I feel exactly the same for many books. If a book summary on Wikipedia, etc., neither surprises me nor teaches me anything new, I have little motivation to rea

I feel exactly the same for many books. If a book summary on Wikipedia, etc., neither surprises me nor teaches me anything new, I have little motivation to read the book. There's an 'Ask HN' thread on "high signal to noise ratio" books: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10027102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10027102 I note that "Thinking, Fast and Slow" is also listed here. Wikipedia itself is of course lovely for high information density and is my go-to resource.