QuickStart Guide to (Ultra-)High Performance Visualizations

Not quite what I expected from the description, but there is material here.

This is the third book I have read on data visualization this year, and it is comfortably the best of them. It is denser than the page count suggests, and I found myself slowing down around the middle. The author is unusually honest about where the simplifications break down, which I appreciated. Useful as a reference, less so as a straight read from cover to cover.

Useful in parts. Fine as a reference, less so as a cover-to-cover read.

This is the third book I have read on data visualization this year, and it is comfortably the best of them. The balance between theory and practice is well judged; neither side dominates. The author avoids over-explaining, which keeps the pace up but means you need to pay attention. Three stars feels about right. It will stay on my shelf, but it will not be the first one I reach for.