<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[readsthis | what professionals read]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always ask people what they read. Mini-interviews with professionals about the books they love: fiction, non-fiction, and the books that actually shaped them]]></description><link>https://www.readsthis.org</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CqSK!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59966ea8-58e1-47f8-8b56-3ad47c9ea21b_1280x1280.png</url><title>readsthis | what professionals read</title><link>https://www.readsthis.org</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:48:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.readsthis.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Nune Isabekyan]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[readsthis@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[readsthis@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Nune Isabekyan]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Nune Isabekyan]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[readsthis@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[readsthis@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Nune Isabekyan]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[I always ask people what they read]]></title><description><![CDATA[what to expect from this newsletter]]></description><link>https://www.readsthis.org/p/i-always-ask-people-what-they-read</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.readsthis.org/p/i-always-ask-people-what-they-read</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nune Isabekyan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:47:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CqSK!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59966ea8-58e1-47f8-8b56-3ad47c9ea21b_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I ask at conferences. I ask in job interviews, on both sides of the table. I ask over dinner, and I force myself not to ask it on the streets. It&#8217;s the fastest way I know to understand someone. Job titles tell you what a person does. Shelves tell you who they are.</p><p>I&#8217;ve decided my love of books deserves a home.</p><p><strong>readsthis</strong> is a series of mini-interviews with professionals: engineers, founders, writers, people who build things. Each post is 4-5 questions about who they are and what they read. Fiction, non-fiction, the books they re-read, the books that found them at the right moment, the books that changed how they work.</p><p>No summaries, no &#8220;10 books every leader must read&#8221; lists. Just real people and their real shelves.</p><p><strong>The first interviews land in October.</strong> Subscribe and they&#8217;ll arrive in your inbox: short enough to read with a coffee, and you&#8217;ll walk away with at least one book you hadn&#8217;t considered and one person worth knowing.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.readsthis.org/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.readsthis.org/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Until then, I&#8217;m posting one book a day in <a href="https://www.readsthis.org/notes">Notes</a> (along with my other tech and personal rants). One book, it&#8217;s rating and its best and worst reviews.</p><p><strong>Want to be interviewed?</strong> Write to <strong><a href="mailto:post@readsthis.org">post@readsthis.org</a></strong>. Nothing formal: I&#8217;ll send you a handful of questions, you answer the ones you like, any length. You get to talk about books you love, and yes, you can link to whatever you&#8217;re building.</p><p>I hope you are reading. Especially in this day and age, I think that still matters.</p><p>Love, </p><p>Nune</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>