September 2023
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
8h 30m
English
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Recommended Reading, Resources, and Experts
This is a comprehensive list of recommended data storytelling books and authors, compiled into one convenient library list and organized by topic.
Data Storytelling
- Scott Berinato: Good Charts and The Good Charts Workbook
- Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic: Storytelling with Data and Let's Practice Storytelling with Data!
- Janine Kurnoff & Lee Lazarus: Everyday Business Storytelling
- Brent Dykes: Effective Data Storytelling
- Nancy Duarte: DataStory
- Chris & Zach Gemignani: Data Fluency
- Chip & Dan Heath: Made to Stick
Presentation
- Garr Reynolds: Presentation Zen and Presentation Zen: Design
- Nancy Duarte: Resonate and slide:ology
- Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic: Storytelling with You
- Jonathan Schwabish: Better Presentations
- John C. Medina: Brain Rules
- Sarah Hyndman: Why Fonts Matter
Data Visualization
- Stephen Few: Show Me the Numbers and Now You See It
- Dona M. Wong: The WSJ Guide to Information Graphics
- Edward Tufte: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
- Alberto Cairo: How Charts Lie and The Truthful Art
- Jonathan Schwabish: Better Data Visualizations
- Kristin Solsuski: Data Visualization Made Simple
- Stephanie Evergreen: Effective Data Visualization
- Nathan Yau: Visualize This
- Andy Kriebel & Eva Murray: Makeover Monday
- Steve Wexler: The Big Picture
Delivery
- Chris Anderson: TED Talks
- Dale Carnegie: The Quick and Easy Guide to Effective Speaking
- Dale Carnegie: Stand and Deliver
- Carmine Gallo: Talk Like TED
Dashboards
- Stephen Few: ...
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