Darren Hood’s Living, Breathing User Experience Book Recommendation List

KaizenUX (formerly UX Uncensored)
4 min readJan 23, 2021

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by Darren Hood

Last updated 3/19/24

After 20+ years of being in the business mainstream, a wealth of fantastic books have been written about things related to UX. While the quality of information presented in books has decreased over the years, great UX content has a very long shelf life.

For my first official Medium post, I’ve decided to share my user experience book recommendation list. Many are older, but some are newer. All, however, contain a wealth of information that will benefit anyone that’s serious about increasing, improving, or sharpening their UX acumen. Also, for the record, the list is purposely disorganized. Wards off lazy people. ;-)

Happy reading and enjoy your adventure!

Supplemental List (or “Off the Beaten Path”)

Here’s a new, supplementary list of books that are indirectly related, but applicable to the world of UX and UX management:

About Darren

Darren Hood is a 28+ year UX practitioner with a broad professional footprint that spans several types of B2B and B2C operations. In addition to having served as a UX manager, individual contributor, and freelancer in the business world, Darren serves or has served as an adjunct professor for such institutions as Michigan State University, UCLA, Brandeis University, Lawrence Tech University, Kent State University, and Harrisburg University. He is also one of the authors featured in “97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know.” He also regularly speaks at conferences and mentors people around the world.

You can hear more from the Darren by checking out the KaizenUX Medium page, the KaizenUX YouTube channel, or listening to The World of UX with Darren Hood wherever podcasts are available.

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KaizenUX (formerly UX Uncensored)

Darren Hood: UX pro (28+ yrs), adjunct professor, TEDx and conference speaker, author (97 Things UX book), host of The World of UX podcast, & “pure UX” advocate