Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2026-11-08
Lenny Rachitsky & Tulsee Doshi: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
Why PMs are suddenly valuable again | Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini)
Tulsee Doshi is head of product for Google’s frontier AI models, including Gemini and other multimodal models, such as Nano Banana, Genie, Veo, and Lyria. We discuss: 1.
Tulsee Doshi recommended Exhalation by Ted Chiang, Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and others, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, and Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Exhalation
Recommended“I don't know if you've read Exhalation, which is a set of like science fiction stories. And there's a particular story in that that actually speaks to a set of individuals who are trying to keep a set of digital avatars alive”
Where to get it
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Creativity, Inc.
Recommended“another that's maybe more kind of standard in PM circles is Creativity Inc., which I love. It's the Pixar story. But I think it actually speaks a lot to like how do you create good culture”
Where to get it
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Recommended“I also just have been really into, you know, the Acatar series recently, but that's that's the what series? That's romantic fantasy. So, for anyone who's just looking for something fun to read, you should read The Throne of Glass or A Court of uh Thorns and Roses.”
Where to get it
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Throne of Glass
Recommended“I also just have been really into, you know, the Acatar series recently, but that's that's the what series? That's romantic fantasy. So, for anyone who's just looking for something fun to read, you should read The Throne of Glass”
Where to get it
