Reddit mentions of The Design Method: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication (Voices That Matter)

I am in almost the same situation.
I have also been looking for books for motivation, inspiration and so on.
Here are some stuff that keep getting recommended as well as other books that I think are interesting judging by their description and reviews (note: I haven't read anything yet I am just sharing my searching results from the past 2 or 3 days):

For creative problems

• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
  
• Burn your Portfolio
  
• The Design Method
  
  For Inspiration
  
  
• 100 ideas that changed graphic Design
  
• Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills
  
• Graphic Design, Referenced
  
• Drawn In
  
  And this one seems to go into depth of the business itself:
  
  
• Know Your Onions
  
  Like I said, I haven't read any of those but maybe this will save some time for you or for other people searching for books.
  
  There is also Thinking with Type, The Elements of Typographic Style, Universal Principles of Design, Deign for how people learn, How to be a Graphics Designer without losing your soul.
  
  Edit: I was actually going to make a thread similar to this but I am gonna post my similar question here anyway,
  Does anybody know of more books for people who are already involved in the medium ?
  
  A lot of recommendations I see around the internet seem to be for someone just starting graphics design or still in school but rarely is it something for a higher level.

I’ve worked in the industry for a good while. You can read some of my thoughts on design here: www.erickarjaluoto.com, or get my book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Design-Method-Philosophy-Communication/dp/0321928849

I’m happy to help you, if you’d like. You can book me here: https://www.officehours.io/people/karj

But, there are others who are amazing, on the site as well. I also recommend:

• Elias Jones: https://officehours.io/people/elias
  
• Scott Bell: https://officehours.io/people/skb
  
• Peter Sikking: https://officehours.io/people/peter_works
  
• Justin Ahrens: https://officehours.io/people/justinahrens
  
• Haig Armen: https://officehours.io/people/haig
  
  And, these advisors aren’t offering office hours at this time, but if you keep an eye on them, you might get lucky and land a spot:
  
  
• Debbie Millman: https://officehours.io/people/debbiemillman
  
• Paul Jarvis: https://officehours.io/people/pjrvs
  
• Stefan G. Bucher: https://officehours.io/people/stefan
  
• David Airey: https://officehours.io/people/davidairey
  
• Christopher Simmons: https://officehours.io/people/cchs
  
• Cassie McDaniel: https://officehours.io/people/cassiemc