How To Read A Book is a 1940 classic teaching you how to become a more active reader and deliberately practice the various stages of reading, in order to maximize the value you get from books.

Historically, the ability to read or write was reserved for only a small portion of the world's population.

Today, we have achieved an impressive global literacy rate of over 86%. Yet how many people know how to truly get the most out of reading?

Mortimer J. Adler was a popular American philosopher, author and educator who worked at various universities, as well as educational institutions like the Encyclopedia Britannica and his own Institute for Philosophical Research.

When Adler died in 2001, he left behind a massive body of work in service of making philosophy more accessible to the masses.

First published in 1940, How To Read A Book teaches us how to get the most out of reading non-fiction.

Whether for school, work, or just to get smarter, this book dissects reading into its various stages and shows you how to think about information critically.