How to Read a Book
By
Mortimer J. Adler
Mortimer J. Adler,
Charles Van Doren
Charles Van Doren
1940 • 448 pages

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56 books

Education

StephenMcC
Stephen McClurg
The English Teacher's Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession
Real Boys' Voices
Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
How to Read a Book

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11 books

Rejected

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Michael Mullins
Rewired: Protecting Your Brain in the Digital Age
How to Read a Book
"You Are Not Expected to Understand This"
Scotty Jackson Died... But Then He Got Better
The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
The Coddling of the American Mind

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208 books

Own

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Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
Die Empty
The Year of Living Biblically
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Think and Grow Rich
The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Take the Stairs

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11 books

Did Not Finish

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Elizabeth
Barrel Fever
How to Read a Book
Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
The Time Machine
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos / Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
How To Talk To Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

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16 books

Challenge Read Nonfiction 2022

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
The Gene
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Political Ideologies: An Introduction
The Selfish Gene
The Periodic Table

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103 books

Genre Non Fiction

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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
A Brief History of Time
Hubble Focus: Our Amazing Solar System
Collapse of Complex Societies
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Educated: A Memoir
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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20 books

Type Reference

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How to Read a Book
On writing well
The Bullet Journal Method
Chemistry for Environmental Scientists
Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet: Environmental Chemistry

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10 books

Subject Literary Criticism

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How to Read a Book
An Image of Africa
Politics and the English Language
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
On Bullshit
Against Interpretation and Other Essays

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530 books

Non Fiction

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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Inside Out
Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop
Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory

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172 books

Non Fiction

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The God Delusion
The Road Ahead
The Diary of a Young Girl
Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
The Tao Of Physics: An Exploration Of The Parallels Between Modern Physics And Eastern Mysticism
The Story of Philosophy
A Short History of Nearly Everything

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4 books

Soon

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Layla
How to Read a Book
The Happiness Project
The Book of Moods
Make Time

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128 books

Owned

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Jason Niro
The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari
A Mind at Play
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Countdown to Zero Day
1066: The Year of The Conquest
Meditations
Always follow the elephants

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21 books

Nonfiction

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Kira
Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Li guang yao hui yi lu
The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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89 books

Dnf

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Michelle
Stone of Tears
The Stand
Cat's Cradle
25 Perfect Days
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Americanah
Dietland

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21 books

Prolegômenos

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Gustavo
Gramática Metódica da Língua Portuguesa
Suma Gramatical da Língua Portuguesa
O trivium: as artes liberais da lógica, gramática e retórica: entendendo a natureza e a função da linguagem
Dicionário de Filosofia
Enciclopédia De Termos Lógico-Filosóficos

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344 books

In Sd

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Adriano
Music Theory for Dummies
Becoming the Hacker: The Playbook for Getting Inside the Mind of the Attacker
The C Programming Language
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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58 books

Philosophy

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Hannah Arendt
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
Dictionary of Scholastic Philosophy
The Mystery of the Supernatural

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17 books

Writing

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Peter Sean BradleySupporter
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
The Connell Guide to T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
The World of George Orwell

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6 books

Writing

rosso
Peter
How to Read a Book
Write Useful Books
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
The Anatomy of Story
Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing

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8 books

Kindle

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How to Read a Book
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
The Eye of the World
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Scattered Minds
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
How We Think

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10 books

Selfdev

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Peter
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
How to Read a Book
Write Useful Books
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed

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1 book

Reading

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How to Read a Book

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2 books

Meta Work

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How to Read a Book
ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever

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5 books

Knowledge Synthesis

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Annotation
Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
How to Read a Book
How We Think

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4 books

2024 Winter's Reading

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How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
How to Read a Book
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