The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

My review

This book has been an eye-opener in many ways. From now on I will always think twice when doing or reading a graphic, table or even a map.

The idea of data-ink and the lie factor are concepts one should always keep in mind. This book gives a list of principles to apply in design. However, the author intelligently writes in the epilogue that "most principles should be greeted with some skepticism."