Read 12 Books This Year

Tasks

• 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