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

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

426 pages first pub 1940 (view editions)

nonfiction education reference informative slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers seeking to deepen their understanding of texts through structured, analytical approaches that enhance comprehension and critical thinking across diverse genres.

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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 ...

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