No screens: 14 great books (and 3 must-read classics) you can actually finish before summer
I read all the time… menus, road signs, product labels, emails, receipts… and sometimes, actual books.
In 2025, that’s a heavy lift.
Every time I crack a novel my brain whispers, “But what about YouTube Shorts?”
So here’s the move: toss the phone in a drawer, set a 35-minute timer, and give your eyeballs some much-needed page time.
All of these picks are fast, funny, and wildly readable. You’ll finish one. Maybe two. Maybe you’ll even start telling people “I read.”
I read all the time (food menus, road signs, emails, product labels, ingredients, receipts) and sometimes books.
And look, I get it. It’s tough to read in today’s world. There are just too many distractions. Micro-content on every platform throwing hundreds of easy-to-get-lost videos at you,
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