How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler - I come back to this book constantly and I absolutely love it.

on HN, 2018

How to Read a Book - Mortimer Adler. Really helped me feel more comfortable reading technical books and large books.

on HN, 2016

I'd have liked to see at least a nodding reference to Mortimer Adler's classic, How to Read a Book. This isn't strictly a study guide, but that itself is a strength, in that Adler explicitly recognises different types of books and different levels of reading.

on HN, 2021

Nice to see the Mortimer Adler recommendation as well, but I think his How to Read a Book should be a prerequisite for serious reading.

on HN, 2014

How to Read a Book by Adler and Van Doren. I was in academia when I read this and it had a huge impact on how I read and thought about academic papers.

on HN, 2022

„How to read a book“ by Adler / van Doren. Taught me how to read several books on a topic (he calls this syntopical reading) to unserstand the structure of a topic.

on HN, 2022

This is precisely what Mortimer Adler suggests in his book "How to Read a Book", to read above your current levels this is only how you grow your mind.

on HN, 2020

I can’t recommend “How to Read a Book” enough - despite its anachronisms and glaring faults, it’s the only book I’ve found that has genuinely made me feel that I’ve not really read a single book in my life.

on HN, 2019