Practicing designer Aleksey Zakharenko has compiled a list of the best books on web design that you should read to stay on top and become a good web designer.

Almost all I have either read, or am reading now, or bought and they are waiting for their turn. I will not advise anything that I have not read or do not consider useful.

So let’s go!

Basics of web design

• “Web design”. (Jacob Nielsen)
• “Web design”. (Dmitry Kirsanov)
• “Don’t Make Me Think” (Steve Krug)

Usability

• How to Make Your Website User Friendly (Steve Krug)
• “Web-design. Usability of Websites ”(Jacob Nielsen)
• 100 Design Principles (Susan Waynshank)

Typography

• “Live typography” (Alexandra Korolkova)
• “New typography. A Guide for the Modern Designer “(Jan Tschichold)

Coloristics

• The Art of Color (Johannes Itten)

UX / UI

• “Interface. Interaction Design Basics “(Alan Cooper, Robert M. Reimann, David Cronin, Christopher Nossel)
• Emotional Web Design (Aaron Walter)

Adaptive design

• “Adaptive design. We make websites for any device “(Tim Kedlek)
• Responsive Web Design (Ethan Marcotte)

Portfolio and earnings from web design

• Design Thinking: From New Product Development to Business Model Design (Tim Brown)
• Steal Like an Artist 10 Lessons on Creative Expression (Cleon Austin)
• Show your work (Cleon Austin)

For general development

• Manpower (Artemy Lebedev)
• Diary of a Maniac Designer (Iana Frank)

By the way, the author also collected all the books in one archive, which can be downloaded from the source.

Source: webdesign2