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My friends need to stop writing so many books I...

My friends need to stop writing so many books

I get sent a good number of books, which I love, but no matter how good they look, most of the time I don’t get around to reading them for a while. You can only imagine how guilty I feel when my friends send me books…

Wanted to call out these five books in my ever-growing To Read pile because they’d all make good gift books, they’re all by friends of mine who are super-smart visual thinkers, and they’re all either about — and/or excellent examples of — turning ideas into stories, pictures, or explanations that connect with an audience.

Check them out:

• Mike Rohde, The Sketchbook Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking

• Lee LeFever, The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand

• Dave Gray, The Connected Company

• Alberto Cairo, The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization

• Nancy Duarte, HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations

See also: 15 good books I read in 2012

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