Top 10 MUST-READ Books for Graphic Designers

This list includes some of my favorite must-read books for graphic designers.

These books cover a range of essential topics for designers including logo design, leadership, client relations, the business of design, typography, brand design, productivity, and more.

Here are links to purchase the books covered in the video if you’d like to pick any of them up (buying from these links helps Artful Ruckus!):

• The Creative Act by Rick Rubin: https://amzn.to/48YkFLh
• The Win Without Pitching Manifesto by Blair Enns: https://amzn.to/3TOZ43T
• Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal: https://amzn.to/4aeiILV
• Logo Modernism by Jens Muller: https://amzn.to/4ajgomD
• The Brand Gap by Marty Neumeier: https://amzn.to/49Yb74k
• The Brand Flip by Marty Neumeier: https://amzn.to/49Ybax2
• Zag by Marty Neumeier: https://amzn.to/3wYypZc
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie: https://amzn.to/3TjqtJv
• Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton: https://amzn.to/3IHL6dA
• Creative Strategy and the Business of Design by Douglas Davis: https://amzn.to/3ven9HE
• Pretty Much Everything by Aaron Draplin: https://amzn.to/43k5hrk
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek: https://amzn.to/3Pu4Tkr

Looking for more book recommendations? Check out this list of more must-read design books.