Archive - Glasp Newsletter

10 Tactics to Become a Better Nonfiction Reader

Nope, this post isn't about how to read more. It's about how to read deeply.

Jun 18 • Bobby Powers and Glasp

The Top 10 Kindle Books Glasp Readers Highlighted in May 2026

Ten books. Hundreds of readers. And the exact lines they each stopped to underline.

Jun 16 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

Where Do You Live in Your Reading?

This post summarizes the key findings from our recent research paper in plain language.

Jun 11 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

How to die feeling your life had meaning

Why some people reach the end at peace — and the small daily practice they have in common

Jun 9 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

Collective Intelligence: How Shared Knowledge Makes Everyone Smarter

“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”

Jun 4 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

The Highlights — by Glasp — May 2026

This month was about one idea: your highlights should go wherever you think.

Jun 2 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

May 2026

The line you underlined five years ago is talking to you

Why your old highlights are letters from a stranger who used to be you

May 27 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

Linchpins for Living: 70 Life Lessons You Can Start Using Today to 10X Your Life

Use this list of life advice I've gradually learned or stolen over the years to inspire your own rules for living

May 19 • Glasp and Bobby Powers

Learning OS: Designing Your Personal Operating System for Learning

“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.”

May 14 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

The Top 10 Kindle Books Glasp Readers Highlighted in April 2026

Plus the one passage in each that stopped the most readers.

May 12 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

The Highlights — by Glasp — April 2026

April brought a first for The Highlights — DeepL, Bright Data, and Auth0 became our first newsletter sponsors.

May 7 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

The Greatest Legacy For Future Generations

What can you actually leave behind?

May 5 • Kei Watanabe and Kazuki Nakayashiki

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