My bookshelf
I believe we can learn so much from books, since I have had just a few mentors in my life, books have often become my source of wisdom. I only recommend books which I’ve read and that have in some significant way help me.

Product Discovery & Strategy

• Continuous Discovery Habits — Teresa Torres
 A weekly cadence for talking to users and tying every roadmap item to evidence.

• The Umami Strategy — Aga Szostek
 Explains how to create the “after-taste” that keeps customers loyal.

• Escaping the Build Trap — Melissa Perri
 Shows why output ≠ outcomes and how to shift to value-based shipping.

• Inspired (2nd ed.) — Marty Cagan
 Classic guide to structuring empowered product teams and discovery work.

• Lean Analytics — Alistair Croll & Ben Yoskovitz
 Helps you choose the one metric that matters so experiments stay focused.

Design Research & UX Craft

• Interviewing Users — Steve Portigal
 Still the clearest handbook for getting honest insights without leading questions.

• We Need to Talk — Andrea Gallagher & Jonathan Kahn
 Turns research findings into team-wide conversations and decisions.

• The Design Conductor — Jared Spool
 Shows how to orchestrate UX so every role plays in harmony.

• The User Experience Team of One — Leah Buley
 Perfect when you’re the lone researcher-designer who has to do it all.

• Laws of UX — Jon Yablonski
 Quick principles that explain why certain patterns just work.

Behavioural Science & Psychology

• Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
 Foundation text for understanding user bias and decision-making.

• Hooked — Nir Eyal
 A concise model for habit-forming products—use responsibly.

• Influence — Robert Cialdini
 Six persuasion levers every designer and PM should recognise.

• Atomic Habits — James Clear
 Shows how tiny behaviour tweaks compound over time—in life and in product.

• The Power of Habit — Charles Duhigg
 Complements Atomic Habits with real-world case studies.

Clarity, Energy & Leadership

• Deep Work — Cal Newport
 A method to carve out distraction-free time for meaningful thinking.

• Essentialism — Greg McKeown
 Teaches how to say “no” so you can focus on high-impact work.

• The Obstacle Is the Way — Ryan Holiday
 Turns setbacks into progress using Stoic principles—great for product life cycles.

• Breath — James Nestor
 Science-backed breathing techniques to boost focus and calm.

• Radical Candor — Kim Scott
 A straight-talk framework for feedback that grows people and products.