Relevant Books¶
A live list of books on technical writing and related topics, like content strategy and information architecture.
Technical communication¶
- Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors (multiple authors)
- Docs for Developers: An Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing by Jared Bhatti, Zachary Sarah Corleissen, Jen Lambourne, David Nunez, and Heidi Waterhouse
- Docs Like Code, by Anne Gentle - Read in our book club
- Living Documentation, by Cyrille Martraire
- Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation, by Richard L. Hamilton - Read in our book club
- Modern Technical Writing, by Andrew Etter
- Practical Strategies for Technical Communication, by Mike Markel and Stuart Selber
- The Product is Docs, by Christopher Gales - 1st edition read in our book club
- Wicked, Incomplete, and Uncertain: User Support in the Wild and the Role of Technical Communication, by Jason Swarts
E-Learning¶
- e-Learning and the Science of Instruction, by Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer
Content strategy¶
- Content Everywhere: Strategy and Structure for Future-Ready Content, by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
- Content Strategy 101, by Scriptorium
- The Elements of Content Strategy, by Erin Kissane
- Every Page is Page One, by Mark Baker - Read in our book club
- Letting Go of the Words, by Janice (Ginny) Redish - Read in our book club
- Structured Writing, by Mark Baker
Design and information architecture¶
- Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, by Steve Krug - Read in our book club
- Everyday Information Architecture, by Lisa Maria Marquis
- How to Make Sense of Any Mess, by Abby Covert - Read in our book club
- Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond, by Lou Rosenfeld
- Information Development: Managing Your Documentation Projects, Portfolio, and People, by JoAnn T. Hackos
- Strategic Writing for UX, by Torrey Podmojersky - Read in our book club
- Think Like a UX Researcher, by David Travis and Philip Hodgson
- Web Style Guide, 4th Ed.: Foundations of User Experience Design, by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton, and Ethan Marcotte
The craft of writing¶
- About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews, by Samuel R. Delany
- Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, by Virginia Tufte
- Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose, by Lyn Dupre
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss
- Everybody writes, 2nd Edition, by Ann Handley
- First You Write a Sentence, by Joe Moran
- The Gotham Grammarian, by Garielle Lutz
- It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences , by June Casagrande
- Nicely Said, by Nicole Fenton and Kate Kiefer Lee
- On Writing, by Stephen King
- On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
- Rebel With a Clause, by Ellen Jovich
- Several Short Sentences About Writing, by Verlyn Klinkenborg
- The Organised Writer, by Antony Johnston - Read in our book club
- Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Subversive Copy Editor, by Carol Fisher Saller
- The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
- Uncreative Writing, by Kenneth Goldsmith
- Writing to Learn, by William Zinsser
- Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark
- Writing Without Bullshit, by Josh Bernoff
General knowledge¶
Other Lists¶
- Reading list focused on consultants/freelancers.
- List with books and links to online resources
- List of UX Resources maintained by a WTD-er
