Reader starts monthly challenge with The Formula

1/ A reader on X has kicked off a month-by-month reading challenge for June 2026, using Albert-László Barabási’s *The Formula* as the opening selection. The post came from user MRZAZ1 and invited others to read along and share their progress during the month. The hashtag attached to the post was #monthlyreading, giving the challenge a public tag readers can use to track entries and replies. The original post is on X, though the platform’s public page did not surface additional text in accessible web results at the time of review. 2/ The book named in the post is almost certainly *The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success*, Barabási’s nonfiction title published by Little, Brown and Company on November 6, 2018. Hachette’s listing says the book runs 320 pages, and Barabási’s site describes it as an argument that success is shaped not only by individual performance but also by how networks and audiences respond to that performance. (x.com) 3/ Barabási is a network scientist whose work often examines how connections shape outcomes across science, business and culture. In the publisher’s description, *The Formula* is framed as a data-driven look at why accomplishment and recognition do not always move together. That makes it a plausible choice for a social reading challenge: it is a recognizable nonfiction title, it is finite at 320 pages, and its subject lends itself to discussion posts, quotes and weekly check-ins. (hachettebookgroup.com) That last point is an inference based on the book’s format and topic, not a claim made by MRZAZ1. 4/ The post’s structure also fits a familiar social-media reading format. A “one book per month” plan lowers the pace from weekly or daily challenges and gives participants a simple cadence: one title, one month, one hashtag. In this case, June 2026 is the starting point, with *The Formula* positioned as book one. The available briefing says followers were invited to share progress this month, suggesting the challenge is meant to unfold in public rather than as a private reading list. (hachettebookgroup.com) 5/ What is verified here is narrow but clear: MRZAZ1 posted about a monthly reading challenge, the hashtag was #monthlyreading, and *The Formula* was the first June 2026 selection. What is not independently visible from accessible web output is any longer caption text beyond that description, because X’s page did not return readable post lines in the browser fetch. For that reason, it is safest to treat the challenge as a personal social reading invitation rather than a formal club with published rules, deadlines or a fixed full-year list. (x.com) 6/ The next concrete step is June itself. Readers who want to follow along can watch MRZAZ1’s X account and the #monthlyreading tag for progress updates, reactions and any July selection the user may post later this month. (x.com)