The Best Books for Product Managers; Interviewing, On the Job and More

Today we go over my recommendations for which books you should read before going into your Product Manager interview, impactful books for when you get the job and want to advance your career and a few just general good life advice books.
Post your questions and feedback in the comments!
Books & Links:
Cracking the PM Interview: www.amazon.com/Cracking-PM-In...
Cracking the PM Career: www.amazon.com/Cracking-Caree...
Zero to One: www.amazon.com/Zero-to-One-au...
Decode and Conquer: www.amazon.com/Decode-Conquer...
Atomic Habits: www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-...
Design of Everyday Things: www.amazon.com/Design-of-Ever...
Thinking Fast and Slow: www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-...
Trillion Dollar Coach: www.amazon.com/Trillion-Dolla...
How to Win Friends and Influence People: www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friend...
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Chapter Overview
0:43 - Why should you trust me?
1:15 - Best General Product Books
3:29 - Books for the PM Interview
5:46 - Should you read each book?
6:17 - On the Product Job Books
7:07 - Super Secret Bonus Document
9:43 - More Books
10:05 - What should you not read?

[@t_grumpynoodle]

Thanks a lot for this Liam. As a nontech person, who is running her first SaaS product, this is of huge help

[@G1aVoL]

Dale Carnegie's books are very good! Great list Liam, thank you!

[@RichiFC]

Excellent recommendations, Liam! Your content is gold. Keep it going, looking forward to read these gems and more such videos from you!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much! This keeps me going!

[@paddleronwheels]

Another wonderful video, Liam. Thanks much! This video is truly a much needed one given the current onset of countless PM accelerator programs that confuse product aspirants all the more.

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much and I totally agree. Too many courses out there with the intention of making money instead of just giving back to the community

[@ishanichauhan1369]

Amazing recommendations! Thank you for posting such a great content and helping the PM community. Kudos!!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much for watching! Hope it helps a few people out

[@tigerrx7]

I read Thinking, Fast and Slow bed before I knew I wanted to get into Product, and I must say, it’s a must read for EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE! Just an overall insightful book.

[@liambolling]

It’s a great book! 100% agree

[@MoLickeyNuu]

I would highly recommend Inspired by Marty Cagan. The book talks about all things Product in a way which, brings a level of clarity to ambiguity that can occur for those trying to break into the field. Marty also talks about how organizational structure can impact how the role is performed, specifically for engineers who also wear the PM hat.

[@sicktastictv]

Great recommendations Liam. Keep making great videos!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much for the support 😊

[@wird5406]

Thank you sooo much for your videos!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@xjma9946]

hey Liam, good Recommendations! can you also make a video recommending some of online course or sources( free or paid) for PM and also I also want to hear your thoughts how to become a self-taught AI product manager, thank you

[@bushramohammed1611]

Thank u so much!

[@woodsey]

Thanks for the video Liam, interesting list! Curious what you think of Marty Cagan's book Inspired? And would obviously love to read this secret PDF you mention - any clues on how to find such a magical document?

[@liambolling]

Added Inspired to my list! And I wish I could share the PDF but I’d probably get fired 😊

[@hazaldemirok5009]

Thank u for video, its really helpful. 🤩 I just wonder; did you read inspired? If you have read it, what do you think about the book?

[@KhoaNguyen-ux5lp]

Thank you for sharing. I'm planning to apply for the Product Manager position at Google.

[@liambolling]

I hope you get the job! These videos are heavily based on the Google PM process so.. you have an advantage 😏

[@PriyaKarthik]

Hey Liam, did you forget to mention #1 book for on the job? You start your list with #2. Also any specific book for technical knowledge for PMs? Great video as always. Thank you so much!

[@liambolling]

Haha I tried cut out that mistake. I was going to add this book by Ben Horowitz but I re-read my notes and didn’t like it as much so cut it out during editing

[@cemkocainan1831]

thanks

[@bilawal]

Everyone should trust Liam - he’s a G

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much man 😊

[@ivanoveron7719]

Hi Liam, as a designer, (prob u red it already) I recomend you to read SPRINT How to solve big problems and test

[@liambolling]

Added to my list! Wow my Amazon cart is getting huge. Thank you all ❤️

[@vitorpolovanick]

What about Inspired by Martin Cagan?

[@followyourdreamswithfarina6334]

Hi Liam, Thanks for the great video. I wonder if you can share the link to the pdf for" View from above" article you mentioned in your video. I am very interested to read that and have a hard time finding it by Googling.

[@liambolling]

unfortunately i can’t share it outside of google but hopefully i summarized it well enough :)

[@kevinboling4706]

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[@liambolling]

Haha wait a minute! This is super cool

[@kevinboling4706]

@@liambolling Yeah, We'll have to catch up some time. I'm sure there is a connection. The spelling is so close. Besides, I really like your videos too.

[@DontNeedToKnow84]

If you’re pressed on time, how would you recommend reading these? I tend to read with a specific purpose in mind (and prioritize the information in a text accordingly)-e.g., I skim and pick out the things I need and discard the rest (like separating the wheat from the chaff). But the more “foundational” texts here seem to demand a cover-to-cover read, which I just don’t think I can afford. You’re also a busy person. How do you go about it!

[@liambolling]

For the first three books (general PM books) I’d read through those but pick only the chapters that are relevant to you. Shouldn’t be too long. All remaining books, there are sites online like 5 minute reads or whatever that summarize them pretty well if you’re pressed on time. Also audio books are a great way to passively consume them.

[@DontNeedToKnow84]

@@liambolling Audio books and summaries are a great idea for the more general texts. My educational background has drilled into me the idea that I need to read, weigh, and grapple with every word. But I don’t find that to be an effective approach for a lot of these self-help and business-y books, which (I feel like) can often be drilled down to a page or two. Anyhow, thanks for the response!

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