{"id":17960,"date":"2025-12-10T08:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=17960"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:58:49","slug":"read-one-book-per-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/10\/read-one-book-per-week\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read One Book Per Week (Even if You Read Slowly)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading more books is one of the best investments you can make in your life. Every book you read increases your knowledge and motivation and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/knowledge-sprint\/\">contrary to popular opinion<\/a>, makes it more likely you\u2019ll take action (not less).<\/p>\n<p>Last year, I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/06\/102-lessons-from-102-books\/\">105 books<\/a>. I have some advantages that helped me hit this number: reading is part of my job, I\u2019ve already read a lot and, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/19\/speed-reading-redo\/\">I don\u2019t speed read<\/a>, I do read at a decent pace.<\/p>\n<p>But even if you don\u2019t have those advantages, I do believe that anyone can read one book per week if they make it a goal and put in the effort. To that end, I\u2019d like to offer nine strategies that have worked for me:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Always have a book. Preferably a good one.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17961\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can\u2019t read a book you don\u2019t have. We have at our fingertips an inescapable flood of videos, news, text messages and social media posts. But for most of us, the number of books within arm\u2019s reach that we\u2019re genuinely excited to read is usually zero.<\/p>\n<p>The first way to fix this is to install an e-reader app on your phone and load it with books. Borrow them from your library or pick public domain books if you\u2019re worried about cost. If you prefer paper, then resolve to lug around a paper copy in your bag as you go about your day.<\/p>\n<p>Having a book doesn\u2019t guarantee you\u2019ll read it, but it is a prerequisite.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Keep all three book types stocked.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17962\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I always have at least one of each of the following on the go: a paper book, an audiobook, and an e-book. Sometimes multiples of each.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028While listening to a book differs from reading one, and screens and pages don\u2019t feel the same, the advantage of multimodal reading is that it allows you to read in more situations. I can listen to an audiobook while I\u2019m doing the dishes, but can\u2019t easily read the same book as a paperback while doing chores. I can read a few digital pages in while waiting in line at the bank, but I\u2019m unlikely to whip out a hardcover.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Don\u2019t finish every book.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17963\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Often, the biggest obstacle to reading more books is a book you\u2019ve lost interest in, yet still tell yourself you\u2019re going to finish. It lies on your nightstand, collecting dust, while you binge a Netflix show instead.<\/p>\n<p>Let go of the need to finish every book and instead focus on reading books you\u2019re genuinely eager to read.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Delete social media apps from your phone.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17964\" style=\"width:380px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Most people I\u2019ve shared the \u201calways have a book\u201d strategy with have struggled to get much reading done on their phone. The reason is simple: they have too many other options that have lower cognitive effort: social media, news and more.<\/p>\n<p>If you ditch those apps and stick to Kindle instead, you\u2019ll get more reading done in those spare moments when you have your phone but not a book.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Read before bed. (You\u2019ll sleep better too.)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17965\" style=\"width:546px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-5-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many of the people who took on our <a href=\"https:\/\/join.ingeniumcourses.com\/foundations\/\">Foundations<\/a> challenge last year greatly improved both their reading and sleep through one habit: aiming to read for fifteen minutes right before bed.<\/p>\n<p>This automatically creates time every day for reading (which adds up), but it also encourages you to sleep a little earlier than staying on a screen.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Build an \u201cantilibrary.\u201d<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17966\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-6-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Most people have shelves full of books they have read. Italian scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Umberto_Eco\">Umberto Eco<\/a> instead kept an antilibrary\u2014shelves full of books he hadn\u2019t read yet.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Having a large list of books you haven\u2019t read, but would like to read, can spur you to read more. This can be a physical bookshelf full of interesting books you haven\u2019t read yet, but it can also be a digital \u201cto read\u201d list full of suggestions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Design a reading project.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17967\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>If I read books purely because I found each one interesting, I\u2019d read half or a third as many books as I do. Instead, most of my reading is project-based. I decide what topic I want to deepen my knowledge about and then craft reading lists around it.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself what you\u2019re interested in. Then find a good list online of books about that topic (or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/5-strategies-to-learn-better-with-ai-and-traps-to-avoid\/\">ask AI<\/a>), and aim to work through several of the titles from that list.<\/p>\n<p>The advantage of a reading project is that the motivation to master a topic is often greater than the motivation to finish any particular book. Additionally, only reading one or two books on a topic often leaves you with a fairly shallow understanding of it. Deeper insights often emerge only after reading several books that examine the topic from different, credible angles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Talk about books with friends.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17968\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-8-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sharing what you learn from books is one of the best ways to motivate yourself to keep reading. Formal book clubs are an obvious way to make use of social motivation, but so are informal chats with friends who read, especially if your interests overlap. You can swap insights from different books, thus adding to each other\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not surrounded by avid readers, posting brief notes and takeaways from your reading on social media can be a good habit to cultivate. It keeps you accountable and forces you to reflect on what you\u2019ve read.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. See yourself as a reader.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17969\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Read-more-books-9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reading a book per week may sound daunting. Depending on how many books you read now, it may even seem impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, reading is like any other habit: it begins as a change in behavior, but it is sustained by a change in identity. If you see yourself as a reader\u2014someone who reads a lot of books for fun and for curiosity\u2014you will become one.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of reading books isn\u2019t about how fast you read, how you take notes or the \u201cright\u201d technique. Instead, it\u2019s about motivation and training: wanting to be the kind of person who reads a lot of books and developing the mental capacity to stick with it. If you can see yourself as the kind of person who reads a book every week, you\u2019re at least halfway to becoming one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine strategies I use to read a book per week. 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