Which web design and usability courses or books to choose?

Question

Design

Hey Habr.
At the moment I am developing my own website (blog). There seem to be no problems with layout and programming, but I am a useless designer. I would like to make a website with a somewhat ascetic flat design. In this regard, I take the opportunity to ask professionals what courses or books are available on web design and usability.
Courses are interested in free, because. currently there is no way to pay for it. Books are only in Russian, my English is not very good (I can read, but it's hard and long to comprehend). Do you know books like O'Reilly's Head First series? To make it easy and fun to read.
Thanks in advance. The question may have been a bit vague, for which I apologize.

Answer 1

Usability: Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug. Pretty exciting.

Answer 2

Great book on UI/UX

Raskin D. - Interface. New Directions in Computer Systems Design

Answer 3

Hey! A good book by Ethan Marcott - Responsive Web Design / Responsive Web Design
can be downloaded here
, I would also recommend Aaron Walter - Emotional Web Design. You can read here.
Well, absolutely for maniacs) Web design. Website usability analysis by eye movement. book by Jacob Nielsen. Here you can download.

Answer 4

1) "Psychiatric hospital in the hands of patients" and "About Face" by Alan Cooper, both available in Russian
2) "The Non-Designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams. And he also has several other good books with a similar title.
3) Circle "Don't make me think".

Answer 5

http://hackdesign.org/ - I really liked it. Structured articles, examples, etc.

Answer 6

http://www.uxfox.ru/category/books/ Books that need to be read accurately.

Answer 7

Just in case the question is still relevant! If you want to learn how to draw professional, harmonious websites that will fascinate, then I recommend free video tutorials on creating a website design from scratch from Alexei Zakharenko. I went through them myself and am very pleased. http://webdesign2.ru/main.html

Answer 8

"Leadership" by Artemy Lebedev
"Don't make me think" by Steve Krug
"UX design. A Practical Guide to Experience Design by Russ Unger and Caroline Chandler
Mobile First! Luca Wroblewski
"Psychiatric hospital in the hands of patients" Alan Cooper
"Responsive web design" Ethan Marcott
"Design of everyday things" Donald A. Norman
"Smart design. Simple UI Development Techniques by Jeff Johnson
UX Strategy. What users want and how to give it to them” Jamie
Levy