My personal favorites
Here are a few books I highly recommend that helped me improve my product management and software development skills.
Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
by Teresa Torres
Highlights the significance of cross-functional teams, weekly customer interviews, and using The Opportunity Solution Tree tool to connect business goals, customer needs, and ideas for experimentation.
Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience
by Tom Greever
The book highlights the universal skill of effectively conveying the 'why' behind decisions, fostering understanding and buy-in. Greever's approach, from design, seamlessly fits any role where communication and collaboration are key.
Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy
by David Travis & Philip Hodgson
An incredibly dense and well-structured book that provides insights into the principles and methods of user experience research, enabling the collection of comprehensive attitudinal and behavioral data.