In this episode, Lori Gottlieb and Nikesh Shukla join us to talk about books that have shaped their own craft.

This episode is sponsored by The Five by Hallie Rubenhold and The Fall of Crazy House by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet.

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Books Discussed:

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Love’s Executioner by Irvin Yalom

The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese

The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman

If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar

Us by Zaffar Kunial

Ocean Vuong

Terrance Hayes

Kaveh Akbar

The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

Family Life by Akhil Sharma

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

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