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Every book Jessica Fain recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Jessica Fain has recommended or discussed 5 books on podcasts, as of March 22, 2026.
- Jessica Fain has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of March 22, 2026.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of March 22, 2026.
- The 3 books Jessica Fain has mentioned in the most episodes, as of March 22, 2026: A History of Burning, Homegoing and Pachinko.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Jessica Fain aired on March 22, 2026.
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Books Jessica Fain recommended or discussed
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A History of Burning
Recommended“history of burning is a is a book that tells a story of um Indian indentured servants that were brought to Uganda to build the um British railroad there. Um, and just parts of history that I was so much less familiar with”
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Homegoing
Recommended“Uh, Pachinko does this with a family in Korea over generations and moving to Japan. Uh, there's a book called Homegoing, which is about the west coast of Africa and the impact of the slave trade”
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Pachinko
Recommended“I love this book uh Pachenko that tells the history of um a Korean family over several generations. And in one of the generations sort of in the 1600s, 1700s, there are two wives”
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Switch
Recommended“one of my favorite well actually one of the only business books I've ever liked is called Switch. Uh it's about change management and they talk a lot about shrinking the change”
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The Overstory
Recommended“I think the book overstory is an example that. Have you heard of that? No, I haven't. I think I might be getting it wrong, but it's called overstory, which is around it's a concept of uh when you have a big tree”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| The art of influence: The single most important skill that AI can’t replace | Jessica Fain (Webflow, ex-Slack) | Lenny's Podcast | 2026-03-22 | 6 |