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From classic texts to modern philosophy books for beginners, these are the best philosophy books to fill your shelves with.

Many of us would like to have more time to read, but life can get in the way of picking up a book. What are strategies that actually work?

«However, speed reading limits your comprehension of the novel, reducing the accuracy of what you read and hindering how much you retain of the story»

Get the simple two-step filter that I use to help me select what to read to improve my total return on invested reading time. Basically, I combine two ideas that both work together.

«“The more basic knowledge you have … the less new knowledge you have to get.”— Charlie Munger»

Do you draw a blank trying to remember books you've read? Try these techniques to retain more of what you read.

«Spend less time worrying about meeting your Goodreads reading challenge, and more about picking out books you’re really excited to read.»

Modern life can feel too frantic for books. Use these habit-building strategies to carve out time for the joy of reading

Do you have a lot of self-help books on your reading list? This simple system helps you to read a self-help book in 90 minutes.

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It’d be wonderful if a new year magically marked a new beginning. But 2022, like all years, reminded us that the same things keep happening, that world events continue on in their own unpredictable…

Prince Harry’s memoir is the UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book ever. Too busy to read it? All the love, rancour, drugs and petty fights are here

In a storied old building on the Upper West Side, the CEO of a bank lives in a freshly renovated apartment with a two-story wood paneled library holding about 2,300 books. The ceiling is eighteen f…

Laura Zigman’s Small World, Janet Malcolm’s Still Pictures, Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent, and Paul Auster’s Bloodbath Nation all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. Brought to you by Bo…

While we may think we have moved beyond the censorship of the past, writers' artistic freedoms are still constrained.

A study by Yale researchers finds that reading books in particular returns cognitive gains that increase longevity.

«extended lifespan applied to all reading participants, regardless of “gender, wealth, education or health” factors, the study explains. That’s a 20% reduction in mortality created by a sedentary activity.»

Simple advice to help you get more out of the books you read, from author Ryan Holiday.

«Life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy reading. My rule is 100 pages minus your age — so if you’re 30 years old and a book hasn’t captivated you by page 70, stop reading it.»

The antidote to overconfidence is our relationship with knowledge. The antilibrary is the solution according to Nassim Taleb.

«we underestimate the value of what we don’t know and overvalue what we do know, we fundamentally misunderstand the likelihood of surprises.»

Reddit has a dedicated userbase of readers and sci-fi enthusiasts: check out some of the latest and greatest books they've been reading.

Ambiguity in fiction, when done well, is not an escape hatch for the noncommittal writer. It’s an articulation of something otherwise impossible to articulate.

Tweet By Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all! On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works…

We have fallen out of love with good writing

«The paradox of this mystic inner quality is that its depth gets expressed by what we think of as a superficial quality: style.»

Every year, The White Review asks friends and contributors what books they’ve enjoyed reading and rereading. We’re currently running a fundraiser. The White Review depends on reader support, so please…

Publishing insiders tell Esquire why they find "the list" so frustrating—turns out, it's a data project full of contradictions.