BOOKS BY FRIENDS

♥︎♥︎♥︎ I once said I’d buy a copy of every book written by a friend I knew irl… it’s a good thing we turned one of our rooms into a library. So proud!

☆ This is a digital record. ☆ Please support one (or all) by purchasing a physical copy! ☆

Book cover for "The Brightness Between Us" by Eliot Schrefer featuring illustrated two men facing each other in an emotional moment with a sunset and mountains in the background.

2024

The cover of the book titled 'The Darkness Outside Us' by Eliot Schrefer, featuring two young men facing each other in profile with a spaceship or science fiction background and a Stonewall Honor badge.
Book cover titled "Charming Young Man" by Eliot Schrefer, featuring an illustrated portrait of a young man with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a white shirt, against a background of pink and blue flowers with dark green leaves.
Cover of a book titled 'The Natural World of Animal Sexuality: Queer Ducks and Other Animals' with a colorful, rainbow-like background. There are two ducks facing each other with a small heart between them. A silver coin showing the number 1 is in the bottom right corner.

Eliot Shrefer

This is the 2nd book in a series of 2 but perhaps soon 3. The first is being made into a major motion picture!!

Other titles by Eliot include Charming Young Man, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals) and more. Fun fact, he was on Trevor Noah after the release of Queer Ducks!

☞ Eliot’s website

☞ Full list on Goodreads

Cover of a cookbook titled 'The 'I Don't Want to Cook' Book: Dinners Done in One Pot' by Alyssa Brantley featuring a pot of cooked shrimp, tomatoes, and herbs. The cover emphasizes low-prep, no-mess recipes for skillet, sheet pan, pressure cooker, and more.

2024

Book cover for 'Effective Software Architecture' by Oliver Goldman featuring a stylized circular digital design with binary code. Text includes: 'Effective Software Architecture' and the subtitle 'Building Better Software Faster'.

Oliver Goldman

2024

Alyssa Brantley

This is the 2nd book of her 2 book series… though I bet she has a 3rd up her sleeve, if I know this maven.

Her other book, from 2022, is The "I Don't Want to Cook" Book: 100 Tasty, Healthy, Low-Prep Recipes for When You Just Don't Want to Cook

Book cover titled, 'The I Don't Want To Cook Book' with subtitle '100 Tasty, Healthy, Low-Prepp Recipes for When You Just Don't Want to Cook.' Author is Alyssa Brantley, founder of Everyday Maven. The cover features illustrations of eggs, a whisk, and a fork on a green background.
Book cover titled "Funny, You Don't Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials" by Jennifer Caplan, with a purple background and colorful text.

Jennifer Caplan

2023

Book cover titled 'The Product Manager's Guide' with a lightbulb illustration on a teal background. Subtitle reads 'Strategy, Psychology and Leadership at Work' by Daniel Chak.

2022

Daniel Chak

Other titles by Dan:

☞ 2008 / Enterprise Rails

Book cover of 'Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley Twins: The Graphic Novel - Best Friends' featuring two teenage girls in striped shirts and backpacks, one smiling and waving, the other looking worried, set against a pink background.
Cover of the graphic novel 'Sweet Valley Twins: Choosing Sides' by Francine Pascal, featuring three blonde girls with different expressions on a pink background.
Book cover for 'Sweet Valley Twins: Teacher's Pet' by Nicole Andelfinger and Claudia Aguirre, featuring illustrated characters of a girl and a boy in a dance pose, with a purple background and sparkles.

2022

Nicole Andelfinger

This is book 1 in a series, based off the original 90’s books. New titles are releasing regularly!

Other titles by Nicole include Power Rangers, Rugrats, and other graphic novels.

☞ Full list on Goodreads

Book cover titled 'Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design' by Kat Holmes with a foreword by John Maeda, featuring a black and white circular graphic made of various geometric patterns and shapes.

2022

KAT HOLMES

Book titled 'Redesigning Leadership' by John Maeda with Becky Bermont, featuring a colorful geometric spiral design on the cover.

2011

John Maeda

Every book John has made, starting from the day I got my copy of Design by Numbers, influenced me in untold ways. ♥︎

☞ Full list on Goodreads

Close-up of a book cover titled 'Creative Code' by John Maeda, with colorful abstract digital artwork in the background.

FUN FACT:
My work is featured in this book of John’s (under my maiden name—Megan Galbraith).

2004

Book cover titled 'Maeda & Media' by John Maeda with a dark background, abstract shapes, and lines, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Negroponte.

2001

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If you are a friend, and you published a book through a publisher, and it is not listed here but you’d like it to be (I’d like it to be!)… please reach out!