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This is just a sampling of my Amazon list, but:
Every so often I try and pick up a couple books, even just for reference sake. Sometimes its a photo book, sometimes its a reference guide, doesn't really matter so long as you can see some principles within applying to your craft.
I'm not a design expert, but I do know that just because Nate uses Excel himself doesn't mean that he's the guy generating these plots. I'm fairly certain that most of the journalists putting these together are using ggplot from R or python.
If you're interested in exact replicas, your language can do 80% of the heavy lifting by giving you the bones of the structure. But to really bring it home, you need a program like Inkspace or Illustrator to polish these up.
I don't think there's any language now that effectively uses good design sensibilities. This is discussed a bit in the book Visualize This by Nathan Yau.
For most people, it looks like the python / R tutorials listed here should get the job done.
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Get a copy of Visualize This. Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470944889/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_jA9KzbF2FGX6M
Anything by Tufte and the Flowing Data book and blog are great starting places. Tufte is more theory driven, for lack of a better term, while the Flowing Data sources have more "worked" examples (with R, Python, etc).
It would be worth learning ggplot2 as well if you are interested in data visualization as that seems to be the current "standard" tool. Hadley Wickham's website and UseR book on ggplot2 are great places to start.
Relatedly, Wickham's PhD thesis is all about tools and strategies for data visualization and can be found for free on his website. There is also an hour long seminar and slides to go with the paper.
http://www.amazon.com/Visualize-This-FlowingData-Visualization-Statistics/dp/0470944889
Took a data viz class last year. This was the textbook. Nathan yau's website flowing data is a good resource as well. Also check out d3.js for an advanced/flexible technology for visualizing data.
Nathan Yau, Visualize this
Dona Wong, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures
Some books I can recommend for map nerds: Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities, How to Lie With Maps, and a related book that's a bit more useful for data visualization - Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics.
The typographic maps from Axis Maps are pretty awesome and there's all kinds of map-related stuff on Etsy.
Cool, thanks for the reply. I do a lot of reports/charts/bs at work and I'm always interested in learning about stuff like this.
I'm thinking about picking this up.
I like these books: