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What are your favorite books (or articles) about product management?
Summary of top recommendations:

🥇 Inspired, by @cagan (amazon.com/INSPIRED-Creat…)

🥈The Mom Test, by @robfitz (amazon.com/Mom-Test-custo…)

🥉 User Story Mapping, by @jeffpatton (amazon.com/User-Story-Map…)

Many more excellent recommendations in the thread below 👇
1/ Books:

• Escaping the Build Trap by @lissijean
• The Messy Middle by @scottbelsky
• Crossing the Chasm by @geoffreyamoore
• Product-led Growth by @wes_bush
• 7 Powers by Hamilton W. Helmer
• High Out Management by Andy Grove
2/ Articles:

The First Principles of Product Management by blackboxofpm.com/the-first-prin…

Always bring the donuts by kennorton.com/essays/leading…

Day in the Life of a Product Manager productmanagerhq.com/2014/06/day-in…

Good PM vs Bad PM a16z.com/2012/06/15/goo…
3/ Great collections of PM readings:

sachinrekhi.com/top-resources-… by @sachinrekhi

evernote.com/shard/s142/cli… by @_Sudeep

pinterest.com/karanperi/prod… by @karanperi

notion.so/Product-Manage… by @ChikaUmeadi
4/ Thank you all for sharing your favorites! This was extremely interesting and informative. If there are any missing from this list, do share!
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