The Canon: 101 Interaction Design/IA/HCI Books

For some time I had been slowly acquiring books, reviewing books, and recommending books to collegues who were interested in "getting into" interaction design, visual design, user experience or information architecture. This eventually led to me cataloging my list of what I consider the best books in the field. With help from my friend Dave Malouf (co-founder of the IxDA and Interaction Designer at Motorola), we edited this list of my canon, and now I want to share this list with you. If you have a question about a particular book, feel free to email me

- Will

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1. Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Paperback) by Bill Buxton (Author)

2. Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (VOICES) (Paperback)by Dan Saffer (Author)

3. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (Paperback) by Alan Cooper (Author)

4. About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design (Paperback)by Alan Cooper (Author), Robert Reimann (Author), David Cronin (Author)

5. Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning (Paperback) by Dan Brown (Author)

6. Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing (Paperback) by Malcolm McCullough (Author)

7. The Electronic Design Studio: Architectural Education in the Computer Era (Hardcover) by Malcolm McCullough (Editor), William J. Mitchell (Editor), Patrick Purcell (Editor)

8. Web Site Usability (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback)
by Jared Spool (Author), Tara Scanlon (Author), Carolyn Snyder (Author), Terri DeAngelo (Author)

9. User-Centered Website Development: A Human-Computer Interaction Approach (Paperback) by Daniel D. McCracken (Author), Rosalee J. Wolfe (Author), Jared M. Spool (Author)

10. Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design(Paperback) by Jenifer Tidwell (Author) *

11. Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (Hardcover - Oct 1, 2003) by Brenda Laurel (Author) and Peter Lunenfeld (Preface) *

12. Rapid Contextual Design: A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Karen Holtzblatt (Author), Jessamyn Burns Wendell (Author), Shelley Wood (Author) *

13. Contextual Design : A Customer-Centered Approach to Systems Designs (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Hugh Beyer (Author), Karen Holtzblatt (Author) *

14. The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web (VOICES) (Paperback) by Steve Mulder (Author), Ziv Yaar (Author)

15. Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability (Paperback - Jun 28, 2002) by Luke Wroblewski (Author) *

16. Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things(Paperback) by Donald A. Norman (Author)

17. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition (Hardcover) by Edward R. Tufte (Author)

18. Beautiful Evidence (Hardcover)by Edward R. Tufte (Author)

19. Envisioning Information(Hardcover) by Edward R. Tufte (Author)

20. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (Hardcover) by Edward R. Tufte (Author)

21. The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (Paperback) by Jesse James Garrett (Author) *

22. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback) by Louis Rosenfeld (Author), Peter Morville (Author) *

23. Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become(Paperback) by Peter Morville (Author)

24. Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design (Paperback) by Robert Hoekman Jr. (Author) *

25. Defensive Design for the Web: How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points (VOICES) (Paperback) by 37signals (Author), Matthew Linderman (Author), Jason Fried (Author) *

26. Thoughts on Interaction Design (Perfect Paperback) by Jon Kolko (Author) *

27. Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology (Paperback) by Jonas Löwgren (Author), Erik Stolterman (Author) *

28. Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (Paperback) by Christina Wodtke (Author) *

29. Designing Interactions (Hardcover) by Bill Moggridge (Author) *

30. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems (ACM Press) (Paperback) by Jef Raskin (Author) *

31. The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback) by Donald A. Norman (Author) *

32. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things (Paperback) by Donald A. Norman (Author) *

33. The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution (Paperback) by Donald A. Norman (Author)*

34. Design Culture Now: The National Design Triennial (Paperback) by Donald Albrecht (Author), EllenLupton (Author), Steven Holt Skov (Author)

35. Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception,Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler (Hardcover - Oct 1, 2003)

36. Design Culture: An Anthology of Writing from the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design (Paperback) by Steven Heller (Editor), Marie Finamore (Editor)

37. Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (Paperback) by Kelly Goto (Author), Emily Cotler (Author)

38. User Interface Design and Evaluation (The Morgan KaufmannSeries in Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Debbie Stone (Author), Caroline Jarrett (Author), Mark Woodroffe (Author), Shailey Minocha (Author)

39. User-Centered Design Stories: Real-World UCD Case Studies(Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Carol Righi (Author), Janice James (Author)

40. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (4th Edition) (Hardcover) by Ben Shneiderman (Author), Catherine Plaisant (Author)

41. Usability Engineering: Scenario-Based Development of Human Computer Interaction (Interactive Technologies) (Hardcover) by Mary Beth Rosson (Author), John M. Carroll (Author)

42. Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to UserResearch (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (InteractiveTechnologies) (Paperback)

43. User and Task Analysis for Interface Design (Hardcover) by JoAnn T., PhD Hackos (Author), Janice C. Redish (Author)

44. Usability for the Web: Designing Web Sites that Work (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Tom Brinck (Author), Darren Gergle (Author), Scott D. Wood

45. The Persona Lifecycle : Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)(Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by John Pruitt (Author), Tamara Adlin (Author)

46. Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Carolyn Snyder

47. Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design (Hardcover) by William Lidwell (Author), Kritina Holden (Author), Jill Butler (Author)

48. Prioritizing Web Usability (VOICES) (Paperback) by Jakob Nielsen (Author), Hoa Loranger (Author)

49. Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity (Paperback) by Jakob Nielsen (Author)

50. Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies (Paperback) by Ben Shneiderman

51. User and Task Analysis for Interface Design (Hardcover) by JoAnn T., PhD Hackos (Author), Janice C. Redish

52. A Practical Guide to Usability Testing (Paperback) by Joseph S. Dumas (Author), Janice C. Redish (Author)

53. Designing the User Interface (Hardcover) by Ben Shneiderman (Author)

54. User Interface Design and Evaluation (The Morgan KaufmannSeries in Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback) by Debbie Stone (Author), Caroline Jarrett

55. Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction(Paperback) by Helen Sharp (Author), Yvonne Rogers (Author), Jenny Preece (Author)

56. The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites(2nd Edition) (Paperback) by Douglas K. van Duyne (Author), James A. Landay (Author), Jason I. Hong (Author)

57. Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data (Paperback) by Stephen Few (Author)

58. Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook(Pioneering Series) (Paperback) by Dan Cederholm (Author)

59. Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition) (Paperback) by Jeffrey Zeldman (Author)

60. Design Your Self: Rethinking the Way You Live, Love, Work, and Play (Paperback) by Karim Rashid (Author)

61. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Hardcover) by AlexSteffen (Author), Al Gore (Foreword), Bruce Sterling (Introduction)

62. Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do (Interactive Technologies) by B.J. Fogg (Author)

63. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback) by Betty Edwards (Author)

64. Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition by Josef Albers and Nicholas FoxWeber (Paperback - May 15, 2006)

65. Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual by Timothy Samara (Paperback - April 1,2007)

66. Massive Change by Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard, and Institute Without Boundaries(Hardcover - Oct 1, 2004)

67. Uncanny Networks: Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia (Leonardo Books)(Hardcover) by Geert Lovink (Author)

68. Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture (Paperback) by Geert Lovink (Author)

69. The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design (Paperback) by Brenda Laurel (Author)

70. Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (Paperback) by Helen Sharp (Author), Yvonne Rogers (Author), Jenny Preece (Author)

71. Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines (Apple Technical Library) (Paperback) by Apple Computer Inc. (Author)

72. Improvisational Design: Continuous, Responsive Digital Communication (Hardcover) by Suguru Ishizaki (Author)

73. Aesthetic Computing (Leonardo Books) (Hardcover) by PaulA. Fishwick (Editor)

74. Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art (Paperback) by Caroline A. Jones (Editor)

75. The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media (Leonardo Books) (Paperback) by PeterLunenfeld (Editor)

76. Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction(Hardcover) by Bonnie A. Nardi (Editor)

77. Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (Hardcover) by Brenda Laurel (Editor), Peter Lunenfeld (Preface)

78. Design Management: Using Design to Build Brand Value and Corporate Innovation (Paperback)by Brigitte Borja de Mozota (Author)

79. Information Design (Paperback) by RobertJacobson (Editor)

80. Information Graphics: Innovative Solutions in Contemporary Design (Paperback)
by Peter Wildbur (Author), Michael Burke (Author)

81. Visual Function: An Introduction to Information Design (Paperback) by Paul Mijksenaar (Author)

82. Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age:From Method to Metaphor (Leonardo Books) (Hardcover) by Richard Coyne (Author)

83. Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach (Paperback) by Kristina Höök (Editor), David Benyon (Editor), Alan J. Munro (Editor)

84. Human Factors in Information Systems: The Relationship Between User Interface Designand Human Performance (Human Computer Interaction) (Hardcover) by Jane M. Carey (Editor)

85. Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach (Paperback) by Jonathan Lazar

86. Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines (Paperback) by Sanjay J. Koyani (Author), Robert W. Bailey (Author), Janice R. Nall (Author)

87. Usability for the Web: Designing Web Sites that Work (Interactive Technologies)(Paperback) by Tom Brinck (Author), Darren Gergle (Author), Scott D. Wood (Author)

88. Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests (Paperback) by Jeffrey Rubin (Author)

89. A Practical Guide to Usability Testing (Paperback) by Joseph S. Dumas (Author), Janice C. Redish (Author)

90. The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) (Hardcover) by John Maeda (Author)

91. Designing the Mobile User Experience (Hardcover) by Barbara Ballard (Author)

92. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental StructureSeries) (Hardcover)by Christopher Alexander (Author)

93. The Timeless Way of Building (Hardcover) by Christopher Alexander (Author)

94. Unleashing the Idea Virus(Paperback) by Seth Godin (Author), Malcolm Gladwell (Author)

95. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm (Hardcover) by Tom Kelley (Author), Jonathan Littman (Foreword), Tom Peters (Author)

96. Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs) (Paperback) by Ellen Lupton (Author)

97. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie (Author)

98. Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques by Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano (Paperback - Dec 5, 1994)

99. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin (Hardcover - May 10, 2007)

100. Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences(VOICES) by Steve Diller, Nathan Shedroff, and Darrel Rhea (Hardcover - Dec21, 2005)

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