I haven’t fully read How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler, which is likely to be referenced in another comment, but I do something that’s referenced in that boo

I haven’t fully read How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler, which is likely to be referenced in another comment, but I do something that’s referenced in that book: syntopical reading. When I read stuff I usually grab a few books on the same subject and read through them, using a mix of ebooks, physical books and audiobooks, so I can fill in dead time in different contexts with reading something on the same topic. I’m able to compare the ideas of the books and that seems to collate them better in my head. Other than that I’ve given up and consciously trying speed reading tricks like using peripheral vision to read or reading stuff one word at a time. I’m sure there’s more gains for those techniques but I just don’t have the patience to put them in muscle memory at this point.