Here is a list of free User Experience books for you to enjoy.
Free to read online books on Interaction Design
- Search User Interfaces– by Marti A. Hearst
- Web Style Guide– by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton
- Designing Interfaces– by Jenifer Tidwell (Most of the book is available online, not all of it, as pointed out by Amanda)
- Designing Mobile Interfaces– by Steven Hoober and Eric Berkman
- Thoughts on Interaction Design- by John Kolko. Contributions by Ellen Beldner, Uday Gajendar, Chris Connors and Justin Petro (no longer free)
Free to read online books on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
- The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface– by Kent L. Norman
- Mental Models in Human-Computer Interaction: Research Issues About What the User of Software Knows– by John M. Carroll and Judith Reitman Olson (editors)
Free to read books on Web Accessibility
- Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design– by Shawn Henry
- Building accessible websites– by Joe Clark
Free to read online books on Information Architecture
- Introduction to Metadata – by Tony Gill, Anne J. Gilliland, Maureen Whalen, and Mary S. Woodley
- Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works– by Patricia Harpring
- Categories for the Description of Works of Art– by Murtha Baca and Patricia Harpring
Free to read online books on Design for development
- Wicked problems: Problems worth solving– by Jon Kolko
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