In addition to the usual enjoyment of reading, reading fiction and educational literature has other beneficial effects. Let’s highlight the most important ones:

Development of imagination. While reading, you involuntarily draw images in your head, trying to imagine how the characters look and the environment in which certain events take place. Thanks to this, regular reading significantly develops creativity and imagination, and in the future you use this in your work without even noticing.
Expanding vocabulary. Anyone knows many more words than they use in colloquial speech. Reading can significantly reduce the gap. As you read, you constantly see how different authors formulate thoughts using different words. This makes it easier for you to use rare words in conversation.
Improving memory. Reading any literature is associated with memorizing information. Finishing reading a three-hundred-page detective novel, you have to keep in mind a lot of facts in order to solve the main riddle of the work together with the main characters. It is an enjoyable and effective exercise that significantly improves the quality of your memory.
Keeping the brain in good shape. Reading is a great workout for the brain to keep it in good shape. Read every day and your thoughts will be clear and pure. And people who constantly read are much less likely to face sclerosis and other age-related diseases.
Improving concentration and attention. Almost everyone has faced inconvenience due to their own absent-mindedness. This is where reading can help, as it develops the ability to concentrate on a specific task.

Reading is a great way to combine business with pleasure. And the tips below will help you consolidate this habit.

Find the most interesting topics

After spending a certain amount of time choosing the right book, you can read it with much more pleasure. You don’t have to start reading a novel just because it is popular. Pre-read a few reviews to understand how close and interesting the topic is to you.

Remember that the fame and popularity of the author does not guarantee the quality of the work. But if you like his books and the genre in general, this is a great reason to read another creation.

List books to read

Determine how many books you want to read in the next year. After that, make a list, make important notes about each book, and sort them by priority. You can make a list on paper or use a specialized organizer program on your smartphone. The software option is better because it allows you to group and sort books by authors, topics and tags.

Set goals and track progress

This is a universal tip that can dramatically increase motivation and productivity in any endeavor. Challenge yourself, for example, to read 20 pages daily. There is no need to raise the bar. Only by making sure that the goal is easily achievable, you can slightly complicate the task.

It is also recommended to keep a journal of what you read. The ability to observe your own progress is a powerful motivation mechanism applicable in any area.

Don’t read multiple books in parallel

Many people do this by starting a few books and changing their moods. But “multitasking” is inappropriate here. An interesting work will give much more emotion if you read without distraction.

Develop a habit

Our life is determined by habits, and it’s good when the useful ones prevail. Regular reading is definitely a good habit. You should train yourself to read little by little, starting with 20 minutes every day. In the future, the amount of time allocated for reading should be gradually increased, reaching 1 hour.

Look further on the availability of free time. It is recommended to leave 60 minutes as a mandatory norm, then external circumstances will not be able to force you to skip reading. To achieve the maximum effect, you must adhere to this habit constantly, not even missing the holidays.

The Art of Reading: How to Understand Books by Thomas Foster and How to Read Books by Mortimer Adler

A universal recipe in one book. Does this happen? Rather, they have been trying to write such a book for more than a decade. Of course, an attempt to fit the entire secret of literature analysis into one book seems very naive, but why not at least start with this?
The books of Foster and Adler came out with similar titles and a gap of almost 40 years. In this sense, Adler is, of course, a pioneer in making universal recipes. In 1966, he attempted to write a book explaining the main requests for literary scholars: how is the reader’s love for a particular book formed and how can one learn to see more behind the text than the text?
Foster focuses on details in literature: how to learn to see symbols, allusions and motives and understand what they mean in general. Each block of a book by a teacher of literature from one of the American universities is built as a dialogue with its own students: very lively and quite simple.

“Mysterious card. An incomplete and inconclusive guide to the world of books “,” The Amazing Adventures of a Pilot Fish: 150,000 Words about Literature “by Galina Yuzefovich

Many people still listen to specific advice more: what to read? And what to look for in this read? In this case, you can safely search for reviews or even entire collections of them.
For example, Galina Yuzefovich, one of the most popular Russian literary critics, Meduza columnist, has already published a collection of reviews and recommendations on the books The Amazing Adventures of the Pilot Fish. The new book “The Mysterious Map” contains reviews of absolutely, it would seem, works of different genres that have been published in recent years: starting from the well-known Pelevin, whose novels have already been assigned a whole chapter, and ending with modern science fiction and translated literature of little-known in our country, but from this no less interesting authors (Jon Lindqvist, John Crowley and others). The story about each writer contains the answer to the main question: “How does contemporary literature reflect our time today?”

The Thousand-Faced Hero by Joseph Campbell, The Journey of a Writer by Christopher Vogler

The Thousand-Faced Hero is a 1949 book by the American mythology researcher, but it has become the most popular in recent decades (in 2011, Time magazine finally added it to the list of the most influential books).
If you want to somehow generalize the previous reading experience, explain many of the plot patterns you notice, then Campbell writes about this. After all, most of the myths and legends are based on similar stories and “travels” in them, in fact, the same heroes. He called such a phenomenon “monomyth”, and painted the entire journey of the hero in stages, thereby presenting the world with a textbook that combines many psychological (Freud, Jung) and ethnographic (Fraser, Boas) studies.
For those who might find Campbell a little outdated, it’s best to start with Vogler. After all, it was inspired by the “Thousand Faced Hero” that the American producer Christopher Vogler wrote his “manual” for screenwriters and writers.
So if it seems to you that the plots of the books began to be repeated, and each series of “Star Wars” is somehow made on one “tracing paper”, then you do not think: director George Lucas actively used Campbell’s developments in his films, and already Vogler’s book became a real textbook for writing “salable” movie and book plots.

“Lectures on Russian Literature”, “Lectures on Foreign Literature” by Vladimir Nabokov

In order to better understand contemporary authors, try first to understand the writers of the past.
However, if you do not want to waste your time on a detailed study of everyone’s life, then try everything at once, for example, lectures on literature. Among the most famous collections on the topic, it is worth noting, of course, the classic Nabokov lectures on Russian and foreign literature, read by the once famous writer at Cornell University to American students.
In his lectures, the author of the popular and to this day “Lolita” pays special attention to the classics of literature, whose artistic techniques largely influenced all subsequent literature. So if you have long wanted to figure out where all these stories with evil doubles come from and what Stevenson has to do with it, then you should definitely read Nabokov.

Ingenuity

Every year directors release screen versions of fascinating works. You don’t have to read the text to learn a good story. However, there is a difference: when watching a movie, a person gets ready-made images, and when he reads a book, he presents events and heroes himself. While reading, imagination works, which is necessary for solving creative non-standard problems in study and in life.

Neil Gaiman (writer, author of Stardust and Doctor Who script) participated in the 2007 Science Fiction and Fantasy Conference in China. For a long time, such literature was banned in the PRC. Gaiman asked the official why the authorities had changed their attitude towards science fiction. It turned out that the Chinese for a long time perfectly made things according to someone else’s plan, but were unable to invent something of their own. The government sent a delegation to Apple, Microsoft and Google to unravel the secret of creativity. It turned out that all inventors in childhood were fond of reading science fiction.

Lexicon

Vocabulary is divided into active and passive. A person uses an active dictionary in his speech, and a passive one – these are all the words that he understands. Thanks to synonyms in descriptions and context, fiction expands the list of concepts familiar to the reader. To become a polymath, it is also helpful to read footnotes, forewords, and notes by editors and translators.

Horizon

Fiction in the native language acquaints the reader with the culture and history of their country. Translations by foreign authors show the world through the eyes of foreigners, allow you to travel around the world without leaving your home, learn about life abroad that is not noticeable on a tourist trip.

Concentration

While reading, you have to constantly follow the eyes of the line of the text. For people who are accustomed to bright flickering on a smartphone screen, this can be difficult. At the same time, the ability to concentrate attention on one thing for a long time is extremely useful: unlike multitasking, it helps to bring the matter to the end and saves time.

Literacy and thinking

Since most people rely on visual memory, regular reading of quality literature can help you remember how words are spelled. The spelling rules will be forgotten, and the visual images will remain in memory forever.

Punctuation while reading is more difficult to learn, but it is quite possible to develop a sense of language. By constantly reading, pronouncing successful formulations, harmonizing different parts of speech and ornate phrases, the reader learns to distinguish between how correctly and how one can say, in order to then use it in his own speech.

If a student has to give a detailed answer to the Unified State Exam in humanitarian subjects or solve problems of increased complexity at olympiads in mathematics and physics, reading will help to “pump” the necessary skills.

Looking for and finding time

Surely each of us at least once heard an excuse from a person who does not want to read books: “I don’t have time for this.” “I have no desire to find time for this,” we would correct. In fact, reading is an occupation that requires almost no conditions, and if it seems to you that you do not have a single free minute to open a book, then … you were just looking badly. While you are having lunch, taking a bath, or using public transport, it is quite possible to master several dozen or even hundreds of pages.

We read regularly

It turns out that reading can be viewed not only as an intellectual exercise, but also as a mechanical process. Scientists believe that any habit is developed in less than a month, and reading is no exception. Try to devote a certain amount of time to literature every day. No one asks you for feats in such a matter, so for a start, limit yourself to twenty or thirty minutes a day. Treat the process as a lesson and gradually increase the duration of the “session”. You will see, pretty soon even voluminous works will cease to scare you with their size.

We take no more than we can carry

Don’t go straight for great works. We do not argue, the temptation to grab a large-scale novel is great, but let’s go in order. Often, interest in reading quickly disappears due to the inability to cope with a large volume of printed text, and now you put aside a boring book, and soon you completely forget what it was about, so on occasion you will have to start acquaintance with the work from the very beginning … Start small, so that the total volume of your chosen piece does not exceed 200-400 pages. If you are an inexperienced reader, take only those books, in the storylines of which it is impossible to get confused, then there is every chance of getting to the finale.

We consult with ourselves

The selection of books with which you plan to start a large-scale acquaintance with literature, we advise you to be very careful. Try to determine the range of your interests, first, give preference to the genre that is closest to you, read the annotations and critical articles on the selected work.

But do not forget that sometimes you will have to rely solely on your own intuition. Recommendations are certainly a great way to define a book, but the other person’s tastes are often the opposite of ours. So do not force yourself to read this or that work just because it was recommended to you by a sophisticated book lover or a good friend whose opinion you trust. This approach can only complicate your relationship with literature.

Making lists

Listing books can also spark interest in literature. Understanding the benefits of reading will help you find motivation, and regularly updating the plan for the works that must be studied will teach you not to stop there. In the list, we recommend that you sort the books by priority: identify a dozen of those that you would like to read first, and start with them. By the way, if you still don’t have these titles in your home library, head to the bookstore. As a rule, it is simply impossible to leave there empty-handed.

What value is reading to us?

It doesn’t matter if you prefer fiction or scientific knowledge is closer to you. Any information has undeniable value, be it a detailed description of research in the field of military technology, or a biography of a creative genius filled with romanticism. As a rule, the greatest benefit comes from reading literature related to a person’s profession or specialty.

It is very important to be able to read correctly, because the volume and quality of the information we have absorbed directly affects our personal growth. But the invaluableness of reading has many other manifestations! Let us remember with you the benefits of reading books to each of us:

Reading builds up memory. The more time a person spends reading books, the easier and faster he memorizes any information. In a research experiment by the American Neurological Academy, in which about 300 elderly volunteers took part, it was found that reading by more than 33% slows down the weakening of memory caused by aging.

Books make us happier. This is the conclusion reached by pundits from the University of Liverpool. After interviewing more than 4,000 people, they found that people who devote their free time to reading have good self-esteem, easily overcome life obstacles and are distinguished by bright positive thinking.

Books develop intelligence. An experiment was conducted on this topic by professors of King’s College London and the University of Edinburgh, proving that reading directly affects a person’s personal development, improves analytical skills.

Literature teaches us to think broadly. Books open the doors to other fantasy worlds for us, giving birth to various pictures, heroes and plots in our minds that we could not even imagine .. Regularly indulging in reading, we push the boundaries of the familiar, remove the shackles from our imagination. Thinking outside the box is a good skill that comes in handy in a situation that requires a lot of ingenuity.

Books broaden your horizons. Thanks to the huge variety of genres: history and fantasy, horror and adventure, detective stories and humor – books are an immense storehouse of the most diverse and valuable knowledge.

Each of us is able to develop these brilliant sides and amazing qualities! However, such changes are possible only if we know how to read books correctly. Reading should not be aimless, for the sake of “tick”. We must move into the plot, plunge into the author’s plan, feel all the experiences and joys described on the pages of the book. Moving on

Classification of ways of reading

In his research work in 1940, M. Adler, an American philosopher, identified and described in detail 4 ways of reading:

Elementary. The easiest way, which does not require skills higher than those acquired in school. We just read the text, correctly and easily perceive its meaning, clearly trace the plot’s denouement.
Inspection. The reader quickly skims through the page from beginning to end, “pulling out” the most important points. This option is useful for those who regularly have to work with a huge pile of educational or work material.
Analytical. The goal of the reader is to thoroughly study the material. We plunge headlong into the text, thoughtfully “walk” the page. Important additional notes, decoding of incomprehensible words and expressions – these are the basics of analytical reading.
Research. The reader is completely and completely immersed in a specific topic, using 2 or more sources at once to refute, confirm or supplement the facts.

Knowing this classification of reading methods is necessary to understand that different books are suitable for different reading methods. Always keep this in mind when starting a new book — try to determine which reading method is most appropriate for that book. This is the first step to learning how to read books correctly. Moving on.

Tips to Improve Your Reading Performance and Fun

Learning to read books correctly is not difficult. You just need to focus on the text, push off from reality and completely move into the power of the written lines. But in order to immerse yourself in the essence and understand the meaning of what was written it was easier, you can use the following simple techniques:

Choose each book responsibly

You should not read everything that comes into your hands. Before you start reading – read the reviews and reviews, carefully study the content, make sure that on the pages of the publication you will find exactly what you like. So, in a couple of minutes you will be able to build an idea of the book, understand whether it is worth your attention and whether it will be interesting for you to read it. Believe me, by selecting only worthwhile materials from the heap of author’s stucco molding, you will save a lot of time that can be spent on more fun and useful materials. Stick to quality literature only.

When reading, arm yourself with a pencil

A pencil is an excellent assistant not only in drawing, but also in reading. Be sure to highlight incomprehensible points in the text so that you can return to them later and think about them more thoroughly. So, even a seemingly incomprehensibly confused fragment will open to your gaze in a completely new light! It will not be superfluous to stock up on a couple of bookmarks and a notepad for the most significant notes.

Pursue specific goals

Many of us flip through the pages of the book completely aimlessly. But in order to learn to read literature correctly, you need to build a number of goals in front of yourself. Think in advance what exactly interests you, what question would you like to find the answer to? How would you like to benefit from the book? Perhaps by reading the novel you are pursuing a solution to a particular dilemma? Then you should maximize your attention, try not to miss a single line. Remember your goal until you finish reading the book.

Don’t forget to sum up

Correctly reading a book means putting the information received on the shelves in your head. Mentally draw up a report on what you read, highlighting the most important: “What did I read about?”, “What happened?”, “What caused such a denouement?”, “What did the events that happened to me teach and were they interesting?”, “Do you agree? I am from the point of view of the author? “,” What conclusions can I draw? “

Why can’t you start reading books?

First, let’s identify the factors that prevent you from reading.

Lack of desire. You don’t like to read, don’t want to, or don’t see the point in it. For you, this activity is no more important than cleaning the house. It seems to be useful, but not vital.

Lack of time. This is a classic excuse. It is common on all continents and in all areas.

The agony of choice. Your interests and book preferences are so wide that you don’t know what to take on. And even if you do, you switch and throw.

Laziness. Popular reason. You are tired and do not want to force yourself with a book. Or you indulge in idleness, but your hands never reach the pages. Or “today – no, but tomorrow – definitely yes.”

Disappointment. Reading did not meet your expectations. You have doubts about the usefulness, constantly interrupt your daily routine, or read too slowly.

How do I start reading books?

Answer the question: why should I read. Better in writing. You should see meaning, benefit and pleasure in this. You can’t do anything thoughtlessly, you need to understand the value of your actions. With purpose and understanding, you won’t consider reading a waste of time. This will give you desire and motivation.

Take some time. You have free time or time that you spend on useless activities (social networks, TV, talking on the phone). Replace it with books. Make sure there is room for this in your busy daily routine.

When and how much will you read? I read every day 40 minutes after lunch and 40 minutes before bed. It fits into my lifestyle. Think about how often you can read, and at what time. Daily. On weekends. In the morning, afternoon or evening. It is desirable to define a specific time frame. For example: every day from 20:00 to 20:30.

The more time you spend reading, the better. But be realistic about your capabilities. Aim to read at least 30 minutes a day. You can go the other way. Set yourself a daily bar, not by time, but by the pages you read. For example: read 40 pages every day. “I will read every day for 20 minutes on the way to work and another 20 minutes after dinner.” Something like this you should decide.

Select books. Decide which book to start reading from. Make a list of books that interest you. Or start the one for which you wondered “how to start reading books.”

If you want to master a certain topic, then select the necessary literature and move through the list. You don’t have to spend time and energy every day choosing a book. Think about this at the beginning, so as not to be distracted later and to make the process systematic.

I solved this problem with a reading plan. In the plan, I am fixing 10 books that I will read in the near future. Five are fiction. The other five are nonfiction. Sometimes I step back from the plan and jump to the next book or read something else altogether.

How many books to read at the same time? An important point that you need to clarify. Depends again on your goal. I read both fiction and business literature. In addition, I use several books for applied self-development, which contain tasks and practical advice.

Start reading. You already know how to start reading books. So get started! Read at the agreed time. Take notes. Analyze. Take note. Come up with ideas. Follow the advice. In general, get the most out of your books.

In a notebook or e-mail note, mark your success. It is enough just to indicate the dates and days of the week in a column. Opposite the first day you read, put “1”. Opposite the second – “2”. And so, until the series of victories is interrupted. Then first. This is motivating.

At the end of the week / month, review your successes and failures. Consider why you broke your promise.

Notice the results. I enter every book I read into the Reader’s Diary. This is an electronic note where the books read are recorded in chronological order. I note:

name;
the author;
the date I started reading;
date when finished.

Sometimes I describe my impressions of the book in my personal diary or make a summary if the book contains information that needs to be organized.

Come up with something similar for yourself. You will feel like you started reading books and continue to do so. You can share your opinion about the books you read on social networks.

Improve yourself. Knowing how to start reading books will make reading a habit. But you can’t stop there. Complicate goals, read more, faster (this is already about speed reading).

In such a sweeping and complex manner, I described how to start reading books. Some steps may seem like overkill. Perhaps it is. But doing them will allow you to get ready and start reading regularly.

Method 1 of 2: Reading to Yourself

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Find the text that you like. Many people are addicted to the classics, but you may not like them, which will cause you to lose interest in reading. Choose literature that you like and it will be easier for you to read. [2]
- Explore a wide variety of genres: celebrity biographies, love stories, nonfiction, comics, fiction.
- Ask friends and family to recommend something they like. It is quite possible that you will love these books too.
- Maybe several genres will suit you. Let’s say you read love novels first, and then you get carried away by comics. Don’t put yourself in a tight box – read whatever you can find!
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Go to a bookstore. Convenience stores have their advantages. You can walk along the rows and pick up any books that catch your attention. You are more likely to find something interesting if you see it in front of you than if you look for something specific. Many shops also offer a book to read before shopping in a café or on a couch.
- In addition, bookstore staff are usually very fond of books and are willing to make recommendations. For example, if you generally hate reading, but you liked The Hunger Games, a store clerk might recommend similar books that you like.
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Remember that you are not reading for grades. Many people hated reading because in school they had to read only to write an essay and get a grade, and there was no emotional connection with the book. [3] If you are just trying to figure out what you might be interested in, remember that you will not be judged. Even if you don’t like some of the genres, it won’t be a big deal.
- You are also not in competition with anyone. Just because you like a certain type of book does not mean that you are better than someone else. The person who tells everyone how he liked James Joyce’s Ulysses is not necessarily better than you. In fact, many people lie about reading classics. 65% of people tend to say that they have read a famous book, even if they have not. [4]
- Read books that you find interesting and exciting, and don’t let anyone judge your choice. The literature of John Grisham and James Patterson is different from the books of Charles Dickens, but many people read their books with great pleasure.
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Consider other sources of texts as well. It is important not to get attached not only to one genre, but also to one reading medium. There are many different ways to access texts, from books and magazines to tablets and e-books. [5]
- If you don’t like reading books, try reading shorter texts in magazines or newspapers. If you can see that you can handle text of a certain size, it will be easier for you to read more.
- If you travel a lot, try using an e-reader or tablet. This allows you to pass the time without having to carry heavy books or magazines with you. [6]
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Sign up for a literary club. Reading shouldn’t be torture. In the literary club, you can read interesting books and communicate with friends or relatives. [7]
- Many people find it easier to read when they follow the story and talk about it with others. [8]
- Try combining reading with enjoyable activities (such as dinner or a glass of wine).
- Remember that you may not like all the books you need to read at the book club. You can always refuse a book or read until something appears in it that interests you.
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Listen to audiobooks. If you really dislike the reading process, listen to audiobooks. As a rule, such books are read by actors, and they sound interesting and exciting. Audiobooks will help you enjoy literature without reading. It is very convenient to listen to them on the way.
- You may need to listen to several different books to find out which genre you like. You can always ditch the book if you don’t like it and try something different.
- Free audiobooks are often available in public libraries. You can also subscribe to special services, which will allow you to receive a new audiobook every month for a small fee.
- Studies have shown that audiobooks are as beneficial as reading literature. [9] In addition, some people find it easier to perceive and memorize information by ear. [10]
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Do not hurry. If you are reading for pleasure, don’t rush yourself. Read thoughtfully and have fun with your chosen book.
- Break your book into pages, chapters, or sections. If you feel that you need to simplify a task for yourself, break the text into small parts. For example, decide that today you will read 5 pages. See if you can do it. If you can, keep reading, and if not, stop reading.
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Don’t push yourself. If you force yourself to read because of any personal reasons or pressure from society, the process will not be enjoyable. Don’t do this, and perhaps you will find out what you like to read and find out which books you like. [11]
- Spread out various text sources around the house. This will help you read more often if you get bored and you can replace watching TV or doing something else with reading. [12]
- Take something with you on vacation, to the beach, to the amusement park, or on the road. Literature will distract you when you are bored or want to take a break.
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Read in a calm state. Do not read if you are very nervous or in a hurry. Reading in a relaxed state will allow the brain to associate reading with pleasure rather than duty. [13]
- Research has shown that a good mood and a relaxed environment can motivate people to read. [14]
- For example, keep books or magazines on your bedside table. You can always take them from there and read them before bed. It is best to put several different types of text sources in there (eg books and magazines) so that you can choose whichever suits your mood best. [15]

Method 2 of 2: Reading professional or educational literature

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Use aids. If you find it difficult to read textbooks, use the help guide to help you understand the key points. This is especially useful when dealing with a complex topic. Perhaps thanks to the tutorial, you will even start to enjoy the book.
- Supplementary aids are issued for many literary works. They explain the most difficult passages in the book.
- If reading is difficult for you, talk to your teacher or leader. Perhaps they will tell you how you can make the task easier.
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Have a plan. If you don’t enjoy reading, but must do so because of your studies or work, come up with a plan that will allow you to complete the assignment. Thanks to the plan, you will be able to solve the problem step by step. [16]
- Allocate a certain amount of time to each part of the book so that you do not spend too much time on one section. [17] For example, the introduction and conclusion will take you longer than the main part.
- Schedule breaks to give your brain rest and relaxation. [18]
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Start reading as early as possible. The sooner you start reading the given literature, the better. This will make you less nervous and will be able to memorize information better. [19]
- Read for 20-30 minutes a day – this will allow you to work with the text more efficiently.
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Break the text into small pieces. This will make it easier for you to work through the entire book. You will be able to thoroughly study each of the parts, even if you do not like this literature. [20]
- First, go through the entire text to know what will be discussed. Thanks to this, you will not get confused in the text. [21]
- Keep track of the time. Allow yourself to read each part for no longer than planned. This will make it easier for you to deal with the entire text. [22]
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Learn to grab the essentials from the text. People who have to read a lot (for example, researchers) are able to quickly find the most important information in the text. This skill will help you read even less pleasant literature faster. [23]
- The most important parts of the text are the introduction and conclusion. Read these sections carefully and just skim the rest of the text.
- The first and last sentences of a paragraph usually summarize the conclusions of the paragraph.
- Read the information in the sidebars, in the boxes, and in the conclusions after each section. This information is usually the most important.
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Read aloud. Reading aloud is especially helpful if you need to read a play or poetry. Plays are written to be performed on stage, so chances are good that you will enjoy hearing rather than reading the words in Shakespeare’s drama. Reading prose aloud with proper emphasis on pauses and punctuation marks will give you a better feel for the text. [24]
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Take notes. If you read study and work texts, you will most likely need to reproduce this information later. Taking notes on what you read will make it easier for you to remember the material.
- When taking notes, it is important not to write down too much or too little information. You shouldn’t write everything in a row – you only need the most important information. For example, if you are in finance, you will need to focus on numbers rather than facts. If you need to familiarize yourself with the historical text, the meaning of the events will be more important than the small details associated with them.
- Take notes by hand. As a result of research, scientists have come to the conclusion that handwriting is more useful in terms of memorization than working with a voice recorder or computer. [25]
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Divide the text into parts and exchange notes. If you are working in a group where everyone needs to read the same text, share it among several people. Have each person take notes and exchange notes at the end. This way you don’t have to read too much.
- If you need to read a long text, working in a group will be very convenient. All people are different, and someone can easily be given material with which you have difficulties.

Where to start reading, option 1: the book you are interested in

Surely you have an interesting book in mind. Remember what literature attracted you and prompted you to choose the first book.

Start with this book. She has already sunk into your soul. Why invent a bicycle if it has already been invented. So it is here. Why choose which book to start reading when you already know the answer.

Where to start reading, option 2: a classic

There are classics in any literature. These are the books that best cover a topic or problem in their genre. The content of classic books is always relevant. They age, but they do not become obsolete.

You should start reading with the classics because:

these are the basics, basis and foundation that you should learn;
you will have an idea of a “standard” and decent book in the desired genre;
by choosing proven classics, you will not run into nonsense.

Train your skill regularly

Try to read every day. This “ritual” should become as mundane for you as cooking. Read, delve into the essence of the idea, immerse yourself in the book with your head. Soon you will see for yourself how your life will begin to change for the better! You will learn to concentrate on the reading process without being distracted by anything else. Your horizons will become much richer, your speech will be more representative. And all kinds of hardships in life will cease to scare you. If you want to know how to train yourself to read books constantly, read this fascinating article.

Don’t get hung up on a specific genre

There are many genres of books – from fiction to scientific publications. Each specific genre develops some separate side of the personality. If you want to learn how to read books correctly, you need to train in different genres. Do not be afraid to discover new information that seemed boring or too clever until now. Broaden your horizons, this will certainly affect the effectiveness of training.

Reread incomprehensible moments

If while reading you come across difficult points, do not dwell on them. Continue reading the book in the way you are familiar with, without getting into complicated words, metaphors, and sayings. But don’t forget to tag them. When the book has been completely read, return to the perplexing passage and give it your maximum attention. Use additional sources, re-read the controversial or incomprehensible point a few more times, include all your logic. You must thoroughly study the material, understand it as accurately and correctly as the author himself understood it. There should not be a single word in the book, the message of which remained incomprehensible to you. Do not be lazy to work through the material, even if it takes a long time. Otherwise, you will never learn to perceive literature correctly.

Share emotions from what you read

The best way to formulate your opinion is by writing your thoughts. Sit down, have tea and carefully analyze the plot of the book, evaluate the usefulness of the information, remember the impressions that flooded you after reading the work. Highlight the most helpful thoughts.

If you feel that you are ready, then feel free to start writing a review. In the modern world, almost any social network is suitable for this. It’s great if you have your own personal blog. When writing, be sure to use your favorite quotes from the book, wording, valuable thoughts. Perhaps previously read literature will come to your aid, with which you can draw a parallel.

Sharing your thoughts with other readers is a very rewarding experience. You can jointly discuss a detail that interests you, or find an answer to a troubling question.

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