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Cento

One hundred books. Ten phases. A father's letter to his son — opened to everyone.

Cento is a hundred books, walked in order — with a personal note on every one. Finish a book and it's bound in cloth. Earn points, race a small circle of people you actually know, and keep a journal of the whole journey.

How it works

The Path

100 books in 10 phases, in an order that builds on itself — how to think, the classics, history, the mind, the big questions, science, money & power, the deep end, lives worth studying, the finish line. Every book carries a line from the letter: why it's here, why now.

Bound in cloth

Read the real book — paper, ebook, audio all count. Mark it finished and its cover is rebound in the phase's cloth. Book by book, your shelf becomes a matching set.

Points, honestly kept

Quick 100 · Standard 150 · Long 250 · Epic 400, with bonuses for finishing phases. Read ahead if you can't wait — you earn 75% now and the rest when you catch up. Nothing is ever lost.

The Circle

A small table of people you actually know, racing the same hundred books. Invite by code, watch the leaderboard, and read the reflections your circle chooses to share. No feeds, no strangers.

A journal you'll keep

Finish a book, write one honest line — or dictate it. A hundred books later you'll have a commonplace book of the whole journey, next to the letter that guided it.