When I was in my teens I used to go to the library and pick up 20-30 books on the same subject and basically sort them into various piles of difficulty, and the

When I was in my teens I used to go to the library and pick up 20-30 books on the same subject and basically sort them into various piles of difficulty, and then start reading and move to the next book if I hit a blocker, and possibly come back to the same book with renewed insight. Every author explains things differently and explains key concepts in different orders, so it's a no-brainer to go through multiple books on the same subject at the same time. But IMO you still do need to dedicate yourself to linear reading the truly good books.