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Published · transcript-backedRecommends Book of the New Sun.
17 May 2026 Lenny's Podcast Why we’re at the beginning of the AI hardware boom | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex–OpenAI, Meta, Apple)
“I've been mostly reading the classics lately. Book of the New Sun is a great fiction book, which I really recommend. I think that's what it's called. I haven't read it in a little while. I love Mrs. Dalloway. Actually, I think it's a very interesting book about transitions, and it was a post-war book by Virginia Woolf. So I really love it and I think it's really wonderful. I think Herodotus Histories is pretty incredible. He's wrong a lot, but he's also, it's the first history book and in many cases he's going and finding firsthand or secondhand accounts of what happens. It's a way to look into the world at a completely different era than it is now. So these are some books that I like, and I'll double check the title of the first one and email you, but I think that's what it's called.”
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- Caitlin Kalinowski
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- 17 May 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…First question, what are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people? I've been mostly reading the classics lately. Book of the New Sun is a great fiction book, which I really recommend. I think that's what it's called. I haven't read it in a little while. I love Mrs. Dalloway. Actually, I think it's a very interesting book about transitions, and it was a post-war book by Virginia Woolf. So I really love it and I think it's really wonderful. I think Herodotus Histories is pretty incredible. He's wrong a lot, but he's also, it's the first history book and in many cases he's going and finding firsthand or secondhand accounts of what happens. It's a way to look into the world at a completely different era than it is now. So these are some books that I like, and I'll double check the title of the first one and email you, but I think that's what it's called. Okay. And we'll link to the correct one in the show notes. Favorite recent movie or TV show that you have really enjoyed?…
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