Books
Books
The short list of PM books that hold up. Fewer, better — with what each one is actually for.
Inspired
Marty Cagan
The reference text for how modern product teams work. If you read one PM book, read this.
FrameworksProduct strategysvpg.comEmpowered
Marty Cagan & Chris Jones
The follow-up to Inspired, aimed at leaders: coaching, org design, and how to build teams that ship.
FrameworksProduct strategyProduct operationssvpg.comEscaping the Build Trap
Melissa Perri
How to move from feature factory to outcome-driven. Perfect for PMs stuck delivering someone else's roadmap.
Product strategyFrameworksmelissaperri.comContinuous Discovery Habits
Teresa Torres
The definitive practical guide to modern discovery. Weekly customer contact, opportunity trees, assumption testing.
ResearchFrameworksproducttalk.orgThe Lean Product Playbook
Dan Olsen
Product-market fit made concrete. The clearest end-to-end walkthrough for early product work.
FrameworksStartups / scale-upsProduct strategyleanproductplaybook.comHooked
Nir Eyal
The habit-forming products loop. Read it critically — Nir's own follow-up (Indistractable) is the counterweight.
Product designPLGnirandfar.comCrossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
Still the sharpest lens on why early adopters ≠ mainstream customers. Essential for any B2B or platform PM.
Product marketingProduct strategyStartups / scale-upsen.wikipedia.orgGood Strategy / Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
Nothing about product, everything about product. Diagnoses why most 'strategies' are lists of wishes.
Product strategyFrameworksgoodstrategybadstrategy.comShape Up
Ryan Singer
Basecamp's opinionated take on shipping in 6-week cycles. Even if you don't adopt it whole, it changes how you scope.
FrameworksProduct operationsbasecamp.comThe Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
The book on affordances, signifiers, and why users blame themselves for our bad designs. Foundational.
Product designResearchmitpress.mit.eduAI Engineering
Chip Huyen
The systems-level view AI PMs need — evals, latency, cost, retrieval — without pretending LLMs are magic.
AI productsEvalsoreilly.com