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- 1 Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Barbarian Days: A Surfing LifeWilliam Finnegan · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 High Growth HandbookElad Gil · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Scaling PeopleClaire Hughes Johnson · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 The Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Power BrokerRobert Caro · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 Wolf HallHilary Mantel · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 High Output ManagementAndrew S. Grove · 2× across 2 episodes
- 2 The Power BrokerRobert Caro · 2× across 2 episodes
- 3 A History of BurningJanika Oza · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Am I Overthinking This?: Over-answering Life's Questions in Chart FormMichelle Rial · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 Babel, or the Necessity of ViolenceR.F. Kuang · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Barbarian Days: A Surfing LifeWilliam Finnegan · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth MakingTony Fadell · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 Charts for BabiesMichelle Riel · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and SoftwareCharles Petzold · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedJared Diamond · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 Creativity, Inc.Ed Catmull · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey A. Moore · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman · 1× across 1 episode
- 17 Epic of GilgameshUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 18 Guns, Germs, and SteelJared Diamond · 1× across 1 episode
- 19 High Growth HandbookElad Gil · 1× across 1 episode
- 20 HistoriesHerodotus · 1× across 1 episode
- 21 HomegoingYaa Gyasi · 1× across 1 episode
- 22 How Asia WorksJoe Studwell · 1× across 1 episode
- 23 How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're BuiltStewart Brand · 1× across 1 episode
- 24 How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and TranscendenceMichael Pollan · 1× across 1 episode
- 25 How to Raise an AdultJulie Lythcott-Haims · 1× across 1 episode
- 26 How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 1× across 1 episode
- 27 I Want My Hat BackJon Klassen · 1× across 1 episode
- 28 Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay GreatEric Ries · 1× across 1 episode
- 29 Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini · 1× across 1 episode
- 30 Into Thin AirJon Krakauer · 1× across 1 episode
- 31 JamesPercival Everett · 1× across 1 episode
- 32 Liar's PokerMichael Lewis · 1× across 1 episode
- 33 Life at the Speed of PlayMark Pincus · 1× across 1 episode
- 34 Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform IndustriesSafi Bahcall · 1× across 1 episode
- 35 Made in AmericaSam Walton · 1× across 1 episode
- 36 Mrs. DallowayVirginia Woolf · 1× across 1 episode
- 37 My American JourneyColin Powell · 1× across 1 episode
- 38 Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great WestWilliam Cronon · 1× across 1 episode
- 39 Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindHayao Miyazaki · 1× across 1 episode
- 40 Negotiation Made SimpleJohn Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 41 PachinkoMin Jin Lee · 1× across 1 episode
- 42 Project Hail MaryAndy Weir · 1× across 1 episode
- 43 Radical CandorKim Scott · 1× across 1 episode
- 44 Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt · 1× across 1 episode
- 45 Scaling PeopleClaire Hughes Johnson · 1× across 1 episode
- 46 Seeing Like a StateJames C. Scott · 1× across 1 episode
- 47 Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is HardChip Heath and Dan Heath · 1× across 1 episode
- 48 The Autobiography of Malcolm XMalcolm X · 1× across 1 episode
- 49 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 50 The Big Orange SplotDaniel Manus Pinkwater · 1× across 1 episode
- 51 The Book of the New SunGene Wolfe · 1× across 1 episode
- 52 The Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman · 1× across 1 episode
- 53 The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of GlobalizationPeter Zeihan · 1× across 1 episode
- 54 The GruffaloJulia Donaldson · 1× across 1 episode
- 55 The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz · 1× across 1 episode
- 56 The Jordan RulesSam Smith · 1× across 1 episode
- 57 The Lean StartupEric Ries · 1× across 1 episode
- 58 The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1× across 1 episode
- 59 The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien · 1× across 1 episode
- 60 The Old TestamentUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 61 The OverstoryRichard Powers · 1× across 1 episode
- 62 The Paper Menagerie and Other StoriesKen Liu · 1× across 1 episode
- 63 The Principles of Scientific ManagementFrederick Winslow Taylor · 1× across 1 episode
- 64 The Purpose-Driven ChurchRick Warren · 1× across 1 episode
- 65 The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of RealityWilliam Egginton · 1× across 1 episode
- 66 The Second World WarWinston Churchill · 1× across 1 episode
- 67 The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of AutomationCarl Benedikt Frey · 1× across 1 episode
- 68 The Timeless Way of BuildingChristopher Alexander · 1× across 1 episode
- 69 The Upside of StressKelly McGonigal · 1× across 1 episode
- 70 The Writing LifeAnnie Dillard · 1× across 1 episode
- 71 Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke · 1× across 1 episode
- 72 Thinking in Systems: A PrimerDonella Meadows · 1× across 1 episode
- 73 Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jerome · 1× across 1 episode
- 74 Tools for ConvivialityIvan Illich · 1× across 1 episode
- 75 Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson · 1× across 1 episode
- 76 Wolf HallHilary Mantel · 1× across 1 episode
- 77 Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside AmazonColin Bryar and Bill Carr · 1× across 1 episode
- 78 You Can Negotiate AnythingHerb Cohen · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 High Output ManagementAndrew S. Grove · 12× across 12 episodes
- 2 Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey A. Moore · 10× across 10 episodes
- 3 Radical CandorKim Scott · 10× across 10 episodes
- 4 The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz · 8× across 8 episodes
- 5 The Lean StartupEric Ries · 8× across 8 episodes
- 6 The Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman · 7× across 7 episodes
- 7 Obviously AwesomeApril Dunford · 6× across 6 episodes
- 8 Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 6× across 6 episodes
- 9 Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside AmazonColin Bryar and Bill Carr · 6× across 6 episodes
- 10 Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth MakingTony Fadell · 5× across 5 episodes
- 11 High Growth HandbookElad Gil · 5× across 5 episodes
- 12 Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming ProductsNir Eyal · 5× across 5 episodes
- 13 Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers LoveMarty Kagan · 5× across 5 episodes
- 14 Make TimeJake Knapp and John Zeratsky · 5× across 5 episodes
- 15 PachinkoMin Jin Lee · 5× across 5 episodes
- 16 Playing to WinAG Lafley and Roger Martin · 5× across 5 episodes
- 17 Scaling PeopleClaire Hughes Johnson · 5× across 5 episodes
- 18 Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is HardChip Heath and Dan Heath · 5× across 5 episodes
- 19 Thinking in Systems: A PrimerDonella Meadows · 5× across 5 episodes
- 20 Zero to OnePeter A. Thiel · 5× across 5 episodes
- 21 Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 4× across 4 episodes
- 22 Competing Against LuckClayton Christensen · 4× across 4 episodes
- 23 Creativity, Inc.Ed Catmull · 4× across 4 episodes
- 24 Designing Your LifeBill Burnett and Dave Evans · 4× across 4 episodes
- 25 Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl · 4× across 4 episodes
- 26 Monetizing InnovationMadhavan Ramanujam · 4× across 4 episodes
- 27 Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss · 4× across 4 episodes
- 28 Nobody Wants to Read Your ShitSteven Pressfield · 4× across 4 episodes
- 29 On Writing WellWilliam Zinsser · 4× across 4 episodes
- 30 Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized WorldDavid Epstein · 4× across 4 episodes
- 31 Shoe DogPhil Knight · 4× across 4 episodes
- 32 SprintJake Knapp · 4× across 4 episodes
- 33 The GoalEliyahu M. Goldratt · 4× across 4 episodes
- 34 The Innovator's DilemmaClayton Christensen · 4× across 4 episodes
- 35 Working BackwardsColin Bryar and Bill Carr · 4× across 4 episodes
- 36 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business StrategyHamilton Helmer · 3× across 3 episodes
- 37 A Fire Upon the DeepVernor Vinge · 3× across 3 episodes
- 38 Conscious BusinessFred Kaufman · 3× across 3 episodes
- 39 EmpoweredMarty Kagan · 3× across 3 episodes
- 40 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of LessGreg McKeown · 3× across 3 episodes
- 41 Good Strategy Bad StrategyRichard Rumelt · 3× across 3 episodes
- 42 Good Strategy, Bad StrategyRichard Rumelt · 3× across 3 episodes
- 43 How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 3× across 3 episodes
- 44 Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini · 3× across 3 episodes
- 45 Made to StickChip Heath and Dan Heath · 3× across 3 episodes
- 46 Positioning: The Battle for Your MindAl Ries and Jack Trout · 3× across 3 episodes
- 47 Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your HumanityKim Scott · 3× across 3 episodes
- 48 Shape UpBasecamp · 3× across 3 episodes
- 49 The Challenger SaleMatt Dixon · 3× across 3 episodes
- 50 The CruxRichard Rumelt · 3× across 3 episodes
- 51 The Laws of Human NatureRobert Greene · 3× across 3 episodes
- 52 The Making of a ManagerJulie Zhuo · 3× across 3 episodes
- 53 The Untethered SoulMichael A. Singer · 3× across 3 episodes
- 54 Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke · 3× across 3 episodes
- 55 When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi · 3× across 3 episodes
- 56 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceRobert M. Pirsig · 3× across 3 episodes
- 57 Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOpsNicole Forsgren · 2× across 2 episodes
- 58 Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and LifeRory Sutherland · 2× across 2 episodes
- 59 Amp It UpFrank Slootman · 2× across 2 episodes
- 60 Be Useful: Seven Tools for LifeArnold Schwarzenegger · 2× across 2 episodes
- 61 BuildTony Fadell · 2× across 2 episodes
- 62 Children of TimeAdrian Tchaikovsky · 2× across 2 episodes
- 63 CirceMadeline Miller · 2× across 2 episodes
- 64 Cracking the PM CareerJackie Bavaro · 2× across 2 episodes
- 65 Cracking the PM InterviewJackie Bavaro · 2× across 2 episodes
- 66 Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True InspirationEd Catmull · 2× across 2 episodes
- 67 Dare to LeadBrené Brown · 2× across 2 episodes
- 68 Demand-Side SalesBob Moesta · 2× across 2 episodes
- 69 Don't Make Me ThinkSteve Krug · 2× across 2 episodes
- 70 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates UsDaniel H. Pink · 2× across 2 episodes
- 71 DuneFrank Herbert · 2× across 2 episodes
- 72 Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman · 2× across 2 episodes
- 73 Ender's GameOrson Scott Card · 2× across 2 episodes
- 74 Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageAlfred Lansing · 2× across 2 episodes
- 75 Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the SolutionUri Levine · 2× across 2 episodes
- 76 Finite and Infinite GamesJames Carse · 2× across 2 episodes
- 77 FoundationIsaac Asimov · 2× across 2 episodes
- 78 Founding SalesPete Kazanjy · 2× across 2 episodes FS
- 79 Getting Things DoneDavid Allen · 2× across 2 episodes
- 80 Good InsideBecky Kennedy · 2× across 2 episodes
- 81 Good to GreatJim Collins · 2× across 2 episodes
- 82 How Big Things Get DoneBent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner · 2× across 2 episodes
- 83 How to Measure AnythingHubbard · 2× across 2 episodes
- 84 How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in BusinessDouglas W. Hubbard · 2× across 2 episodes
- 85 How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will TalkAdele Faber and Elaine Mazlish · 2× across 2 episodes
- 86 InspiredMarty Kagan · 2× across 2 episodes
- 87 ListenPatty Wipfler · 2× across 2 episodes
- 88 Made in AmericaSam Walton · 2× across 2 episodes
- 89 Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessCarol Dweck · 2× across 2 episodes
- 90 Moby-DickHerman Melville · 2× across 2 episodes
- 91 No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of ReinventionReed Hastings and Erin Meyer · 2× across 2 episodes
- 92 Nonviolent Communication: A Language of LifeMarshall Rosenberg · 2× across 2 episodes
- 93 On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftStephen King · 2× across 2 episodes
- 94 Outlive: The Science and Art of LongevityPeter Attia · 2× across 2 episodes
- 95 Playing to Win: How Strategy Really WorksA.G. Lafley and Roger Martin · 2× across 2 episodes
- 96 Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely · 2× across 2 episodes
- 97 Principles: Life and WorkRay Dalio · 2× across 2 episodes
- 98 Project Hail MaryAndy Weir · 2× across 2 episodes
- 99 Purple CowSeth Godin · 2× across 2 episodes
- 100 Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop TalkingSusan Cain · 2× across 2 episodes
Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic)
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A Brief History of Intelligence
Max Bennett
one i read recently and is a brief history of intelligence it's this really cool book that walks through the history of like basically brains and five key moments ▶ tap to play from here
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
another one is story of your life and other is this dead chiang this is maybe my favorite sci fi book of all time it's a bunch of short stories ▶ tap to play from here
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkman
there's like one non fiction book that really it was like right my favorite ever four thousand weeks ▶ tap to play from here
Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio)
0:00 / 62:11
OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux
0:00 / 37:23
Neuromancer
William Gibson
is there a specific sci fi you think about that's most influenced you neuromancer and then you know the original like star trek ▶ tap to play from here
The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham
0:00 / 94:14
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
your kid is gonna get older and you're gonna read the like lightning thief books and you'll get it ▶ tap to play from here
90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord’s product chief | Peter Sellis
0:00 / 96:53
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Mohsin Hamid
two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people i'm gonna butcher the title a bit uh how to get filthy rich in rising asia and when genius failed ▶ tap to play from here
When Genius Failed
Roger Lowenstein
when jesus failed is about the fall and the rise and fall of longterm capital management in late 1998 caused like one of the crashes or nearly averted crashes ▶ tap to play from here
Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman
and then my third one which i actually give to a lot of consumer pms is um einstein's dreams by alan leitman the physicist from mit ▶ tap to play from here
How we built Grok Bot in a month | Roman Ugarte (SpaceXAI)
0:00 / 82:43
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
so cat's cradle has been a fun fun recommendation that and a copy i bought many friends before ▶ tap to play from here
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
and then second is the war of art by steven pressfield ▶ tap to play from here
Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
0:00 / 79:24
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
the two that are so obvious are high output management which is like that is as good as it ever was ▶ tap to play from here
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
and then ben's book you know hard things is it was the first emotionally honest book about business that was ever written ▶ tap to play from here
Conquests and Cultures
Thomas Sowell
conquests and cultures is my very favorite book um it's thomas sowell and it just talks about how um conquests ▶ tap to play from here
Seven Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer
seven powers you mentioned um is actually just an awesome book it's i think it's a very intellectual distillation about kind of you know motes and business theory and compounding advantages ▶ tap to play from here
AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (OpenAI’s product lead)
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan
one book i really recommend to people is barbarian days by william finnegan ▶ tap to play from here
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
another book that i might recommend as a as like a book that people should read um i really love uh anna karenina ▶ tap to play from here
The Power Broker
Robert Caro
now i'm reading the power broker which is like set the set the new precedent for a long ▶ tap to play from here
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
and he's doing one of wolf hall i think or he did one of wolf hall which is the hillary mantel book ▶ tap to play from here
How to close $100K+ enterprise deals, step by step | Jen Abel
0:00 / 84:57
OpenAI’s Head of Design: This is the best time in history to be a designer | Ian Silber
0:00 / 72:04
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
although i will say i have i do love the design of everyday things i think that's like such a classic ▶ tap to play from here
The playbook for building high talent density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor
0:00 / 90:46
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
so there's two there's one about it's like that like i read in undergrad ▶ tap to play from here
Scaling People
Claire Hughes Johnson
i imagine you've read scaling people by claire hughes johnson yep butter yeah ▶ tap to play from here
This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)
0:00 / 84:58
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
not to be cliched but the hard thing about hard things i still think is the best book written about product management ▶ tap to play from here
The Purpose-Driven Church
Rick Warren
the best book anyone's ever recommended to me to read which i now recommend to others um is the purpose driven church by apostle rick warren ▶ tap to play from here
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
R.F. Kuang
and the last one is if you're looking for kind of like uh fiction or fantasy which is where i tend to go in the evening ▶ tap to play from here
Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn
0:00 / 93:50
How to Raise an Adult
Julie Lythcott-Haims
one personal one i really like how to raise an adult so i i'm a mom i think a lot about what is a things that i want to instill in in in my kids and that book is really helpful for describing we're not trying to raise children we're trying to raise adults ▶ tap to play from here
Netflix CPTO on AI and the future of product and tech roles | Elizabeth Stone
0:00 / 72:07
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella Meadows
i think of this book that uh everyone always references with the slinky on the front speaking in systems yeah ▶ tap to play from here
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt
remarkably bright creatures after a recommendation from my mom ▶ tap to play from here
How tech workers actually feel about AI in 2026 | Annual AI sentiment survey (Noam Segal)
0:00 / 96:29
Adam Mosseri: AI is a tailwind for authenticity
0:00 / 68:29
OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino
0:00 / 69:56
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
there's one called the gruffalo i use my kids i oh my god our kid just got obsessed with the gruffalo yes uh we have like a a bedtime chart yeah and now it's like pajamas brushed teeth books gruffalo ▶ tap to play from here
The Big Orange Splot
Daniel Manus Pinkwater
my favorite children's book ever is a very old one and it's called the big orange spots or some something along those lines look it up it's great go get it ▶ tap to play from here
What happens after coding is solved? | Fiona Fung (Manager of the Claude Code and Cowork Teams)
0:00 / 98:45
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
the little prince i like i i think i'm i'm sure we probably all read it at at some point in our lives but i think it's a i i read it at least once a year ▶ tap to play from here
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Hayao Miyazaki
one is another ghibli film um nusica valley of the wind and uh i i think about this one quite a bit because if anyone ▶ tap to play from here
The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga)
0:00 / 99:23
Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
over the past five years he has been working on a book that synthesizes all of the things that he's learned about building successful consumer products it's called life at the speed of play ▶ tap to play from here
Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell
0:00 / 95:07
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell
he also wrote one of the most important and valuable and inspiring books for builders called build ▶ tap to play from here
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore
i also updated the cross the chasm uh you know crossing the chasm graphic um in the book ▶ tap to play from here
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
there's a whole book on working backwards that goes really deep on this approach ▶ tap to play from here
The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
that i think applies to you it's a bi go from the bible ▶ tap to play from here
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