This list, still in flux while class topics are mapped to a schedule, includes the required and optional reading for the class, sorted alphabetically (not by assignment date). The [doi] link is to the publisher: the copyright holder, and source of additional information and context about the document. The [google] link is to help learn about what has cited the publication via Google Scholar (note that this information is less precise for publications with more generic titles, and doesn't really work for book chapters).

Anscombe-GraphsInStatAn-1973.pdf
FJ Anscombe. Graphs in Statistical Analysis. The American Statistician, 27(1):17–21, February 1973.
[doi]   [google]

Bertin-SG11-1983.pdf
Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps. J Bertin, chapter (Part One: Semiology of the Graphic Sign-System): Analysis of Information, pages 15–39. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983. Second edition (1973) in French, English translation by William J. Berg.
(doi?)   [google]

Borland-Rainbow-2007.pdf
D Borland and RM Taylor, II. Rainbow Color Map (Still) Considered Harmful. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 27(2):14–17, 2007.
[doi]   [google]

Card-InfoVis-1999.pdf
SK Card, JD Mackinlay, and B Shneiderman. Information Visualization. In Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think, chapter 1, pages 1–34. Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
(doi?)   [google]

Cleveland-bank45-1988.pdf
WS Cleveland, ME McGill, and R McGill. The Shape Parameter of a Two-Variable Graph. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 83(402):289–300, 1988.
(doi?)   [google]

Heer-Zoo-2010.pdf
J Heer, M Bostock, and V Ogievetsky. A Tour Through the Visualization Zoo. Communications of the ACM, 53(6):59–67, June 2010.
[doi]   [google]

Liu-CNN-2017.pdf
M Liu, J Shi, Z Li, C Li, J Zhu, and S Liu. Towards Better Analysis of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. VIS'16), 23(1):91–100, January 2017.
[doi]   [google]

Nusrat-Cartograms-2018.pdf
S Nusrat, MJ Alam, and S Kobourov. Evaluating Cartogram Effectiveness. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(2):1077–1090, February 2018.
[doi]   [google]

Shneiderman-Mantra-1996.pdf
B Shneiderman. The eyes have it: a task by data type taxonomy for information visualizations. In Proc. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages, pages 336–343, September 1996.
[doi]   [google]

Stevens-Scales-1946.pdf
SS Stevens. On the Theory of Scales of Measurement. Science, 103(2684):677–680, June 1946.
[doi]   [google]

Tufte-GraphicalIntegrity-2001.pdf
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. E Tufte, chapter 2: Graphical Integrity. 2001.
(doi?)   [google]

Ware-IVPDchap3-2013.pdf
Information Visualization: Perception for Design. C Ware, chapter 3: Lightness, Brightness, Contrast, and Constancy, pages 69–94. Elsevier, third edition, 2013.
(doi?)   [google]

Ware-UnivariateMaps-1988.pdf
C Ware. Color Sequences for Univariate maps: Theory, Experiments, and Principles. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 8(5):41–49, September 1988.
[doi]   [google]