# Books in the Box VI

- Show: [Oxide and Friends](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends)
- Published: 2026-10-29
- Length: 1h 20m
- Episode: 25
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/52eb3e81

## Summary

Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, Tom Lyon, and Ian Grunert discuss book recommendations in the annual 'Books in the Box' tradition. The group covers titles including 'Setting the Table' by Danny Meyer, 'Incorruptible' by Eric Ries, and 'The Power Law' by Sebastian Mallaby, while also reviewing 'Everything is Tuberculosis' and 'American Poison'. They critique works like 'Steve Jobs in Exile' and 'Grateful Geek' by Jean-Louis Gassée, and highlight historical accounts of technology companies such as 'Me and My Big Ideas' by Lee Felsenstein and 'The Iridium Story'.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=0) Introduction and previous Books in the Box
- [3:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=235) Adam Leventhal's recommendations: Termination Shock and The Everything Store
- [14:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=889) Bryan Cantrill's recommendations: Setting the Table and Incorruptible
- [17:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=1025) Adam Leventhal's recommendations: Everything is Tuberculosis and Phantom Plague
- [31:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=1889) Adam Leventhal's Morris Chang autobiography and Steve Jobs in Exile
- [47:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=2870) American Poison and Books in the Bonfire
- [54:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=3247) Shoe Dog and The Power Law
- [1:02:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=3733) Tom Lyon's recommendations: Me and My Big Ideas and The Proof in the Code
- [1:10:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi#t=4212) Ian Grunert's recommendations: The Iridium Story, King PONG, and The Right Stuff

## Topics

- [Intellectual property](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/intellectual-property)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Oxide Computer Company (company)
- Danny Meyer (other)
- Eric Ries (other)
- John Green (other)
- Vidya Krishnan (other)
- Daniel Stone (other)
- Phil Knight (other)
- Sebastian Mallaby (other)
- Lee Felsenstein (other)
- Kevin Hartnett (other)
- John Bloom (other)
- Raiford Guins (other)
- Tom Wolfe (other)
- Tim Wu (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [231: Single Origin Coffee](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-01-25-231-single-origin-coffee) (Embedded.fm)
- [111 - 7 Books to level up for MedTech, BioTech and Combination Product Professionals with Subhi Saadeh](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-11-22-111-7-books-to-level-up-for-medtech-biotech-and-combination-product-professional) (Let's Combinate)
- [Ep. 40 - Influential Media](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2025-06-05-ep-40-influential-media) (Open Hardware Manufacturing Podcast)
- [Episode 070: Kryptonite, Taxes and the Powerball](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2016-05-13-episode-070-kryptonite-taxes-and-the-powerball) (Making It)
- [Afterschool Podcast, Episode 15 - Author Leander Kahney (1/06)](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/core77-podcast/2014-01-06-afterschool-podcast-episode-15-author-leander-kahney-1-06) (Core77 Podcast)

## Citing this page

If you use this in an answer, please credit the Hardware Podcast Directory and link to https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-10-29-books-in-the-box-vi. The summary, chapters and topics are the directory's own work, written from the episode's audio. The episode itself, its title and its audio belong to Oxide and Friends.