Best product management books

I play video games, a lot. Well, at least I used to. When I did, my biggest confusion was how do I choose and buy the best game. After all, each Nintendo Switch game costs about $60 and it ain't cheap when you compare it with PS4/5 or Xbox. 

In my research I found my best source of choosing a game was Kotaku's "The Bests". Kotaku started this on 3rd May 2017 and continously update the list. At the bottom of the article, they mention when a game was added and removed, thereby creating an entire list in one article. So if I missed out one of the best games from 2019, I can still access it from a one article.  

Why are we talking about video games? I just wanted to start something similar to Kotaku but for Product Management books. May be a little less exciting than video games. But I'll try and update this list, may be at least once a quarter and post the updates at the bottom. 

Here are some of my favorites:

1. 1. Inspired by Marty Cagan - Marty explains why product discovery, product mindset and leadership are important. This book also provides most practical approach about product discovery(which is the most important part of product management)
   2. The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen - Dan made an easy to remember pyramid which covers users, needs, value proposition, features & UX by proposing the best way to assess product-market fit. 
   3. Lean Startup by Eric Ries - The Lean Startup movement begun by Eric Ries has helped popularize the idea of product-market fit and the importance of achieving it. One reason Lean Startup has such wide appeal is because people know how difficult it is to build successful products.
   4. The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M Christensen - It's a different take "listen to your users". It describes how large incumbent companies lose market share by listening to their customers and providing what appears to be the highest-value products, but new companies that serve low-value customers with poorly developed technology can improve that technology incrementally until it is good enough to quickly and take market share from established business.
   5. Cracking the PM interview by Gayle Laakmann - Are you an experienced PM ? Or a new one? Or aspiring to be one? This book is for everyone. If you're an experienced PM and going to interview candidates or if you're the candidate yourself, this is the book. If you're a new PM or aspiring to be one, learn what is product management. 

Update 1(28 April 2022): The first edition of product management books.