Tech Comm Books

General technical communication texts
Technical Communication Today by Richard Johnson-Sheehan
Dynamics in Document Design by Karen A. Schriver

Documentation design texts
The Practical Guide to Information Design by Ronnie Lipton
The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams
The PC Is Not A Typewriter by Robin Williams

Online documentation texts
Letting Go of the Words – Writing Web Content That Works by Janice Ginny Redish
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usabilityby Steve Krug

Mobile documentation texts
Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Appsby Josh Clark

Copyediting
The Copyeditor’s Handbook  by Amy Einsohn
The Subversive Copy Editorby Carol Fisher Saller

Reference
The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition
Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition
The Elements of Style by Strunk & White