Over the last few weeks, I have finally managed to begin focusing on reading in a sustained way again, which allowed me to finish two books. And there are several others I’ve been nibbling at for months that I may actually manage to finish quite soon.

This has been a rough year — and a rough week — for my attention span…

• James Clear, Atomic Habits (Avery, 2018)
• James C Scott, Against the Grain (Yale University Press, 2017)