Preliminary
"Time wastes too fast"
-- from And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
(bonus track)
First month
Varieties of Religious Experience, lectures VI-X
and especially
"On a certain blindness" and "What makes a life significant"
-- from Talks to Students, by William James
April
The Town, by William Faulkner
and if you're feeling ragey, check out Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas