Another year around the sun!

It is the Winter Solstice which means it is time for our sixth annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books. 3 Books began ​back in 2018​ with a simple goal of counting down the 1000 most formative books in the world ... 3 books at a time. We wanted this show to help all of us read more and read better and we wanted to do that by being different -- with a lunar-based schedule and a deep intention of being an ‘intrinsically-motivated journey’ with no ads, sponsors, commercials, or interruptions.

We started collecting ​values​ like: "No book shame, no book guilt", "Humans are the best algorithm", and "You are what you eat and you are what you read."

Over the years this journey has been a warm ray of sun in my life. <span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;" data-slate-node="text" data-slate-fragment= "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