# What we're reading & technology changing reading

> In a now-annual tradition, the a16z crypto editorial team discuss themes (and picks) from a16z crypto’s latest reading list, as well as books we keep re-reading, childhood favorites, classics, adaptations on adaptations — in book and movie form! — and much more. What genres are we reading now, how, ...

- URL: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/podcast/what-were-reading-summer-technology-changing-reading
- Authors: [Robert Hackett](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/robert-hackett), [Sonal Chokshi](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/sonal-chokshi), [Stephanie Zinn](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/stephanie-zinn), [Tim Sullivan](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/tim-sullivan)
- Published: 2025-07-02
- Updated: 2025-09-11
- Focus areas: tech trends
- Tags: what we're reading, history
- Format: podcast

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In a now-annual tradition, the a16z crypto editorial team discuss themes (and picks) from a16z crypto’s [latest](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/?tag=what-were-reading) [reading list](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/books-were-reading-summer-2025/), as well as books we keep re-reading, childhood favorites, classics, adaptations on adaptations — in book and movie form! — and much more.

What genres are we reading now, how, and why? How is technology — from AI and ChatGPT to the internet and audio — changing reading? And why are certain themes in the zeitgeist right now? Is all non-fiction just fiction now, and should we lean in to this for education? Are the kids alright?

From irony, truth, and why context matters, to Machiavelli to Formula 1 to nautical non-fiction to memoirs, this episode has it all…

**check out our “what we’re reading” lists, podcasts, and more here:**  
[https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/tags/what-were-reading](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/tags/what-were-reading)

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