A list of recommended books for technical writers.
Technical writing
- Docs Like Code
- Every Page Is Page One
- Modern Technical Writing
- Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, Third Edition
- The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing
General writing
- HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)
- The Reader’s Brain
- The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Information architecture
Content strategy
- Content Strategy for the Web, Second Edition
- Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy, Second Edition
User experience, design
- Badass: Making Users Awesome
- The Joy of UX: User Experience and Interactive Design for Developers
- Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated
- The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Fourth Edition
Diagramming
Coding
Knowledge management
Project management
Testing
Programming
Tech basics
Other
Notable mentions
- The Language of Technical Communication
- Conversation and Community, 2nd Edition
- Wiki
- Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose
- Intelligent Content: A Primer
- Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
- The Agile Culture: Leading through Trust and Ownership
- Creating a Data-Driven Organization
- Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . and What Does
- Communication Gaps and How to Close Them
- The Art of SEO, 3rd Edition
- Working with Static Sites
- Secret Sauce: How to Pack Your Messages with Persuasive Punch
- Getting Started with OAuth 2.0
- REST API Design Rulebook
- An Introduction to Information Design
- What is Code? (Bloomberg)
- Information Design Workbook: Graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies