Twelve readings
The shape of the shelf.
What the shelf is made of, where the hundred lean, and what I have been writing.
12readings
14subjects
What the charts count
Different books counts each title once. Physical copies counts every printed copy, the doubles included. The switch changes the first three panels; the rest count different books.
The shelf
01
Where the shelf is deepest.
Each subject beside its swatch. The bar is the count.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| AI & Technology | 82 (15%) |
| Business & Strategy | 70 (13%) |
| Psychology & Therapy | 69 (12%) |
| Literature & Fiction | 65 (12%) |
| Philosophy & Meaning | 44 (8%) |
| Software & Systems | 39 (7%) |
| Poetry | 37 (7%) |
| Relationships & Love | 34 (6%) |
| Gender & Society | 34 (6%) |
| Ideas & Society | 33 (6%) |
| Writing & Communication | 17 (3%) |
| Productivity & Self-Development | 16 (3%) |
| Language & Reference | 7 (1%) |
| Health & Body | 6 (1%) |
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| AI & Technology | 90 (16%) |
| Business & Strategy | 72 (13%) |
| Psychology & Therapy | 71 (12%) |
| Literature & Fiction | 66 (11%) |
| Philosophy & Meaning | 45 (8%) |
| Software & Systems | 42 (7%) |
| Poetry | 38 (7%) |
| Relationships & Love | 34 (6%) |
| Gender & Society | 35 (6%) |
| Ideas & Society | 34 (6%) |
| Writing & Communication | 18 (3%) |
| Productivity & Self-Development | 16 (3%) |
| Language & Reference | 7 (1%) |
| Health & Body | 6 (1%) |
02
What comes next.
Derived from the subject, the method and the rank, never stored.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Read first | 32 (6%) |
| Read soon | 106 (19%) |
| Read later | 331 (60%) |
| Read at your pace | 70 (13%) |
| Use when needed | 14 (3%) |
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Read first | 34 (6%) |
| Read soon | 112 (20%) |
| Read later | 339 (59%) |
| Read at your pace | 72 (13%) |
| Use when needed | 17 (3%) |
03
How much they ask of me.
Study carefully, read with a goal, read casually, or keep as reference.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Study carefully | 225 (41%) |
| Read with a goal | 210 (38%) |
| Read casually | 103 (19%) |
| Use as reference | 15 (3%) |
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Study carefully | 237 (41%) |
| Read with a goal | 214 (37%) |
| Read casually | 105 (18%) |
| Use as reference | 18 (3%) |
04
The ideas under the shelf.
The twelve ideas the most books are indexed under. A book carries several.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Research | 139 |
| Society | 117 |
| Psychology | 112 |
| Books | 107 |
| AI | 98 |
| Writing | 89 |
| Technology | 72 |
| Strategy | 71 |
| Business | 56 |
| Judgment | 56 |
| Trauma | 45 |
| Bukowski | 43 |
05
The ones I kept coming back to.
Authors with more than one book here.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Charles Bukowski | 42 |
| Unknown author | 20 |
| DK | 8 |
| Harvard Business Review | 8 |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | 5 |
| Gene Kim | 4 |
| Hermawan Kartajaya | 4 |
| Iwan Setiawan | 4 |
| Michel Foucault | 4 |
| Philip Kotler | 4 |
The hundred
06
Where the hundred lean.
A subject's share of the whole shelf against its share of the ranking.
All physical booksTop 100
| Subject | Share of shelf | Share of Top 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology & Therapy | 12% | 16% (16) |
| Literature & Fiction | 12% | 16% (16) |
| Philosophy & Meaning | 8% | 11% (11) |
| Relationships & Love | 6% | 9% (9) |
| Gender & Society | 6% | 9% (9) |
| AI & Technology | 15% | 9% (9) |
| Ideas & Society | 6% | 8% (8) |
| Business & Strategy | 13% | 6% (6) |
| Software & Systems | 7% | 6% (6) |
| Poetry | 7% | 5% (5) |
| Writing & Communication | 3% | 3% (3) |
| Language & Reference | 1% | 1% (1) |
| Productivity & Self-Development | 3% | 1% (1) |
| Health & Body | 1% | 0% (0) |
07
How high each subject reaches.
One tick per ranked book, in order. A count cannot say where they landed.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Philosophy & Meaning | 11 |
| Ideas & Society | 8 |
| Writing & Communication | 3 |
| Literature & Fiction | 16 |
| Gender & Society | 9 |
| Psychology & Therapy | 16 |
| AI & Technology | 9 |
| Relationships & Love | 9 |
| Language & Reference | 1 |
| Software & Systems | 6 |
| Business & Strategy | 6 |
| Poetry | 5 |
| Productivity & Self-Development | 1 |
08
What the hundred ask of you.
The reading method of the ranked books, as a share.
09
Paper, file, or both.
How each of the hundred can be reached.
92Physical
4Digital
4Both
10
Books the hundred send you to.
250 titles named in the dossiers, before and after. Some are already here.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Gender Trouble | 3 |
| Good Strategy/Bad Strategy | 3 |
| Amusing Ourselves to Death | 2 |
| Ariel | 2 |
| How the World Really Works | 2 |
| Know My Name | 2 |
| No Bad Parts | 2 |
| The Art of Loving | 2 |
| The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge | 2 |
| Thinking, Fast and Slow | 2 |
The notebook
11
Forms, counted.
A fragment, a letter, a memory, an essay, a chapter, a note.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| Fragment | 3 |
| Letter | 1 |
| Memory | 1 |
12
Month by month.
The last fourteen months with anything written in them.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| May 26 | 1 |
| Jul 26 | 1 |
| Aug 26 | 2 |
| Sep 26 | 1 |