Every book Jackson Shuttleworth recommended on podcasts

Jackson Shuttleworth appeared on Lenny's Podcast in a discussion focused on product management and the mechanics behind Duolingo streaks. When host Lenny Rachitsky asked him to share books he frequently recommended to others, Jackson Shuttleworth highlighted Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann. He described the work as a really cool memoir written by one of the early commercial airline pilots. Jackson Shuttleworth emphasized that reading about the early days of aviation was a wild experience, expressing particular fascination with the dramatic stories and dangerous realities of what flying was like back in the early era of commercial flight. Through this recommendation, he provided listeners with a window into his personal reading habits, which extend beyond modern product management into historical non-fiction and aviation memoirs that capture the courage, risks, and pioneering spirit of early aviators navigating the skies before modern navigation and safety technologies became standard across the global aviation industry.