Looking for some reading inspiration? I’ve pulled together a list of highly recommended
books in the data space. Add your favourites in the comments!
📖 Data Storytelling
The Data Storyteller's Handbook -- that's mine 🙂
Effective Data Storytelling, Brent Dykes
Storytelling With Data, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Houston, We Have a Narrative, Randy Olson
Become a Great Data Storyteller, Angelica Lo Duca
Data Story, Nancy Duarte
Info We Trust, RJ Andrews
📊 Data Visualization
Practical Charts, Nick Desbarats
Data Visualization, Andy Kirk
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics, Dona Wong
Questions In DataViz, Neil Richards
How Charts Lie, Alberto Cairo
Better Data Visualizations, Jonathan Schwabish
Building Science Graphics, Jen Christiansen
Effective Data Visualization, Stephanie Evergreen
The Big Book of Dashboards, Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer, Andy Cotgreave
Data Visualization with Microsoft Power BI, Alex Kolokolov, Maxim Zelensky
Information Dashboard Design, Stephen Few
ColorWise, Kate Strachnyi
Visualize This, Nathan Yau
Visual Thinking For Information Design, Colin Ware
Makeover Monday, Andy Kriebel, Eva Murray
Cartography, Kenneth Field
� 💻 Analytics
Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O'Neil
I'm Not a Numbers Person, Dr Selena Fisk
Naked Statistics, Charles Wheelan
Avoiding Data Pitfalls, Ben Jones
Lean Analytics, Alistair Croll, Benjamin Yoskovitz
The Well-Grounded Data Analyst, David Asboth
The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter
Numsense!, Annalyn Ng, Kenneth Soo
🙋♀️ People-First
Stakeholder Whispering, Bill Shander
Humanizing Data Strategy, Tiankai Feng
People Skills For Analytical Thinkers, Gilbert Eijkelenboom
The Chief Data Officer's Playbook, Caroline Carruthers, Peter Jackson
Building Analytics Teams, John Thompson
Persuasion, Lee Hartley Carter
An Agile Data Guide to Information Product Canvas, ✨ Shane Gibson
Thanks For the Feedback, Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen
🎨 Creativity
Chart Spark, Alli Torban
Dear Data, Stefanie Posavec, Giorgia Lupi
Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer, Shirley Wu
Joyful Infographics, Nigel Holmes
Creativity, John Cleese
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica, Valentina D'Efilippo, Andrew Pettie, Conrad
Quilty-Harper
Knowledge Is Beautiful, David McCandless
We Are Here, Chris McDowall, Tim Denee