By Mortimer J. Adler

Rating: Currently Reading

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. Described to me as the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. i thought why not! This version has now 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, criticise. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

At the end of the book the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.Read it. Try it. Get graded. It’s like being back at school.

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