# Product recommended reading

Here are some books that folks on the team have read and recommend. If you haven't read these, use your education budget and read them! (They are not required reading).

## Product management

- [Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love](https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers-dp-1119387507/dp/1119387507/)
- [Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products](https://www.amazon.com/EMPOWERED-Ordinary-Extraordinary-Products-Silicon/dp/111969129X/)
- [Building Products for the Enterprise](https://www.amazon.com/Building-Products-Enterprise-Management-Software/dp/1492024783)

## Leadership / communication

- [Turn the Ship Around](https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ship-Around-Turning-Followers/dp/1591846404/)
- [Radical Candor](https://www.radicalcandor.com/the-book/)
- [The Five Dysfunctions of a Team](https://www.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Fable/dp/0787960756)

## Wildcard

Product management exists as a collection of skills. Sometimes the most powerful insights come from completely independent readings. These do not fit into a traditional category though have a strong impact on creating world-class products.

- [Syntax & Sage: Reflections on Software and Nature](https://www.amazon.com/Syntax-Sage-Reflections-Software-Nature/dp/0692563636/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=syntax+and+sage&qid=1626752467&sr=8-3) - This collection of small essays from a former CS professor, Google exec, and startup CEO are powerfully deep yet don't require hours of reading to understand. The focus on Marshall McLuhan's idea "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us" is one of the most important learnings for all PMs to understand.


<section class="h0Wrapper headingWrapper"><section class="h1Wrapper headingWrapper"><h1 id="product-recommended-reading"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#product-recommended-reading"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Product recommended reading</h1>
<p>Here are some books that folks on the team have read and recommend. If you haven’t read these, use your education budget and read them! (They are not required reading).</p>
<section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="product-management"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#product-management"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Product management</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers-dp-1119387507/dp/1119387507/">Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/EMPOWERED-Ordinary-Extraordinary-Products-Silicon/dp/111969129X/">Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Building-Products-Enterprise-Management-Software/dp/1492024783">Building Products for the Enterprise</a></li>
</ul>
</section><section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="leadership--communication"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#leadership--communication"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Leadership / communication</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ship-Around-Turning-Followers/dp/1591846404/">Turn the Ship Around</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.radicalcandor.com/the-book/">Radical Candor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Fable/dp/0787960756">The Five Dysfunctions of a Team</a></li>
</ul>
</section><section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="wildcard"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#wildcard"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Wildcard</h2>
<p>Product management exists as a collection of skills. Sometimes the most powerful insights come from completely independent readings. These do not fit into a traditional category though have a strong impact on creating world-class products.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Syntax-Sage-Reflections-Software-Nature/dp/0692563636/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&#x26;keywords=syntax+and+sage&#x26;qid=1626752467&#x26;sr=8-3">Syntax &#x26; Sage: Reflections on Software and Nature</a> - This collection of small essays from a former CS professor, Google exec, and startup CEO are powerfully deep yet don’t require hours of reading to understand. The focus on Marshall McLuhan’s idea “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us” is one of the most important learnings for all PMs to understand.</li>
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