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)
The Docs as Code Primer: A practical handbook, by Gijs Reijn
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
Docs-as-Ecosystem: The Community Approach to Engineering Documentation, by Alejandra Quetzalli - 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
Software Technical Writing: A Guidebook, by James Gallagher
Technical Writing for Software Developers: Enhance communication, improve collaboration, and leverage AI tools for software development, by Chris Chinchilla
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 - Read in our book club
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¶
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