The art of reading books, a thread.

Always pick enjoyment over speed. If you love reading, you can't lose.

Use boredom as your natural content filter.

Do not fight boredom with self-discipline; otherwise, you'll destroy your best content filter.

When bored, switch to a different book, not a different activity.

In the real world, there is no prize for finishing a book—put it down, you're wasting your time.

Recommending books is difficult because you need the right book for the right person at the right time.

To get smart, read books that make you feel stupid.

You can have a constructive conversation with an expert on almost any topic after reading five books.

Focus solely on understanding. Memorization is sometimes a by-product of understanding, but understanding is never a by-product of memorization.

"Books read" is an irrelevant metric: one idea understood is superior to ten books read.

Understanding compounds, memorization doesn't.

Compound interest: every new idea enables you to understand unclear ideas from previous books or to combine them in a new way.

If you can't decide on a book: ignore the living, read the dead.

Buying books isn't an expense, it's an investment in yourself.

After reading all day, meditate and go for a slow walk, but that's for a different thread.