A bunch of books I've read that I recommend, in no particular order.
- Walt Disney: The Triumph of The American Imagination
- The Dream Machine
- Designing for People
- The Humane Interface
- Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
- Grid Systems in Graphic Design
- The Elements of Typographic Style
- The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
- The Design of Everyday Things
- Scientific Advertising
- Crossing the Chasm
- City of Thieves
- Steve Jobs
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage