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The habit to read 100 books a year

2026-03-13 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:45 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali says the habit that most helped him read 50 to 100 books a year is always having two audiobooks on the go, one fiction and one nonfiction, played while driving, walking, commuting or at the gym.

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00:00:00 — Two audiobooks on the go: reading time out of thin air

  • ★★★ The one habit that has most helped Ali read more books, he says, is to always have two audiobooks on the go: one fiction and one nonfiction. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says he now reads 50 to 100 books a year; when he had a real job he drove two hours a day to work and back, listening to audiobooks, usually at double speed, often Brandon Sanderson's fantasy. — 00:00:00 · Brandon Sanderson

  • ★★ If you want to read more books, Ali says, you can create reading time out of thin air by listening to audiobooks while doing other things, though there is also value in being bored and enjoying the present moment. — 00:00:29

    “you can literally create reading time out of thin air”

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  • refine · How do you read more books? — The one habit that has most helped Ali read more books, he says, is to always have two audiobooks on the go: one fiction and one nonfiction. (00:00:00)

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Central: audiobook

Also: Brandon Sanderson

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