4.23 avg rating — 7,951 ratings

"Self-described by Tufte as his most design orientated book. Richly illustrated with a wide range of both modern and historical examples that demonstrate Tufte’s key theories on high data-ink ratio, chart junk, small multiples, layering and separation."

3.97 avg rating — 177 ratings

"Notable for the presentation of Wurman’s Five Hat Racks or “LATCH”—his method for organizing information by Location, Alphabet, Time, Category and Hierarchy. While somewhat dated now (published in 1989, updated as Information Anxiety 2 in 2000), it's still a very interesting, highly personal and wide-ranging, post-modern manifesto on the need to “transform information into structured knowledge.”"

3.65 avg rating — 343 ratings

"A simple, easy-to-read introduction to statistics (and statistical error) from BBC journalist Michael Blastland and economist Andrew Dilnot. The cases cited by the authors are very accessible and nontechnical."

3.96 avg rating — 202 ratings

"Both of these books are short, well-organized introductions to the principles of visual perception and information organization. These “bridge” textbooks explain basic perceptual psychology to designers and present simple design principles to a more technical audience."

3.84 avg rating — 63 ratings

"Both of these books are short, well-organized introductions to the principles of visual perception and information organization. These “bridge” textbooks explain basic perceptual psychology to designers and present simple design principles to a more technical audience."

3.86 avg rating — 275 ratings

"Published by Gestalten, an extensive, cutting-edge collection of innovative diagrams and data visualizations. The editors have compiled a particularly sophisticated and innovative survey of work from all over the world. This 2008 title was followed in 2010 by Data Flow 2."

4.15 avg rating — 106 ratings

"Published by Gestalten, an extensive, cutting-edge collection of innovative diagrams and data visualizations. The editors have compiled a particularly sophisticated and innovative survey of work from all over the world. This 2008 title was followed in 2010 by Data Flow 2."

4.20 avg rating — 71 ratings

"Another beautiful Gestalten compendium, but with greater focus on narrative information graphics. Includes interviews with well-regarded practitioners such as The New York Times Graphics Department and Francesco Franchi, art director for IL-Intelligence in Lifestyle, the monthly magazine of Il Sole 24 ORE."

4.41 avg rating — 406 ratings

"An enormous (10" x 15" x 3") large-scale survey of superbly reproduced information graphics, organized according to Richard Wurman’s Five Hat Racks: Location, Alphabet, Time, Category and Hierarchy. A typically bold and lavish Taschen production. The introductory essays (by Wurman, Paolo Ciuccarelli, Simon Rodgers and Sandra Rendgen) are quite good."

3.67 avg rating — 67 ratings

"A unique collaborative effort between research scientist/science photographer Felice Frankel, biologist Angela DePace and designer Stefan Sagmeister. A detailed guide specifically for scientists and engineers who need to create informative figures that explain their research findings."

3.89 avg rating — 123 ratings

"An open-source guidebook that explains how to access, analyze and display public and private data to support the development and writing of news stories. Available for download as a free PDF at datajournalismhandbook.org. Produced as a joint initiative of the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation."