Chris Reads Books📚

I'm so excited to be joining the Bindery community as a tastemaker.

When the Bindery team reached out, I was thrilled that they were considering me as a partner for what they're building here.

I believe in Bindery's mission and feel it closely aligns with my own, and I'm excited to partner with a platform that will support and advance me as I push forward with that mission.

So, if you're here, I'm sure you're curious how this will work.

Let me be clear on a few things right out of the gate.

Partnering with Bindery will not affect the content I create or the spaces where I create it.

All of the short-form content that I create will remain on Instagram and TikTok. My work over on Substack will remain purely on Substack.

The purpose of creating a separate Bindery community outside of those platforms is to build a more intentional, private community of readers — seasoned or new — where we can collaborate, discuss, and build a community we're proud of!

Each week on Bindery I'll be releasing a post dedicated to what I'm reading, what I'm anticipating reading, or simply a curated list of books that I think you'd enjoy.

Along with the weekly curated posts, Bindery members will have exclusive access to the members-only Discord server where we discuss books, participate in monthly club reads, hang out, and offer other cool perks like buddy read requests, slow read buddy read requests, and member book recommendations.

If you want to enhance your reading journey by approaching literature with more intention and curiosity, you're in the right place.

Welcome to my Bindery Community! What to expect moving forward

Chris dougherty

Chris Reads Books📚

Oct 31, 2025

three tips to become a better reader!

three tips to become a better reader! #BookTok #readingtips #reading #bookish #booklover

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Chris dougherty

Chris Reads Books📚

Oct 31, 2025

7 books that i’m committing to reading in 2026!

7 books that i’m committing to reading in 2026! If you’re finding yourself overwhelmed by all of the book recommendations, 5 star books that you can’t seem to enjoy, or feel like you’re part of a rat race to read as many books as possible so you have something to share at the end of the year, I hope you’ll consider joining me in 2026 for a year of slow reading. I want to spend more time with less books in 2026, truly diving into literature that I feel is important, relevant, and impactful. The goal for this project is so explore works of literature that are full of themes and ideas that challenge our thinking, and help us better understand feelings, emotions, people, and places with more clarity. The 7 books I’ll be reading as part of my year of slow reading are: Europe Central by William T. Vollman Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson The Censor’s Notebook by Liliana Corobca Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Underworld by Don DeLillo If you find these titles interesting, and want to be more intentional with what you read in 2026, subscribe to the substack using the link in my bio! I’ll be announcing all the details later this week. #booktok #literature #books #fiction #readinglist

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Chris dougherty

Chris Reads Books📚

Oct 31, 2025

nonfiction book recs that read like fiction books!

nonfiction book recs that read like fiction books! Books mentioned: The Art Thief by Michael Finkel The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kohlker The Wager by David Grann The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson #booktok #nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #bookrecs #booklover

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Chris dougherty

Chris Reads Books📚

Oct 31, 2025