The New York Times
25 Great Writers and Thinkers Weigh In on Books That Matter
To celebrate the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we’re dipping into the archives to revisit our most thrilling, memorable and thought-provoking coverage.
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Dan Shipper
Surgical Reading: How to Read 12 Books at Once
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~13 min read · 2020-06-23 · How to efficiently get what you need out of reading, multiple books at a time
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How Reading Books Helps Your Brain Recharge
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4 min read · 2020-02-15 · It may seem counterintuitive, but absorbing information through old-fashioned books gives your brain a break.
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How to take notes while reading a book
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4 min read · 2020-11-05 · When reading a book, taking notes interrupts our reading flow. There is a fine balance between taking too many notes and taking too few notes.
Brain Pickings
Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, the Art of Revision, and His Reading List of Essential Books for…
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7 min read · From 2016 · “In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better.”
Inc.
Why Reading Books Should be Your Priority, According to Science
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3 min read · From 2018 · You're not doing yourself any favors if you're in the 26 percent of American adults who haven't read even part of a book within the last year.
Guardian Books
Top 10 books about great thinkers
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6 min read · 2020-11-18 · From Kant’s routines to Frantz Fanon’s astonishing wartime work and Simone de Beauvoir’s vexed position in history, these books thread together ideas and the lives that animated them
Prospect Magazine
The world’s top 50 thinkers 2020
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20+ min read · 2020-07-14 · Prospect salutes the scientists, philosophers and writers reshaping our times—and asks for your help choosing our 2020 winners
Five Books
Philosophy Summer Reading | Five Books Expert Recommendations
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3 min read · 2020-06-24 · The best philosophy summer reading, important but highly readable books, recommended by British philosopher and author Nigel Warburton.
The Washington Post
How women invented book clubs, revolutionizing reading and their own lives
The Washington Post
Mar 27th · More than 150 years before Oprah and Reese Witherspoon, women began reading together in groups, seeking wisdom from the books and from one another.
