I finally have a “books I wanna read list” finally (below), and also built a little tracker in Notion to so I retain more of what I do read in a given year.
So it worked out nicely that Josh Spector just shared an easy way to read more in the new year:
When you go to watch YouTube videos or scroll your social feed, pick up a book and read for 5 minutes first. Connecting a thing you want to do more of to a thing you already do too much of is a great way to build a new (and improved) habit.
On my list for 2026:
- Darth Plagueis Star Wars
- Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Episode III
- Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II
- Star Wars Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade.
- Supremacy by Parmy Olson
- Empire of AI by Karen Hao
- Careless People by Sarah Wynne-Williams
- Irresistible by Adam Alter
- Enshitification by Cory Doctorow
- Mood Machine by Liz Peli
Favorites I read in 2025:
- Unreasonable Hospitality
- Four Thousand Weeks
- Your attention is sacred—except on social media by Amelia Hruby, PhD