Bookshelf
As someone who switched careers into design, reading has been a key part of my education and a way to expose myself to new ideas. I also just love a good book.
Here's what's been on my bookshelf recently that I highly recommend. There's also some fiction and guilty pleasures thrown in.
Tech
Read Write Own
Chris Dixon
Design
Designing with Data
Rochelle King, Elizabeth F Churchill, Caitlin Tan
Fiction
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Fiction
The Latecomer
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Design
Just Enough Research
Erika Hall
Guilty Pleasure
Scammer
Caroline Calloway
Non-Fiction
Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed
Tech
God Human Animal Machine
Meghan O'Gieblyn
Tech
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Design
Design Is a Job
Mike Monteiro
Design
Ruined by Design
Mike Monteiro
Non-Fiction
Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids
Scott Hershovitz
Non-Fiction
Nudge
Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Design
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Tech
Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener