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This is the annual list of my five favorite books—a once-ambitious number that now feels super low. I read a lot this year and left many books unread on the table. There’s always 2025, right? Be the future is now an official store on bookshop. I don’t
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I read more books this year than I have in a long time. Four more books than last year, about one every two weeks. Books are usually an escape for me; it feels like there was a lot I wanted to escape from this year. I try not to stick
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Back in January, I decided to read in a different way this year. I would cast a wide net for the books I want to read, but choose with care the ones I actually read. Even though I read about the same number of books as I did last year,
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A few years ago I committed to myself that I would read more books. It began as a way to counter the nonstop doomscrolling that will come to define my generation. It later became a habit I look forward to: a relaxing way to wind down before I go to
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Like most millennials, a lot of my reading these days takes the form of news and pop culture. It was a natural progression for the voracious reading habits that began when I was a kid. When you only read about current events, a lot of what you read is useless
