I upped my amount of reading taking the opposite approach to the author: buying more books that I don't read. The mechanics work something like this: - its easier to read a book you're motivated to read - you're not sure what you will be motivated to read until after you've finished your current book(s) - so, buy books you might be interested in advance, they'll be there and ready when the motivation hits I buy books…
Can you give some examples by what you mean by pragmatism as a theme please
Anything by William James. A Rorty and Dewey book are on my shelf. A few authors mentioned by James that I liked: JS Mill, is one. Interestingly, Jack London treats themes in pragmatism (in the Sea Wolf, for example)