Top Nine Web Design Books By an Amazon.com customer | |
 | Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen Buy new: $34.49 / Used from: $0.22 Unarguably the best, most comprehensive, and most useful book on web design ever written. Consider it mandatory. While you're at it, sign up for the newsletter at useit.com. If you own only one book on this list, make it this one. |
 | Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, Second Edition by Patrick J. Lynch Buy used from: $0.01 A.k.a. the Yale Style Manual. Every toolkit needs the basic tools. This book is one of them. |
 | Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug Buy new: $22.40 / Used from: $15.60 The subtitle says it all: Common Sense. Usability. |
 | Redesigning Print for the Web by Mario R. Garcia Buy used from: $0.20 People don't read web sites like they read newspapers or books. Make your text easier for readers to read and follow. |
 | Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design with CDROM by Vincent Flanders Buy used from: $0.01 Make sure your site doesn't end up in a sequel to this book. |
 | Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $0.97 An excellent analysis of actual sites. Shows how the sites would look after suggestions were implemented. |
 | Click Here: Web Communication Design (Lynda Weinman's Web Design Guides) by Raymond Pirouz Buy used from: $0.01 Despite the unfortunate choice of title (see book #1), the author discusses concepts and techniques, adding useful, real-world examples. |
 | Creating Killer Web Sites by David Siegel Buy used from: $0.01 Good, easy-to-follow guidelines on how to design web sites that are not only usable, but pleasing to the eye as well. Packed with illustrations and screen shots. |
 | Son of Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design by Vincent Flanders Buy used from: $0.25 Your site isn't in here if you read all the above books. Like the original, interesting and enjoyable. For more fun, visit the companion web site. |
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