Books

The following books are resources that I've found helpful in discovering the interesting nuances of generative art. There is much to be said and will continue to improve over time.

English

Name	Published	Author	Category	Rating
Digital Design Theory: Readings from the Field	2016	Helen Armstrong	General
The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation	2000	Gary William Flake	Processing
Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture	2010	Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams	Processing, p5.js
Getting Started with p5.js: Making Interactive Graphics in JavaScript and Processing	2015	Lauren McCarthy, Casey Reas, Ben Fry	Processing
Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists	2014	Casey Reas, Ben Fry	Processing	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Nature of Code	2012	Daniel Shiffman	Processing	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Truthful Art, The: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication (Voices That Matter	2016	Alberto Cairo	Data Graphics
Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment	2008	Ben Fry	Data Graphics
Data Flow 2: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design	2010	Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann	Data Graphics
Dear Data	2016	Giorgia, Stefanie Posavec	Data Graphics	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Visualization Analysis and Design	2014	Tamara Munzner	Data Graphics
Envisioning Information	1990	Edward Tufte	Data Graphics
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information	2001	Edward Tufte	Data Graphics
Designing Programmes: Programme as Typeface, Typography, Picture, Method	2009	Karl Gerstner	Aesthetics
Point and Line to Plane	1979	Wassily Kandinsky	Aesthetics
Visual Grammar: A Design Handbook	2006	Christian Leborg	Aesthetics
White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960–1980	2009	Paul Brown	History
Morphing	2015	Joseph Choma		⭐⭐⭐
Hands-On Music Generation with Magenta	2020	Alexandre DuBreuil
Math for Programmers	2020	Paul Orland
Physics for JavaScript Games, Animation, and Simulations	2014	Adrian Dobre, Dev Ramtal
Anton's OpenGL 4 Tutorials	2014	Anton Gerdelan
Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice	2016	Mike Bailey, Steve Cunningham
Real-Time Rendering	2013	Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
Ray Tracing in One Weekend	2013	Peter Shirley
Playing with chaos	2013	Keith Peters	Javascript
Foundation HTML5 Animation with JavaScript	2011	Billy Lamberta), Keith Peters	Javascript
Algorithms for Visual Design Using the Processing Language	2009	Kostas Terzidis	Processing
Mastering openFrameworks: Creative Coding Demystified	2013	Denis Perevalov	C++
openFrameworks Essentials	2012	Denis Perevalov, Igor (Sodazot) Tatarnikov	C++, OpenFrameworks
Programming Interactivity	2015	Joshua Noble	OpenFrameworks, Processing
Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play	2019	David Foster	Deep Learning
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants		Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Aristid Lindenmayer
Digital Mantras	1994	Steven R. Holtzman	Philosophy
The Nonlinear Workbook: Chaos, Fractals, Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms		Willi-Hans Steeb	C++
The Symmetry of Things	2009	John Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim G-Strauss	Mathematics
Automata: A Historical and Technological Study	1958	Alfred Chapuis and Edmond Droz	Generative
Mathematical Games: The Fantastic Combinations of John Conway's New Solitaire Game	1970	Martin Gardner	Generative
The Computational Beauty of Nature	1998	Gary William Flake	Generative
The Interaction of Color	1975	Joseph Albers	Color
The Elements of Color	1970	Johannes Itten	Color
Evolutionary Design by Computers	1999	Peter Bently
Abstraction in Art and Nature	1993	Nathan Cabot Hale	Abstraction
Mathematics and Physics for Programmers	1985	Danny Kodicek	Physics
Shape	2008	George Stiny	Design
Data Matter Design	2020	Edited Frank Melendez, Nancy Diniz, Marcella Del Signore	Computational Design
Geometric Patterns with Creative Coding: Coding for the Arts	2023	Selçuk Artut	Coding
Internet_Art	2023	Omar Kholief	Internet Art
Digital Art (World of Art)	2023	Christiane Paul	Art