I’m a long-time subscriber to Smashing Magazine’s super cool design blog RSS feed. It is probably the king of “top lists” when it comes to design hints, resources, and practices. And the quality is superb. You can tell that they really have an eye for design, and not just a bunch of geeks who decided to run a design blog.
Partly out of gratitude for their great resource, and partly because I think it looks like a great book, I recently ordered their Smashing Book.

It’s 300 pages of full color tips on effective website design and application techniques. You can read all about it on their website. And until late September, they are offering it at a special discount, only $23.90 postpaid within the U.S. (It will ship in late September.)