Comments on: The Best Product Management Books for 2025: 16 Picks from Product Experts https://www.prodpad.com/blog/best-product-management-books/ Product Management Software Thu, 01 May 2025 13:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ben Lamorte https://www.prodpad.com/blog/best-product-management-books/#comment-1157 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:38:59 +0000 https://www.prodpad.com/?p=77546#comment-1157 Big fan of “Outcomes over Output” by J. Seiden. It’s a super slim book which is perhaps the main reason I recommend it. You can easily read the book in a couple hours, and it makes a good case for defining a product outcome as a “a measurable change in human behavior that creates business value.”

This definition has been helpful to me as an OKR coach when working with product teams who get stuck — as we all do — conflating output/tasks with outcome/results.

]]> By: Janna Bastow https://www.prodpad.com/blog/best-product-management-books/#comment-518 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:55:29 +0000 https://www.prodpad.com/?p=77546#comment-518 ]]> In reply to Martin S..

That’s great, thanks so much for sharing, Martin! Adding this one to my own list to read 🤓

]]> By: Martin S. https://www.prodpad.com/blog/best-product-management-books/#comment-516 Sat, 19 Mar 2022 22:42:45 +0000 https://www.prodpad.com/?p=77546#comment-516 One of the best “product” books I’ve read is actually not a product book, but a business book, highly relevant to Product Managers. It’s the First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

Becoming a Product Manager can be daunting. There are no university classes, and you can learn so much from books. You need real-life experience. Finding a mentor is great, but it can be time-consuming. Online coaches are good, but they cost a fortune. As I transitioned from software developer to Product Manager, I decided to join a support group for Product Managers (https://www.coachgroup.co). I can learn from people who did the work before, bringing my experience as a dev to the table. 

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