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Books like Refactoring UI
The best books like Refactoring UI are Don't Make Me Think, The Design of Everyday Things, and The Elements of Typographic Style. Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger is about ui design, visual hierarchy, design decisions. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Don't Make Me Think
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Steve Krug · Business
Don't Make Me Think is Steve Krug's short, plainspoken guide to web usability.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - The Elements of Typographic Style
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The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst · Science
The Elements of Typographic Style is Robert Bringhurst's comprehensive treatment of typography as both craft and art.
Both dig into craft.
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- Interaction of Color
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Josef Albers · Philosophy
Josef Albers published Interaction of Color in 1963 as a teaching instrument, not a textbook.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - On Writing Well
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William Zinsser · Self-help
On Writing Well is William Zinsser's case that good nonfiction writing is not a talent you either have or don't, but a craft built on a small number of learnable principles — most of them reducible to the instruction to cut.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Save the Cat
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Blake Snyder · Self-help
Save the Cat is Blake Snyder's screenwriting manual — brisk, opinionated, and unembarrassed about being practical.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - The Creative Habit
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Twyla Tharp · Self-help
The Creative Habit is legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's account of how creativity works in practice — not as inspiration but as habit, discipline, and preparation.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - The War of Art
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Steven Pressfield · Self-help
The War of Art is Steven Pressfield's short, blunt manual for anyone who creates — or wants to create — and finds themselves blocked, procrastinating, or unable to start.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - Turning Pro
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Steven Pressfield · Self-help
Turning Pro is Pressfield's follow-up to The War of Art, taking the Professional/Amateur distinction and developing it into a full examination of what the shift actually looks like — and what it costs.
Both dig into craft.
Read the summary → - A Moveable Feast
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Ernest Hemingway · Memoir
A Moveable Feast is Hemingway's posthumously published account of his years in Paris during the 1920s, when he and his first wife Hadley lived cheaply in Montparnasse while he apprenticed himself to the work of becoming a writer.
Both dig into craft.
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Books like Refactoring UI: quick answers
What are the best books like Refactoring UI?
The best books like Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger are Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, Interaction of Color by Josef Albers, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Refactoring UI, such as ui design, visual hierarchy, design decisions.
What should I read after Refactoring UI?
A natural next read after Refactoring UI is Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug. A kindred self-help read. Other strong choices are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, Interaction of Color by Josef Albers.
What books are similar to Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger?
Refactoring UI centers on ui design, visual hierarchy, design decisions. Books with a similar feel include Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, Interaction of Color by Josef Albers, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, On Writing Well by William Zinsser — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
