Read 12 Books This Year

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Shared by Questify TeamUpdated 8/25/2026

Read twelve books across science, history, fiction, and craft, then keep one useful idea from each.

ContextThis quest supports the Year Theme “A Year of Curiosity.” The list mixes demanding books with shorter novels so momentu…

This quest supports the Year Theme “A Year of Curiosity.” The list mixes demanding books with shorter novels so momentum can survive busy months, and every finished book gets a three-sentence note.

ConstraintsOne book at a time, no buying a new title until the current one is finished or consciously abandoned, and audiobooks co…

One book at a time, no buying a new title until the current one is finished or consciously abandoned, and audiobooks count when notes are captured.

Tasks4/12 done

Read “The Left Hand of Darkness”
Capture one note about perspective and belonging.
Done
Read “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”
Keep one technique that changes how the next story is read.
Done
Read “The Dawn of Everything”
Write the strongest claim and the strongest question it leaves open.
Done
Read “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”
Note what the novel says about creative partnership.
Done
Read “An Immense World”
Collect three examples of senses that humans do not share.
In Progress
Read “The Dispossessed”
Compare the book’s two societies without reducing either to a verdict.
To Do
Read “How to Do Nothing”
Choose one attention habit worth trying for a week.
To Do
Read “Piranesi”
Describe how the setting changes the meaning of trust.
To Do
Read “The Creative Act”
Keep one practice that lowers the friction to making.
To Do
Read “Braiding Sweetgrass”
Write one connection between reciprocity and everyday decisions.
To Do
Read “Sea of Tranquility”
Trace one idea across the novel’s different timelines.
To Do
Read “Four Thousand Weeks”
Choose one commitment to drop rather than optimize.
To Do