How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book)

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.

You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-16-2009; If you decide to buy more than one book; you should read this one first. It sets the tone for all other ones. I'm not sure how we ever managed before this simple to use "how to" guide was available to the public.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; Should be required reading; Some of us like reading, the act of picking up a book or article or whatever our interests may be, and carefully skimming through its contents for information. There are others among us however, who are addicted to our books. We're...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; Should be required reading; With, How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren, outline a step by step method for properly quantifying and enjoying quality books. They start with explaining the four levels of reading: elementary, inspectional,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-20-2008; great; Life changing book. Still remarkably applicable even though it is over 30 years old. But, I was a little bit distracted by the overwhelming amount of passive sentences. Oh well; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-16-2009; If you decide to buy more than one book; you should read this one first. It sets the tone for all other ones. I'm not sure how we ever managed before this simple to use "how to" guide was available to the public.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-24-2008; Useful, but much longer than necessary; This is a review of "How to read a book" by Adler (May 2008).This book was recommended to me by several authors I liked so aftr reading the positive reviews I decided to buy it. I can see that some see this book as 'timeless' and I think...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-06-2007; After the many positive reviews here by others, dare I say this book is painfully boring?; I read several pages of an online version of this book (which is available for free in its entirety on the internet) and found no part of it to be interesting or insightful in the least. I checked the book's excerpt on Amazon and...; read full review | report as inappropriate