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# reading

Books that shaped how I think about products, leadership, and life.

35 books · tracking since 2023

> currently reading

The Lean Product Playbook — Dan Olsen
60%
Atomic Habits — James Clear
80%

> books that changed me

01
The Lean Startup — Eric Ries, 2023

"The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else."

02
Continuous Discovery Habits — Teresa Torres, 2024

"Discovery isn't a phase, it's a continuous habit."

03
Turn the Ship Around — David Marquet, 2023

"Don't move information to authority, move authority to information."

04
Empowered — Marty Cagan, 2025

"The most important thing leaders do is hire and develop great people."

05
Influence — Robert Cialdini, 2024

"People say yes to those they owe, like, and trust — in that order."

06
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen Covey, 2023

"Most people focus on urgent, not important. Excellence lives in the important-but-not-urgent quadrant."

07
Hooked — Nir Eyal, 2025

"The Hook Model: Trigger → Action → Variable Reward → Investment."

08
Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir, 2024

"The universe is harsh, but humans are endlessly resourceful."

09
The Three-Body Problem — Liu Cixin, 2023

"Survival is the most fundamental drive. Everything else is secondary."

10
Meditations — Marcus Aurelius, 2023

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

> library

product management & tech

Empowered — Marty Cagan
*****
Hooked — Nir Eyal
*****
Continuous Discovery Habits — Teresa Torres
*****
Escaping the Build Trap — Melissa Perri
****
Product-Led Growth — Wes Bush
****
Inspired — Marty Cagan
The Mom Test — Rob Fitzpatrick

business & entrepreneurship

The Lean Startup — Eric Ries
*****
Good to Great — Jim Collins
****
The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel
*****
Zero to One — Peter Thiel
The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz

leadership & management

Turn the Ship Around — David Marquet
*****
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team — Patrick Lencioni
****
High Output Management — Andy Grove
Radical Candor — Kim Scott

psychology & decision making

Influence — Robert Cialdini
*****
Predictably Irrational — Dan Ariely
****
Nudge — Richard Thaler
****
Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman

productivity & focus

Essentialism — Greg McKeown
****
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen Covey
*****
Getting Things Done — David Allen
****
Deep Work — Cal Newport

fiction & philosophy

Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir
*****
The Three-Body Problem — Liu Cixin
*****
Exhalation — Ted Chiang
****
Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
****
Dune — Frank Herbert

> recommendations

For New Product Managers

  • Continuous Discovery Habits — Teresa Torres
  • Hooked — Nir Eyal
  • The Lean Startup — Eric Ries

For Aspiring Leaders

  • Turn the Ship Around — David Marquet
  • Radical Candor — Kim Scott
  • High Output Management — Andy Grove

For People Feeling Stuck

  • Essentialism — Greg McKeown
  • Atomic Habits — James Clear
  • Range — David Epstein

For Entrepreneurs

  • The Lean Startup — Eric Ries
  • Zero to One — Peter Thiel
  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz