First Rodeo

First Rodeo

13 books guaranteed to break you out of a reading slump.

Because we've all been there.

Azora Zoe Paknad
Feb 25, 2026
∙ Paid

We’ve all been there. You know that reading is better than looking at your phone or watching something unfulfilling and yet… whenever you pick up the book, it’s just not working. Maybe it’s the eroded attention span, maybe it’s the constant deluge of bad news, maybe it’s the loud noise coming from the other room or the person next to you on the train.

Whatever it is, you can fix this! All you need is to choose your next book wisely— to choose a book that’s destined to be a slump-breaker. So put down the non-fiction thing you’ve been slogging through or the 900 page epic that’s way too literary for you to actually get into and pick up one of these…

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