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Books for Product Management & Product Marketing

These are some of the Product Management & Marketing books that I like best. I recommend you to check them out if you haven't done so already.

Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore  
This is one of the most popular books in the product management and product marketing circles in Silicon Valley. It discusses the important concept of "The Chasm" and ideas for crossing it successfully.
Inside the Tornado : Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth Markets by Geoffrey A. Moore  
A follow-up to the more popular Crossing the Chasm, this book covers how to grow successfully after crossing the chasm. The 'bowling pin' concept alone is worth the price!
Inside Intuit by Suzanne Taylor and Kathy Schroeder  
An in-depth look at the history of one of most exemplary software companies. The authors had unprecedented access to Intuit insiders including the founder, Scott Cook - and they've put it to good use. Many useful lessons for software companies everywhere.
The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market by Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema  
One of my favorite books. A quick read and provides an excellent mental model for competitive positioning. Builds on ideas from Michael Porter's book listed below. I refer to concepts in the book in this article in my blog.
Software Product Management Essentials by Alyssa S. Dver  
A nice overview of product management basics. Good introduction for those starting out in product management as well as a reference for those more experienced.
The Art of Project Management by Scott Berkun  
A very well-written book by a Microsoft insider. Scott uses his background as a Program Manager at the evil empire (!) to cover a lot of practical topics in leading projects and cross functional project teams. Very useful book.
Software Requirements, Second Edition by Karl E. Wiegers  
Excellent book on writing requirements and use cases. Considered "the Bible" for eliciting and managing requirements. There are some other books on this topic that way overdo it - but this book is right on. A quick read even at more than 500 pages.
User Interface Design for Programmers by Joel Spolsky  
If you work with programmers, and you plan to buy only one book on UI design - make it this book. Excellent, concise coverage of UI design essentials - and you can use it to support your points to programmers as it is written for them!
Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen  
Jakob is the uber-guru on designing web sites that are easy to use. Many of the concepts apply to non-web software as well.
Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition by Jack Trout  
Competitive differentiation is a very important concept - I wrote an article in my blog on this topic. This book is a concise look at the importance of differentiation.
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, 20th Anniversary Edition by Al Ries  
Looks at positioning your product and your company in the marketplace. This is one of the least discussed, yet very important, concepts in product management and marketing.
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter  
The seminal book on competitive analysis and creating a powerful competitive strategy. It is a textbook at many MBA programs around the country. A bit too long, in my opinion, but well worth it.
Marketing High Technology by William H. Davidow  
A former vice president at Intel and a current venture capitalist covers many excellent points on marketing strategy in the high tech industry.
The Market Driven Organization : Understanding, Attracting, and Keeping Valuable Customers by George S Day  
At times rambling, yet covers some excellent ground and highlights the importance of being driven by customer needs, not just some cool technology.