101 Ideas For 101 Books You Could Write This Month

Highlight your favorites and I’ll write the 3 most-highlighted ones.

You can write 12 books in the next 12 months. You might not do it. But you could. And I could. It would be good for me. It would change my whole life for the better. It would open up new opportunities. It would make my five-year-old self proud, who dreamed of being a writer.

I don’t know, if I’ll do it.

I’d love to. But when it comes to writing, I also love sabotaging myself.

I once wrote an article on Medium called “This is How to Make $100k / Year of Passive Income as a Writer”. It is my most-read article on Medium.

I still believe, that there’s a lot of truth in this article. And if I had practiced, what I preached 16 months ago, I’d now have 16 books published. I don’t dare to imagine, what my life would look like. I imagine, it would be a lot more interesting. And this makes me incredibly sad.

But I don’t want to feel the same, one year from now. Maybe you can relate.

Writing a book each month isn’t easy, even when you follow the tips, I gave in my article.

One way to make it easier, is to write 101 books using the method, James Altucher describes in this article (“HOW TO WRITE 12 BOOKS THIS YEAR”):

“Pick an area you love or pick an area you want to research.

Write ten new things about that area each day that are critical for understanding it better.

Each item should suprose you. As in, “I wish someone had told me this ten years ago”.

[…]

When you have 101 items, you have a first draft of a book.

Add descriptions.”

Because I believe anything James Altucher tells me, and because I’m also a fan of his “Idea Machine” practice, I made a list of 101 ideas for 101 books I could write.

I’d love for you to read through the list and highlight the books, you’d want to read.

There are some books on this list, that I’d love to write, and some that I’d hate to write, some that I’d love to read, and some that I don’t give a fuck about.

But I give you the power to decide. Highlight the books, you’d want to read and I’ll write the three most highlighted.

Here are my 101 ideas for 101 books I could write:

1. 101 lessons by the most creative people ever — and how to apply them to live your most creative life
2. 101 writing tips
3. 101 things, your doctor doesn’t want you to know
4. 101 little things to be happy about
5. 101 reasons to love cats
6. 101 small habits to make you happier
7. 101 creative challenges for every day
8. 101 experiments to discover your passions
9. 101 ideas for a better world
10. 101 morning routines of famous people
11. 101 little actions to make your partner happy
12. 101 cooking tips to cook like a chef
13. 101 drawing hacks to make drawing easier
14. 101 journaling prompts for a better you
15. 101 fun facts, that will challenge the way you think
16. 101 suprising things I learned in med school
17. 101 suprising things I learned in my 20s
18. 101 suprising things I learned in the first year of marriage
19. 101 suprising things I learned from travelling 30+ countries
20. 101 crazy facts about the world, that will spark your wanderlust

1. 101 lies you’d better believe
2. 101 ways to make money from your cat
3. 101 books you could write this year
4. 101 journal entries by famous people, that I totally made up
5. 101 words that didn’t exist until now
6. 101 product ideas, that would make your life easier
7. 101 ways to draw a cat
8. 101 facts about the future, that will blow off your socks
9. 101 small habits for a healthy life
10. 101 mental tricks to be the smartest person in the room (even when you’re not alone)
11. 101 ice-breakers to start a conversation with anyone
12. 101 comedy-tips to be the funniest person in your office
13. 101 “rules for life”, that are total BS
14. 101 more idea machine prompts
15. 101 ways to be more charismatic
16. 101 ideas, how the most famous books and movies could have been even better
17. 101 ways to waste your time
18. 101 diseases, you’d wish you never knew existed
19. 101 mind-blowing facts about history
20. 101 mind-blowing facts about your body
21. 101 mind-blowing facts about animals
22. 101 mind-blowing facts about the universe
23. 101 mind-blowing facts about your brain
24. 101 mind-blowing facts about money
25. 101 questions, humanity can’t answer (yet)
26. 101 problems, humanity has yet to solve
27. 101 beauty-ideals from all over the world, that will make you question yours
28. 101 medium articles as actionable guides
29. 101 of the most important self-help books as actionable guides
30. 101 quotes that will inspire you to take action

1. 101 habits to beat procrastination
2. 101 habits you should stop immediately
3. 101 sentences you should never say to someone you love
4. 101 actions that will make you a better person
5. 101 sentences you can say to make someone like you
6. 101 habits of the most likeable people
7. 101 writing exercices for every day
8. 101 ways to save money and still have a great life
9. 101 headlines, that lead to clicks
10. 101 wrongly assignned quotes
11. 101 photos to take with your phone to sharpen your photography-skills
12. 101 creative exercices you can do on your phone
13. 101 idea machine prompts for creative writers
14. 101 ways to fill an empty journal
15. 101 weird websites you never knew existed
16. 101 ways to make travelling easier
17. 101 tricks for learning to play the piano
18. 101 tricks for learning to play the guitar
19. 101 surprising facts about learning
20. 101 skills you can learn in 1h or less
21. 101 lessons for the 10 most important skills of the 21st century
22. 101 signs you’re a multipotentialite
23. 101 reasons to love being an introvert
24. 101 short-story plots for you to use
25. 101 novel plots, you can totally steal
26. 101 things, you’ll never need to buy again
27. 101 fun activities you can do at home alone
28. 101 days of creativity for the “non creative”
29. 101 ways to make money as a writer
30. 101 steps to become a best-selling writer

1. 101 games you can play with only pen and paper
2. 101 days of meditation
3. 101 flash-fiction writing prompts
4. 101 creative business ideas
5. 101 of the worst book-ideas ever
6. 101 ways to fail at life
7. 101 statistics, that will change the way to think, work and live
8. 101 failtures, that turned out to be blessings in disguise
9. 101 stories about failure, that will make you feel better about yourself
10. 101 questions to ask yourself for more clarity
11. 101 stories to tell before you die
12. 101 jokes, that will make anyone crack up
13. 101 reasons to write your damn novel
14. 101 random acts of kindness, you could do today
15. 101 reasons to be grateful for Coronavirus, Donald Trump and other things, you thought that were a pain in the ass
16. 101 reasons to keep going, when times get tough
17. 101 creative exercices, you can do in 5 minutes or less
18. 101 step-by-step guides to make your life easier
19. 101 checklists for every goal you might have
20. 101 things I still don’t understand
21. 101 lessons you should teach your kids to make the happy and successful

That’s it.

What are your favorite ones? Which one would you like to read most?
Highlight it! I’ll write the three most highlighted titles.

Of course, you can also steal the ideas and write them yourself.

You can also come up with your own ideas for 101 books and leave them in the comments.

I’d love to hear from you.

Your friend, Charly.