How to Read a Book
by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
Simon & Schuster
(426 pages)
Keyword(s): Nonfiction, Reading
Dates read: June 02-05, 1996,
Rating: 
This is actually quite good. It provides a number of techniques for getting more out of books, particularly (but not limited to) non-fiction ones. The authors have a very strong view of what is and is not worth reading carefully, which often made me laugh.
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