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