This book is the ultimate guide to becoming a better reader.
It's sold 500,000+ copies and will teach you how to get more value out of every book you read.
Here are 10 key lessons from "How To Read A Book":
1) In tackling a difficult book for the first time, read it through without stopping.
2) Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it.
3) Marking a book is the highest respect you can pay an author.
4) Reading a book is a kind of conversation.
5) Great quote from Francis Bacon:
6) Great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.
7) You will not improve as a reader if all you read are books that are within your capacity.
8) Skim most books, but slowly read the best ones.
9) A person who has read widely but not well deserves to be pitied rather than praised.
10) Reading books will not solve your problems, only taking action will.
What are your thoughts on "How To Read A Book"?
PS: You can read my full summary of the book here:
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