30 FREE E-Books for Developers, Designers, and EVERYONE
Tags: books, resources, beginners
Published: 2022-05-02 17:31:35

## Table of Contents <a name="TOC">
1. [Books for Developers](#books-for-developers)
2. [Books for Designers](#books-for-designers)
3. [Books for EVERYONE](#books-for-everyone)

### Books for Developers
1. [Getting from Employee 5 to 50](https://go.workable.com/startup-hiring-guide)

A great book for startups to help you start your hiring process. You want to hire great, ambition employees to join your team - people like you! This book will explain just how to do that.

2. [How to be Creative](https://www.porchlightbooks.com/blog/changethis/2004/how-to-be-creative)

The creative block is sometimes more real than at other times. Getting out of a creative stump can be a creators' worst nightmare. And who said being a developer doesn't depend on being creative? Someone who isn't a developer, obviously. Here are some tips that may help for you the next time you need help getting out of that hole.

3. [A Guide to Wireframing](https://www.uxpin.com/studio/ebooks/guide-to-wireframing)

4. [Designing for the Web](https://designingfortheweb.co.uk/)

It's the design book for the...not so designers. It goes through typography, color, and layout so you'll understand the basics and fundamentals without going into the nitty gritty of it all. 

5. [Developing Modern Mobile Web Apps](http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=8072)

6. [97 Things Every Programmer Should Know (Extended)](https://leanpub.com/97-Things-Every-Programmer-Should-Know-Extended)

There's EXPLICIT advice on programming in this book as well as general advice on how to be a programming / software developer. Talk about having a mentor all wrapped up in a book...but not, since you can't ask questions.

7. [Essays on Software Development](https://www.lulu.com/shop/ed-johnson/hacknot-essays-on-software-development/ebook/product-17544641.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

The essays in here are written between 2003 and 2006 and go through various concepts in software development at the time from agile methods, debugging, and maintenance, etc.

8. [Speaking JavaScript](http://speakingjs.com/es5/)

9. [Learning JavaScript Design Patterns](https://addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/)

10. [Git From the Bottom Up](https://jwiegley.github.io/git-from-the-bottom-up/)

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### Books for Designers
1. [Seven Rules for Better Typography](http://classic.fontshop.com/education/pdf/typo_tips.pdf)

2. [Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook](https://www.ustwo.com/blog/pixel-perfect-precision-handbook/)

Branding, retina images, design and development, accessibility, and of course photoshop. It's all in there. In one handy dandy handbook. How neat!

3. [A Manifesto for Meaningful Design](https://www.porchlightbooks.com/blog/changethis/2008/the-design-funnel-a-manifesto-for-meaningful-design)

What does "modern design" or a "dynamic" design even mean? What does a client mean when they say they want something "professional"? This book explains all of that in terms you'll actually understand.

4. [Web UI Best Practices](https://speckyboy.com/free-e-book-web-ui-best-practices/)

5. [The Guide to UX Design Process & DOcumentation](https://speckyboy.com/guide-ux-design-process-documentation/)

6. [The Guide to Mockups](https://speckyboy.com/free-ebook-guide-mockups/)

7. [Typography Handbook](https://typographyhandbook.com/)

8. [Making an Enterprise UX Friendly](https://www.justinmind.com/blog/enterprise-ux/)

9. [The Little Box of Modern Frontend Tooling](https://tooling.github.io/book-of-modern-frontend-tooling/)

10. [50 Logo Design Tips](https://logogeek.uk/logo-design-tips/50-tips/)

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### Books for EVERYONE
1. [Resisting Happiness](https://www.pdfdrive.com/resisting-happiness-a-true-story-about-why-we-sabotage-ourselves-e39563520.html)

2. [The 5 Second Rule](https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-5-second-rule-transform-your-life-work-and-confidence-with-everyday-courage-e60374999.html)

3. [The Daily Stoic](https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-daily-stoic-366-meditations-on-wisdom-perseverance-and-the-art-of-living-e61378067.html)

4. [The War of Art](https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-war-of-art-break-through-the-blocks-and-win-your-inner-creative-battles-e185176650.html)

This is one of my all time favorite books. I have re-read it time and time again. If you do end up reading it or have read it, let me know what you think!

5. [Daring Greatly](https://www.pdfdrive.com/daring-greatly-how-the-courage-to-be-vulnerable-transforms-the-way-we-live-love-parent-and-lead-e184603700.html)

I fell in love with this book the moment I listened to its audiobook. The words in this book are very powerful and I highly encourage every person to give it a listen.

6. [You Are a Badass](https://www.pdfdrive.com/you-are-a-badass-how-to-stop-doubting-your-greatness-and-start-living-an-awesome-life-e60365112.html)

7. [You Are Not SO Smart](https://www.pdfdrive.com/you-are-not-so-smart-why-you-have-too-many-friends-on-facebook-why-your-memory-is-mostly-fiction-and-46-other-ways-youre-deluding-yourself-e156830157.html)

8. [Boundaries](https://www.pdfdrive.com/boundaries-when-to-say-yes-how-to-say-no-to-take-control-of-your-life-e60363043.html)

9. [Do the Work](https://www.pdfdrive.com/do-the-work-by-steven-pressfield-e67638089.html)

10. [Give and Take](https://www.pdfdrive.com/give-and-take-why-helping-others-drives-our-success-e58864799.html)

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Happy coding!