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* Design Resources A carousel post consisting of all the design resources for UX/UI designers * Uploaded Software Testing book Uploaded a paid ebook version of Chauhan and Naresh Software Testing book * Added paid Authentic ebook Added Foundations of Software Testing ebook paid version * Create Best of Reading resources for UX Designers.md
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Article written by - [uxui.Abdulhussain](https://www.instagram.com/uxui.abdulhussain/)
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# **My Top Ten**
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1. [The Design of Everyday Things](http://amzn.to/2xpu01E), Donald Norman
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2. [About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design](http://amzn.to/2xoN7bM), Alan Cooper
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3. [The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond](http://amzn.to/2ePoABG), Jesse James Garrett
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4. [The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide](http://amzn.to/2jfCrX2), Leah Buley
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5. [Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind](http://amzn.to/2je3NMU), Jocelyn K. Glei, 99u
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6. [A Practical Guide to Information Architecture](http://amzn.to/2xoNbIy), Donna Spencer
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7. [Designing Together: The collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals](http://amzn.to/2xpa9Q5), Dan M. Brown
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8. [Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences](http://amzn.to/2wTwuUo), Stephen Anderson
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9. [100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People](http://amzn.to/2ePei4r), Susan Weinschenk
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10. [Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience](http://amzn.to/2ePGGmU), Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden
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# **More Must-Reads On Thinking, Methods, Principles and Best Practices**
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I find it helpful to choose what to read based on what's relevant at the time. Applying what you're reading, as you're _thinking_ and _making_ is a great way to solidify concepts, reflect and learn.
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Some old, some new. All important reading, in no particular order.
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_Last updated 09/10/2017_
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- [The Shape of Design](http://amzn.to/2xp1IEe), Frank Chimero
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- [Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior](http://amzn.to/2eYaukY), Indi Young
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- [Practical Empathy: For Collaboration and Creativity in Your Work](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/practical-empathy/), Indi Young
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- [Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/interviewing-users/), Steve Portigal
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- [Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich Interactions](http://amzn.to/2xpnfNa), Bill Scott, Theresa Neil
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- [The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)](http://amzn.to/2vYhKEV), John Maeda
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- [Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing for the Web and Beyond](http://amzn.to/2xpz1qM), Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld, Jorge Arango
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- [Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook](http://amzn.to/2ePeXCY), Saul Greenberg, Sheelagh Carpendale , Nicolai Marquardt, Bill Buxton
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- [Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love](http://amzn.to/2xpbkPv), Jon Kolko
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- [Thoughts on Interaction Design](http://amzn.to/2gWiXWF), Jon Kolko
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- [Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?](http://amzn.to/2gVp25y), Seth Godin
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- [Don't Make Me Think](http://amzn.to/2jgCrWG) AND [Rocket Surgery Made Easy](http://amzn.to/2xp43zh), Steve Krug
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- [Designing Interfaces](http://amzn.to/2eX5AVt), Jennifer Tidwell
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- [Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests](http://amzn.to/2gV7KFQ), Jeffrey Rubin, Dana Chisnell
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- [Designing Interactions](http://amzn.to/2xpooUY), Bill Moggridge
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- [The Visual Display of Quantitative Information](http://amzn.to/2xoY25w) AND [Envisioning Information](http://amzn.com/0961392118), Edward R. Tufte
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- [A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making](http://amzn.to/2eYgkmt), Russ Unger & Carolyn Chandler
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- [Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers](http://amzn.to/2gWSUyp), Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo
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- [The Mobile Frontier: A Guide for Designing Mobile Experiences](http://amzn.to/2gV6MFV), Rachel Hinman
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- [Design Is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable](http://amzn.to/2eYbuFK), Nathan Shedroff
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- [Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide](http://amzn.to/2eXnx6o), Todd Zaki Warfel
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- [Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences](http://amzn.to/2eQvTJo), Steve Diller, Nathan Shedroff, Darrel Rhea
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- [Content Strategy for the Web](http://amzn.to/2wjuUrh), by Kristina Halvorson, Melissa Rach
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- [Just Enough Research](http://amzn.to/2gULTOx), Erika Hall
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- [Design Is A Job](http://amzn.to/2ePBv6r), Mike Monteiro
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- [Designing for Emotion](http://amzn.to/2eYj2bs), Aaron Walter
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- [Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills](http://amzn.to/2wTUJls), David Sherwin
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- [Letting Go of The Words: Writing Web Content that Works](http://amzn.to/2gWTIzw), Janice (Ginny) Redish
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- [Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design](http://amzn.to/2gUlCjx), Robert Hoekman Jr
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- [Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action](http://amzn.to/2fc2uKf), Robert Hoekman Jr
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- [Designing for the Social Web](http://amzn.to/2wTwCDp), Joshua Porter
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- [Undercover User Experience Design](http://amzn.to/2wTO0ro), Cennydd Bowles, James Box
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- [Product Design for the Web: Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products](http://amzn.to/2eYdwWo), Randy Hunt
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- [Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction](http://amzn.to/2gW18Dn), by Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Maxine Cohen, Steven Jacobs
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- [This is Service Design Thinking: Basics, Tools, Cases](http://amzn.to/2wTKLQT), Marc Stickdorn, Jakob Schneider
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- [Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences](http://amzn.to/2wjim3n), Nancy Duarte
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- [Metaskills: 5 Talents for the Robotic Age](http://amzn.to/2wjlM69), Marty Neumeier
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- [The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design](http://amzn.to/2xp5OfA), Marty Neumeier
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- [Getting Real](http://amzn.to/2wiXFV9) AND [Rework](http://amzn.to/2wjxOw9), 37 Signals, Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
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- [The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems](http://amzn.to/2eXbN3A), Jef Raskin
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- [Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design](http://amzn.to/2eYk9rU), Giles Colborne
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- [Search Patterns: Design for Discovery](http://amzn.to/2xpmaoD), Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender
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- [Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things](http://amzn.to/2eXa26D), Don Norman
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- [Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?](http://amzn.to/2eYzVTF) Susan Weinschenk
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- [Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services](http://amzn.to/2xp2Ac5), Kim Goodwin
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- [A Web For Everyone](http://amzn.to/2gVzXMy), Sarah Horton, Whitney Quesenbery
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- [How to Make Sense of Any Mess](http://amzn.to/2fcUhp3), Abby Covert
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- [Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results](http://amzn.to/2vZ0VtA), Christina Wodtke
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- [Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams](http://amzn.to/2gVjNms), Peter Merholz, Kristin Skinner
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- [Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning](http://amzn.to/2xpEcXU), Dan M. Brown
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- [Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World](http://amzn.to/2xpb1UQ), Peter Merholz, Todd Wilkens, Brandon Schauer, David Verba
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- [Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products](http://amzn.to/2gUH73F), Nir Eyal
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- [The 46 Rules of Genius: An Innovator's Guide to Creativity](http://amzn.to/2xYyF7K), Marty Neumeier
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- [Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days](http://amzn.to/2xpyCVi), Braden Kowitz, Jake Knapp, and John Zeratsky
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- [Designing with Data: Improving the User Experience with A/B Testing](http://amzn.to/2eXHj1l), Rochelle King, Elizabeth F Churchill, Caitlin Tan
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- [Banish Your Inner Critic: Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work](http://amzn.to/2gXj9oj), Denise Jacobs
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- [Design for Real Life](http://amzn.to/2eYT3AN), Eric Meyer & Sara Wachter-Boettcher
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- [Designing Interface Animation: Meaningful Motion for User Experience](http://amzn.to/2wjcNC0), Val Head
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- [Practical Design Discovery](http://amzn.to/2wjj1lf), Dan Brown
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- [On Web Typography](http://amzn.to/2gV03PE), By Jason Santa Maria
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- [Designing Voice User Interfaces: Principles of Conversational Experiences](http://amzn.to/2xoPxr5), Cathy Pearl
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- [Thinking in Systems: A Primer](http://amzn.to/2gWnu7U), Donella H. Meadows
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- [Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All](http://amzn.to/2eXO8Al), Tom Kelley, David Kelley
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# **More Useful Reading**
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Reading books is only a partial source of my inspiration and learning. I also frequently read blogs and articles. I highly recommend staying connected to these sources of great thought leadership:
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- [Eleganthack](http://eleganthack.com/),
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[Christina Wodtke](https://medium.com/u/b8250db9473?source=post_page-----d420edb3f4ff--------------------------------)
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- [Peter Merholz](http://www.peterme.com/)
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- [The Year of the Looking Glass](https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass),
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[Julie Zhuo](https://medium.com/u/b8a4e5ae7490?source=post_page-----d420edb3f4ff--------------------------------)
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- [Bokardo](http://bokardo.com/about/), Joshua Porter
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- [Information Architects](https://ia.net/know-how), Oliver Reichenstein
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- [Felt Presence](http://feltpresence.com/), Ryan Singer
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- [Whitney Hess](http://whitneyhess.com/blog/)
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- [Disambiguity](http://www.disambiguity.com/), Leisa Reichelt
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- [Form and Function](http://www.lukew.com/ff/), Luke Wroblewski
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- [Frank Chimero](http://frankchimero.com/)
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- [Aral Balkan](https://aralbalkan.com/)
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- [David Cole](http://davidcole.me/)
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- [Seth Godin](http://sethgodin.typepad.com/)
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- [Scott Berkun](http://scottberkun.com/blog/)
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- [Intercom](http://blog.intercom.io/)
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- [Google Ventures Design Library](https://library.gv.com/tagged/design)
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- [Adaptive Path](http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/)
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- [Boxes and Arrows](http://boxesandarrows.com/)
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- [UXmatters](http://www.uxmatters.com/)
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- [UIE Brainsparks](http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/)
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- [UX Magazine](http://uxmag.com/)
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- [UX Booth](http://www.uxbooth.com/)
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- [A List Apart](http://alistapart.com/)
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- [Smashing Magazine](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/)
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- [Signal vs. Noise](https://signalvnoise.com/),
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[Basecamp](https://medium.com/u/3f51e0e5b209?source=post_page-----d420edb3f4ff--------------------------------)
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- [52 Weeks of UX](http://52weeksofux.com/)
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- [Interaction Design Foundation Library of Resources](https://www.interaction-design.org/literature)

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