Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2026-04-19
Lenny Rachitsky & Nikhyl Singhal: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
Why half of product managers are in trouble | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)
Nikhyl Singhal is the founder of The Skip, a community for senior product leaders; a former product exec at Meta, Google, and Credit Karma; and a many-time founder. He’s also one of the most honest, unfiltered voices on what’s actually happening in product management right now.
Nikhyl Singhal discussed Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and James by Percival L. Everett.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Discussed“Which James is um the story of Huckleberry Finn told from uh Jim's point of view. I thought that was absolutely fascinating because anytime you take a classic and then you look at it through the eyes of someone else and what you realize is that story is quite powerful but you know, very haunting.”
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James
Discussed“I read this book called James. Which James is um the story of Huckleberry Finn told from uh Jim's point of view. I thought that was absolutely fascinating because anytime you take a classic and then you look at it through the eyes of someone else”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I guess not for vibe I mean, they're built on books. You know, these books are like they're like structured and all that. So, you know, Alex Cross or you know, Jack Ryan.”
Passing Alex Cross
“I guess not for vibe I mean, they're built on books. You know, these books are like they're like structured and all that. So, you know, Alex Cross or you know, Jack Ryan.”