Book: Interactive Data Visualization for the Web by Scott Murray

Written by the creator of D3.js, the most popular JavaScript library for custom data visualization, this book serves as a comprehensive tutorial for the tool. Although the workflows presented are focused on D3.js, they are applicable beyond the library and even beyond JavaScript itself.

For beginners:

It is an excellent introduction to 2D data visualization and also introduces the concept of Data-Driven Design, which has applications beyond the field of visualization.

For experienced readers:

Rather than focusing on specific techniques, this book emphasizes the process of transforming data into meaningful images, a skill that is valuable across many disciplines.

Interactive data visualization for the web by Scott Murray