Jesse James Garrett

It's rare to find a design or technology book so simply written. This book would be as useful to a developer or executive as it would to a designer. It made me think differently about some of the projects I was involved with over the past 10 years.

A classic. Necessary reading for anyone who works on the web. Some of the recommendations may not be for everyone (a style guide can often be a hindrance rather than a help; the separation of the planes of user experience may lead to an overly waterfall-ish design/development process), and author Jesse James Garrett could have gone into greater detail in some places, but overall it's a good book.

Good basic overview of user experience design. Well laid-out and uncluttered.

This is a slim volume breaks down and explains the author’s famous diagram of user experience design (http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf). Designed to read in one or two sittings. This is a must-have book for any web designer.