Speaking of reading and retention, there was a controversial article titled: "Why books don't work"[1]. It was also recently discussed here on HN[2]. As a ser

Speaking of reading and retention, there was a controversial article titled: "Why books don't work"[1]. It was also recently discussed here on HN[2]. As a serious reader, I took "offense" at first the sweeping title. But when I completely read the article, the author's contention was largely with poorly written books and lectures work ... which wouldn't make for a sensational title. - - - As to the original question, for non-fiction (and even for some fiction, like by Iain. M Banks) I take a lot of hand-written notes while reading. Of course, it's "slower", but so be it -- if I'm reading a valuable book, I want to take my sweet time. [1] https://andymatuschak.org/books/ https://andymatuschak.org/books/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19887424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19887424