Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2026-03-12
Books mentioned on How I built a 1M+ subscriber newsletter and top 10 tech podcast | Lenny Rachitsky
People have been asking me to sit on the other side of the mic for a long time. With my wife’s debut children’s book, Charts for Babies, coming out next month, we figured: why not do it together?
Lenny Rachitsky discussed Am I Overthinking This? by Michelle Rial, Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss, and Charts for Babies by Michelle Rial. Michelle Rial discussed I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Am I Overthinking This?
Discussed“So you make these incredible genius funny charts. There's one example on this book. So you have this first book here called Am I Overthinking This which a lot of people identify with has sold many copies.”
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I Want My Hat Back
Discussed“I love John Classen books. They're so like beautiful and just like sweet. So, those have been read. Are they sweet? They're like actually not sweet. You're right. There's like death in all of them.”
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Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (Classic Seuss)
Discussed“Like Dr. Seuss, I think we similarly feel it's like way too long as one cuz it's like 50 pages, 60 pages. Like words to say. It's a lot of words and there's just like all these madeup animals”
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Charts for Babies
Discussed“You wrote two adult books. You now did a children's book. Why the pivot to children's books? Why did you decide to do a children's book?”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Charts for Babies
“And she is also about to publish her third book, a children's book called Charts for Babies, which we chat briefly about. Definitely pre-order it.”
Plugged Charts for Babies
“but you have a book coming out and we thought this would be a fun opportunity to uh have you interview me. And so, this is going to be your show.”
Passing Am I Overthinking This?
“How do you come up with your ideas for your charts? You have so many such variety. You had an adult book. You had a children's now. You have a children's book.”
Plugged Charts for Babies
“Uh, so Charts for Baby's coming out April 7th. April 7th. April 7th. All your favorite retailers. Local bookstores. Local bookstores. Wherever you buy your book.”
Plugged Charts for Babies
“How can listeners be useful to you? My website michelrial.com r i a l or I'm also on Instagram. Not not too much these days, but still a little bit. You can look for the book Charts for Babies, right? Yeah.”