Azeem Azhar shares non-obvious summer reading list

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-08-01 06:07

Azeem Azhar, host of Exponential View, has shared his curated summer reading list, emphasizing a preference for older and less conventional titles. Azhar notes that his work with AI has deepened his appreciation for books as complete, author-driven ideas. The list includes fiction such as Vincenzo Latronico's "Perfection," Richard Siken's poetry collection "I Do Know Some Things," and classic Russian literature like Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" and Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons." AI

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Exponential View (Azeem Azhar) TIER_1 English(EN) · Azeem Azhar · 2026-08-01 06:07

📚 My non-obvious summer reading list

A bit older, a bit left field