Product Development Reading List

Some of the best books for product development at a tech startup.

  1. “Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love” by Marty Cagan
  2. “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries
  3. “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” by Nir Eyal
  4. “Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products” by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
  5. “Escaping the Build Trap” by Melissa Perri
  6. “The Mom Test” by Rob Fitzpatrick
  7. “Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey Moore
  8. “The Innovator’s Dilemma” by Clayton Christensen
  9. “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days” by Jake Knapp
  10. “User Story Mapping” by Jeff Patton
  11. “The Design of Everyday Things” by Don Norman
  12. “Cracking the PM Interview” by Gayle Laakmann McDowell and Jackie Bavaro
  13. “Product Management in Practice” by Matt LeMay
  14. “The Product Book” by Product School
  15. “Decode and Conquer” by Lewis C. Lin
  16. “The Lean Product Playbook” by Dan Olsen
  17. “Product Leadership” by Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw
  18. “Continuous Discovery Habits” by Teresa Torres
  19. “Swipe to Unlock” by Neel Mehta, Aditya Agashe, and Parth Detroja
  20. “The Influential Product Manager” by Ken Sandy