How to Read a Book The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

Do you want to understand books better, and remember more of what you read? Do you want to better understand the author’s goal and be a better critic of what you read?How to Read a Book is the classic guide to reading effectively. It teaches how to understand the crux of a book within 15 minutes, how to analyze a book intelligently, and how to synthesize multiple books together. If you read a lot of books, then it makes sense to learn how to read better and increase the value of your reading. In this guide, you’ll learn:Tactics to understand what a book is about, in minutesHow you should read a novel differently from a nonfiction bookHow to intelligently critique a bookThe highest possible level of readingThroughout the guide, you’ll find commentary on how to apply the authors’ 1972 ideas to the 21st century and how to deepen your reading experience in the internet age.