Non-UX books every UX designer should read

Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes

• David Straker

1997

Flawless Consulting

A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used

• Peter Block

2011

Beyond Culture

• Edward T. Hall

1977

Influence

Science and Practice (5th Edition)

• Robert B. Cialdini

2008 · 1 read · 1 like

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated

125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

• William Lidwell
• Kritina Holden
• Jill Butler

2010 · 1 read · 10 likes · 2 reviews

The Essential Drucker

The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management (Collins Business Essentials)

• Peter F. Drucker

2008

How Buildings Learn

What Happens After They're Built

• Stewart Brand

1995

The Social Life of Information

• John Seely Brown

2000

Making Things Happen

Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice)

• Scott Berkun

2008

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition

The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

• William Zinsser

2006

Understanding Media

The Extensions of Man

• Marshall McLuhan

1994 · 1 read · 2 likes

Labyrinths (New Directions Paperbook)

• Jorge Luis Borges

2007

The Mythical Man-Month

Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

• Frederick P. Brooks

1995

A Pattern Language

Towns, Buildings, Construction (Cess Center for Environmental)

• Christopher Alexander

· 3 likes · 1 review

Phaidon Design Classics (3 Volume Set) (Pts. 1, 2 & 3)

• Editors of Phaidon Press

2006

Understanding Comics

The Invisible Art

• Scott Mccloud

1994 · 5 read · 12 likes · 3 reviews

Invisible Cities

• Italo Calvino

1978 · 2 read · 4 likes · 1 review

Finite and Infinite Games

A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

• James P. Carse

1987

Visual Language for Designers

Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand

• Connie Malamed

2009

Gödel, Escher, Bach

An Eternal Golden Braid

• Douglas R. Hofstadter

1999 · 2 read · 2 likes · 1 review