Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden
- Navigating the Politics of UX John Scott Bowie
- Medium Design Keller Easterling
- The Design of Everyday Things Don Norman
- Listen Like You Mean It Ximena Vengoechea
- Brain Rules John Medina
- Don’t Make Me Think Steve Krug
- Build Tony Fadell
- The Insane Are Running the Asylum Alan Cooper
- Contagious Jonah Berger
- Building a Story Brand Donald Miller
- Made to Stick Heath & Heath
- Magic Words Jonah Berger
- The Catalyst Jonah Berger
- Invisible Influence Jonah Berger
Creativity
- The War of Art Steven Pressfield, George Guidall
- The Creative Act: Way of Being Rick Rubin
- Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- The Queens of Animation Nathalia Holt
- Wired for Story Lisa Cron
- Bird by Bird Anne Lammot
Motivation
- The Moment of Lift Melinda Gates
- Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell
- Just Listen Mark Goulston
- Talking to “Crazy” Mark Goulston
- Get out of Your Own Way Mark Goulston
- Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change William R. Miller; Stephen Rollnick
- The Confidence Code Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
- Validation Caroline Fleck
- 7 Rules of Power Jeffrey Pfeffer
Innovation
- Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Jerry Kaplan