Here is a list of the best Ui Design books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) (2014)
- UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want (2015)
- 101 UX Principles: A definitive design guide (2018)
- UI is Communication: How to Design Intuitive, User Centered Interfaces by Focusing on Effective Communication (2013)
- Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design (2010)
- Practical UI Patterns for Design Systems: Fast-Track Interaction Design for a Seamless User Experience (2019)
- Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design (2011)
- UX for Beginners: A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons (2016)
- Intuitive Design: Eight Steps to an Intuitive UI (2018)
- The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition (2013)
Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) (2014)
Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.
UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want (2015)
User experience (UX) strategy requires a careful blend of business strategy and UX design, but until now, there hasn’t been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it.
101 UX Principles: A definitive design guide (2018)
We want our UX to be brilliant. We want to create stunning user experiences. We want our UX to drive the success of our business with useful and usable software products. This book draws on the wisdom and training of Jakob Nielsen and Don Norman to help you get your UX right – in 101 ways!101 UX Principles shows you the 101 most important things you need to know about usability and design.
UI is Communication: How to Design Intuitive, User Centered Interfaces by Focusing on Effective Communication (2013)
User interface design is a challenging, multi-disciplinary activity that requires understanding a wide range of concepts and techniques that are often subjective and even conflicting. Imagine how much it would help if there were a single perspective that you could use to simplify these complex issues down to a small set of objective principles. In UI is Communication, Everett McKay explains how to design intuitive user interfaces by focusing on effective human communication.
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design (2010)
Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work—until now.
Practical UI Patterns for Design Systems: Fast-Track Interaction Design for a Seamless User Experience (2019)
Understanding UI patterns is invaluable to anyone creating websites for the first time.
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design (2011)
Despite all of the UI toolkits available today, it’s still not easy to design good application interfaces. This bestselling book is one of the few reliable sources to help you navigate through the maze of design options.
UX for Beginners: A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons (2016)
Apps! Websites! Rubber Ducks! Naked Ninjas! This book has everything. If you want to get started in user experience design (UX), you’ve come to the right place: 100 self-contained lessons that cover the whole spectrum of fundamentals.Forget dry, technical material.
Intuitive Design: Eight Steps to an Intuitive UI (2018)
Your mission: To design an intuitive UI for your next project. Your problem: You're not sure what "intuitive UI" really means. Worst problem: Your team isn't sure either, so your discussions about intuitive design are unproductive and opinion-driven. If this sounds familiar, Intuitive Design: Eight Steps to an Intuitive UI will give you the insight, principles, and guidelines you need to get the job done.
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition (2013)
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious — even liberating — book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology.
Best Ui Design Books to Read
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Designing and Prototyping Interfaces with Figma: Learn essential UX/UI design principles by creating interactive prototypes for mobile, tablet, and desktop
Author(s): Fabio Staiano
ID: 3234981, Publisher: , Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
UI Design for iOS App Development: Using SwiftUI
Author(s): Bear Cahill
ID: 2882986, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2021, Size: 7 Mb, Format: pdf
Designing User Interfaces: Exploring User Interfaces, UI Elements, Design Prototypes and the Figma UI Design Tool (English Edition)
Author(s): Dario Calonaci
ID: 3067573, Publisher: BPB Publications, Year: 2021, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are truly best-sellers according to Los Angeles Times, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.