I write about leisure stacking, so when the concept of book stacking hit my YouTube shorts feed, it caught my attention.
Book stacking is done by always having a hard, medium, and easy book at hand.
When you sit down to read, start with the hard one. When you get enough ideas to ponder from it or hit a wall with it, switch to the medium one. When you’ve had your fill of the medium one, head to easy street with your easy pick.
Here’s the YouTube short by @odysseas__ about book stacking:
If you like this video, you’ll love the Odysseas YouTube Channel, which is about reading skills, book insights, and learning techniques.
My First Book Stack
My first book stack will be these three:
Hard: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (I loved Crime and Punishment so I have to read another Dostoevsky novel.)
Medium: So Good They Call You a Fake: Command Attention, Monetize Your Talent Stack, and Become the Uncontested Authority in Your Niche by Joshua Lisec (This is the first non-fiction book out by a highly paid, prolific ghost writer.)
Easy: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (This is the shortest of all the Brontë novels.)
I can already tell book stacking is working for me because in between starting and finishing this article I’ve already read several chapters each from my medium and easy picks.
Book Stacking with Kids
Next on my to do list is to help my kids start book stacking. Each one will have a different definition of hard, medium, and easy. I can guess that they’ll find it very satisfying over time to watch the hard ones change as their taste for big ideas grows.
Reader’s Choice
Now, it’s over to you. Share which books you’ll add to a book stack with us on X.
A book stack is a collection of three books that you are currently reading where one is hard, one is of medium difficulty, and the third is easy. Will you accept the book stacking challenge and choose three books to read? Share them here. (My first book stack is shown below.) pic.twitter.com/zCuaCgJIn5
— Leisure Editor (@leisureeditor) March 17, 2024