Must-Read UX Books: The UX Designer’s Ultimate Reading List (Updated Oct 2019)

60+ books on UX, product design, design thinking, software development, empathy, user research, sprints, creative potential, human behavior and psychology, concept development, collaboration, branding, marketing, inclusion, typography, color, and general professional development

Learning from others in the industry has been an integral part of growing and challenging myself professionally. While I get to learn from people by working with them, I have also gained a lot from reading the works of others and applying the knowledge I have learned in my roles in design and development.

I’ve put together a list of books on UX design and building great products. This list is perfect for junior UX designers, UX designers who are lifelong learners (as we all should be!), people interested in finding more about UX and product design, and people interested in building great products in general (even if you’re not a designer).

Because UX is such an interdisciplinary area, focusing on the T-shaped model in terms of skills can be valuable. Deep mastery of a specialized skill (the vertical stem…