Reading List
Productivity, design, startups, programming, and more. These are some of the books that have influenced my thinking and approach to work and life.
Product Manager Reading Roadmap
Data-focused & Strategic Business Thinking
Foundation
Build core competencies in data literacy and strategic frameworks
The Insights-Driven Product Manager
Corinna Stukan (2024)
Lean Analytics
Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz (2013)
Good Strategy Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt (2011)
Application
Apply frameworks to real product decisions
Playing to Win
A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin (2013)
Outcomes Over Output
Josh Seiden (2019)
Deep Dive
Advanced concepts in competitive strategy and analytics
Product Analytics: Applied Data Science
Joanne Rodrigues-Craig (2017)
Data Science for Business
Foster Provost & Tom Fawcett (2013)
7 Powers
Hamilton Helmer (2016)
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore (1991)
Critical Thinking
Question assumptions and understand limitations
The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver (2012)
Economic Fables
Ariel Rubinstein (2012)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman (2011)
Reading Strategy
Don't read these all at once. The sequence matters because each phase builds on the previous:
- • Foundation (1-3 months): Build your vocabulary and basic frameworks
- • Application (1-2 months): Apply what you learned to real decisions
- • Deep Dive (2-3 months): Deepen understanding with advanced concepts
- • Critical Thinking (ongoing): Continuously question and refine your mental models
The goal isn't to finish fast—it's to internalize each layer before moving to the next.