Recently I surveyed several product managers and directors for real books they’ve really read about product, management, leadership and product development. Here’s a sampling of the ones multiple people recommended. I’m including links to Powell’s Books where there is one, but I don’t get a commission or anything for the links. I just like Powell’s.
7 Skills Every Product Leader Needs to Master – Pendo (deprecated?)
Team of Teams – Stanley McChrystal
Range: Why Generalist Triumph in a Specialized World – David Epstein
End of Average – Todd Rose
Loonshots – Safi Bahcall
Measure What Matters – John Doerr
Agile Estimating and Planning – Mike Cohn
Agile Project Management with Scrum – Roman Pichler
Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman
The Phenomenal Product Manager – Brian Lawley
Ignore Everybody & 39 Other Keys to Creativity – Hugh Macleod
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness – Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein