20 must-read nonfiction books like Design Systems Handbook by DesignBetter.co

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Design Systems Handbook

By: DesignBetter.co

3.95

Format: None pages, ebook

A design system unites product teams around a common visual language. It reduces design debt, accel…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Design Systems Handbook by DesignBetter.co , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Just Enough Research

By: Erika Hall , Jeffrey Zeldman

4.18

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Design research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
"A large corporation is more like Australia: it’s impossible to see the whole landscape at once and there are so many things capable of maiming or killing you."

-Erika Hall, Just Enough Research

"Some websites are completely optimized for simple conversion, and it’s easy to tell. The design centers on one clear call to action, a vivid lozenge labeled with a verb."

-Erika Hall, Just Enough Research

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2. The Lessons of History

By: Will Durant , Ariel Durant

4.07

Format: 119 pages, Hardcover

In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities."

-Will Durant, The Lessons of History

"The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding."

-Will Durant, The Lessons of History

"Democracy is the most difficult of all forms of government, since it requires the widest spread of intelligence, and we forgot to make ourselves intelligent when we made ourselves sovereign."

-Will Durant, The Lessons of History

"We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow he…"

-Will Durant, The Lessons of History

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3. Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

By: William Walker Atkinson , Three Initiates , Tre Iniziati

4.25

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

The precepts of Hermetic philosophy remained shrouded in secrecy for more than 2,000 years, clouded… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations...."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right, is the measure of the swing to the …"

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

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4. Financial Statements: A Step-by-step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports

By: Thomas R. Ittelson

4.16

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Explains how to read the three basic types of financial statements--the balance sheet, the income s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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5. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

By: Steve Krug

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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6. The Design of Everyday Things

By: Donald A. Norman

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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7. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By: None

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Audio CD

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of be… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business

8. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

By: Kim Malone Scott

4.00

Format: None pages,

From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … read more

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9. Putas asesinas

By: Roberto Bolaño

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

<>se narra un viaje a Acapulco que se convierte paulatinamente en un des-censo a los infiernos. En … read more

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10. Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich Interactions

By: None , None

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Sc… read more

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11. The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

By: Daniel Coyle

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

An essential book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides readers with a … read more

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12. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler

3.78

Format: None pages,

Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more

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13. The Bhagavad Gita

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more

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14. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

By: Camille Fournier

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Managing people is difficult wherever you work, but the tech industry as a whole is pretty bad at i… read more

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15. I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works

By: Ramit Sethi

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

As seen on the new NETFLIX series! The groundbreaking NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSE… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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16. Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty

By: C. Todd Lombardo

4.12

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can d… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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17. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

By: Walter Isaacson

4.29

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a pape… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."

-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

"Does empathy depend on believing that but for the grace of God, or the randomness of the natural lottery, we could have been born with a different set of endowments?"

-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

"She felt at home in the lab. It was a quiet temple for individual persistence and contemplation. She could be creative and independent as she pursued a path toward her own discoveries."

-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

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18. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

By: Will Larson

4.10

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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19. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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20. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

By: Max Chafkin

3.59

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times Notable Book A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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21. Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

By: Jon Yablonski

4.35

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact wit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
"minimise choices when response time is critical to decrease decision time"

-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

"As designers, we have a responsibility to remove inherent complexity from our interfaces, or else we ship that complexity to our users. This can result in confusion, frustration and a bad user experi…"

-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

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22. Refactoring UI

By: Adam Wathan

4.66

Format: 252 pages, ebook

Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer. Learn how to design beautiful user int… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
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23. Principles of Product Design

By: Aaron Walter

3.80

Format: 181 pages, None

Successful design-driven companies building the best products with the strongest design teams have … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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24. Design Thinking Handbook

By: Eli Woolery

3.48

Format: 124 pages, ebook

None read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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25. Business Thinking for Designers

By: Ryan Rumsey

4.08

Format: 157 pages, ebook

In the spring of 2011, I accepted an opportunity to shape a new organization and lead a team of UX … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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26. Animation Handbook

By: Ryan McLeod

3.61

Format: 72 pages, ebook

The Animation Handbook is the guide to best practices for animation in digital product design. Th… read more

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  • design
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27. Design Systems Handbook

By: DesignBetter.co

3.95

Format: None pages, ebook

A design system unites product teams around a common visual language. It reduces design debt, accel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
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28. Enterprise Design Sprints

By: Richard Banfield

3.67

Format: None pages, ebook

None read more

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  • design
  • business
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29. Design Leadership Handbook

By: Aaron Walter

3.32

Format: 113 pages, ebook

Get your bearings as a leader, gain confidence, and learn tactical approaches from experts who have… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
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30. Design Engineering Handbook

By: Natalya Shelburne

3.31

Format: 127 pages, ebook

Learn how design engineering, an essential discipline to creating great products, brings together f… read more

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31. DesignOps Handbook

By: Kate Battles

3.68

Format: None pages, None

As companies mature and invest in design, they need to operationalize workflow, team coordination, … read more

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  • design

14 Best design books like Design Systems Handbook by DesignBetter.co

Transform Your Habits

Just Enough Research

Erika Hall , Jeffrey Zeldman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Steve Krug

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty

C. Todd Lombardo

4.12

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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

4.18

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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