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personally, having a list of books helps me keep up the reading habit. usually I have months of reading, followed by months of not touching a book.

having a list in notion reminds me to continue.

in addition having a list of books I want to read (ghost library in japanese?) reminds of the things I don't know yet or haven't read which in turn helps keeping the reading habits.

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Thank you for the response. A list of prospective books to read is something I believe everyone should have.

It was the list of books already read that didn't make sense. I hadn't considered it as a motivator to pick back up the habit.

You may also simply have much better memory of author names and works titles than I or others have. I often can't quote a name on the spot even when I vividly remember the book (or movie, or track). Or be much earlier in your reading career.

For me these lists (which I regret starting far too late in my own reading career) now cover about 9000 items.

For me the prompt to starting the process was noticing that I was again and again giving a chance to really terrible authors. That had to stop. And it did.

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