# Books & Blogs {% tabs %} {% tab title="Recommended Books" %} ## Books ### **If you are new to UX** * [Design of Everyday Things](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books\&ie=UTF8\&qid=1478996391\&sr=1-1\&keywords=the+design+of+everyday+things\&linkCode=sl1\&tag=uxtools-20\&linkId=c6588ec0f5ac303e23f22c7233438a9f) * [Don’t Make Me Think](https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books\&ie=UTF8\&qid=1478996337\&sr=1-1\&keywords=don%27t+make+me+think\&linkCode=sl1\&tag=uxtools-20\&linkId=99ad72455d5bb4d4c035d03beb0af82e) * [A Project Guide to UX Design](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321815386/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\&linkCode=sl1\&tag=uxtools-20\&linkId=d452e7f650974f1e88a7abca70878cc8) ### **Other Great Reads** * [Design for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Mind-Psychological-Principles-Persuasive/dp/1617292958/\&tag=uxbo09-20) * [Design is a Job](https://smile.amazon.com/Design-Job-Mike-Monteiro/dp/1937557049/ref=sr_1_1?s=books\&ie=UTF8\&qid=1509260534\&sr=1-1\&keywords=Design+is+a+Job) * [Sketching User Experiences](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NZ5K3E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\&linkCode=sl1\&tag=uxtools-20\&linkId=a013df34b71855f62e94590864092f4c) * [A Project Guide to UX Design](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321815386/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\&linkCode=sl1\&tag=uxtools-20\&linkId=d452e7f650974f1e88a7abca70878cc8) * [Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Design](https://smile.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\&qid=1509260123\&sr=8-1\&keywords=hooked) * [Designing for Emotions](https://smile.amazon.com/Designing-Emotion-Aaron-Walter/dp/1937557006?sa-no-redirect=1) * [Design for Real Life](https://smile.amazon.com/Design-Real-Life-Sara-Wachter-Boettcher/dp/1937557405?sa-no-redirect=1) * [Content Strategy for the Web](https://www.amazon.com/Content-Strategy-Web-Kristina-Halvorson/dp/0321620062) * [Practical Design Discovery](https://abookapart.com/products/practical-design-discovery) * [The Best Interface is No Interface](https://www.amazon.com/Best-Interface-No-brilliant-technology/dp/0133890333/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\&qid=1481406425\&sr=8-1\&keywords=the+best+ui+is+no+ui) * [Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days](https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Solve-Problems-Test-Ideas/dp/150112174X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\&qid=1481406453\&sr=8-1\&keywords=sprint+google) * [Designing Design](https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Design-Kenya-Hara/dp/3037784504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\&qid=1481406409\&sr=8-1\&keywords=designing+design) * [Change by Design](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6671664-change-by-design?from_search=true) * [Lean UX](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13436116-lean-ux?from_search=true) * [The User Experience Team of One](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18177290-the-user-experience-team-of-one?from_search=true) * [Algorithms to Live by](http://algorithmstoliveby.com/) * [Games User Research](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/games-user-research-9780198794844?cc=gb\&lang=en&) * [Magic and Loss](https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Loss-Internet-as-Art/dp/1501132679) * [Crossing the Chasm](https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-Marketing-High-Tech-Mainstream/dp/0060517123) * [Show Me the Numbers](https://www.amazon.com/Show-Me-Numbers-Designing-Enlighten/dp/0970601999) * [The Stuff of Thought](https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Thought-Language-Window-Nature/dp/0143114247) * [The Non Designer’s Design Book](https://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-3rd/dp/0321534042) * [Draw a Better Business](https://graphicchangeacademy.com/draw-a-better-business-book/) * [The Design Thinking Playbook](https://www.design-thinking-playbook.com/playbook-en) * [Solving Product Design Exercises](https://productdesigninterview.com/) * [Thinking Fast and Slow](https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555) {% endtab %} {% tab title="Blogs to Follow" %} ## Why Read a Blog? Design blogs are a fantastic way to learn something new about UX design every day in bite-sized chunks. 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