No one can be well-read using someone else's reading list. Unless a book is good for you, you won't connect with it and gain from it. Just as no one can tell you how to lead your life, no one can tell you what to read for your life.
How do readers find more time to read? This book offers both inspiration and practical advice for bibliophiles on how to get more books in their life and more life from their books.

His recommendations quite refreshing, as when he advises when not to read a book and why not to feel guilty if you missed reading all those classics in school. He helps readers reorganize their bookshelves into a Library of Candidates that they actively build and a Living Library of books read with enthusiasm, and he emphasizes the value of creating a Bookography, or a simplified list of your reading life. Separate chapters are devoted to the power of audio books and the merits of reading groups.

Those who are bibliophiles who want just small advice or goals in their reading lives. "How to read more." "How to read to learn" "The accolades to audiobooks." etc.

When he goes into how our lives and time are too short to force yourself to finish a book you do not enjoy. It is better to go onto one that calls to you.

Organize my "read" and "to be read" books and also to start a book diary.

Steve Leveen

It is a small guide and some insight from Leveen that can possibly help others with organization, choosing what to read, advice on how to read..learning vs. enjoyment.

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