Reading

Inspired by Marc Jenkins’ list, here are the books I’ve been reading. I’ve included some written courses, too.

Highlighted books are personal favourites.
Linked books feature quotes.

2024

Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism and the Golden Age of Fraud – Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman
Pricing Design – Dan Mall
Slow Productivity – Cal Newport

2022

Atomic Habits – James Clear
Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman
Keep Going – Austin Kleon
Landing Page Hot Tips – Rob Hope
Mindf*ck – Christopher Wylie
Refactoring UI – Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
Show Your Work – Austin Kleon
Steal Like An Artist – Austin Kleon
The New Climate War – Michael E Mann
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober – Catherine Gray
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends – Nicole Perlroth
Weapons of Math Destruction – Cathy O’Neil

2021

An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination – Sheera Frenkel & Cecilia Kang
A World Without Email – Cal Newport
Black and British: A Forgotten History – David Olusoga
Essentialism – Greg McKeown
How to Be an Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi
Indistractable – Nir Eyal
Knowing The Score – Judy Murray
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
On Reading – Nick Parker
Open – Andre Agassi
Permanent Record – Edward Snowden
Subprime Attention Crisis – Tim Hwang
The Trust Manifesto – Damian Bradfield

2020

Deep Work – Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism – Cal Newport
The Elements of Typographic Style – Robert Bringhurst
Inclusive Components – Heydon Pickering
It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work – Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Form Design Patterns – Adam Silver
Natives – Akala
Oversubscribed – Daniel Priestley
Superfans – Pat Flynn
Whistleblower – Susan Fowler
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge

2019

Anti-Sell – Steve Morgan
Building a Story Brand – Donald Miller
Company of One – Paul Jarvis
Every Layout – Andy Bell & Heydon Pickering
Inclusive Design Patterns – Heydon Pickering
Never Split the Difference – Chris Voss
The Mom Test – Rob Fitzpatrick
Web Typography – Rafal Tomal

2018

Designing With Type – James Craig
Grid Systems in Graphic Design – Josef Müller-Brockmann
Layout Essentials – Beth Tondreau
The New CSS Layout – Rachel Andrew
Typography Checklist (Typewolf) – Jeremiah Shoaf

2017

Design Elements: Color Fundamentals – Aaris Sherin
Designing Brand Identity – Alina Wheeler
How to Use Graphic Design to... – Michael Beirut
Logo Design Love – David Airey
Patternalia – Jude Stewart
Thinking With Type – Ellen Lupton
Work For Money, Design For Love – David Airey

2016

Combining Typefaces – Tim Brown
CSS3 Layout Modules – Rachel Andrew
Why Fonts Matter – Sarah Hyndman

2015 & earlier

CSS Secrets – Lea Verou
Design for the Web – Mark Boulton
Know Your Onions (Graphic Design) – Drew de Soto
Know Your Onions (Web Design) – Drew de Soto
Responsive Web Design – Ethan Marcotte
You’re My Favourite Client – Mike Monteiro

Currently Reading

Ruined By Design – Mike Monteiro
They Knew – Sarah Kendzior
We Are Bellingcat – Elliot Higgins
Ethical Design – Trine Falbe, Martin Michael Frederiksen and Kim Andersen
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism – Shoshana Zuboff
Don’t Make Me Think – Steve Krug
The Shape of Design – Frank Chimero

To read

Books I’m getting around to (or have only skim-read).

Accessibility for Everyone – Laura Kalbag
Art Direction for the Web – Andy Clarke
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read – Philippa Perry
Branding in Five and a Half Steps – Michael Johnson
Color Accessibility Workflows – Geri Coady
Content DNA – John Espirian
Creating a Brand Identity: A Guide for Designers
Cross-Cultural Design – Senongo Akpem
Design for Real Life – Eric Meyer & Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Do The F*cking Work – Jason Bacher, Brian Buirge and Jason Richburg
Hostile Environment – Maya Goodfellow
Javascript for Web Designers
Me and White Supremacy – Layla Saad
Mindful Design – Scott Riley
The Politics of Design – Ruben Pater
Practical Design Discovery – Dan Brown
Responsive Design: Patters & Principles – Ethan Marcotte
Tribes – Seth Godin