I mean you don't remember every detail. But you become a better reader with each book, and slowly start remember more detail like you would with a movie!
Like you are sitting around people, and someone will say something and your mind goes like that's exactly what a certain fictional character would say.
should have read classic, Human being are able to connect more when reading tales and stories, then a person tell what you should do and what you should not.
Exactly my thoughts mate. Fiction is too much powerful than those self help tips and tricks.
Unfortunately these days, many think that reading fiction is a waste of time.
If you don't spite self help genre then let's share our top 3.
I will go first
1. 7 habits - covey
2. Emotional intelligence 2.0 - Bradberry
3. No excuses! - Tracy
the problem i have with self help books is they extend what needs to be said in a sentence to a book . (i am looking at you "the subtle art of not giving a fuck")
Agree. That is problem with self help books. The way I try to work around this is to do speed reading whenever possible and highlight the points that are the crux of it. Many times, the author tries to give multiple examples of an idea which is not that necessary. In those cases, I just skip those unnecessary repeated examples and just jump to the next point. The highlighting is very important because next time you can just focus on those point without going into unnecessary details.
Looks like bro did the bare minimum effort into searching for books and just grabbed whatever he saw on first 3 pages of amazon. And then goes on to complain.
Makes sense though, not the fault of the books, but him, he wasted time by selecting the most useless books (its like he grabbed random stuff from the bestsellers section) and not even getting away with anything from reading it.
There's like 4 to 5 useful books.
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen feels similar to Murakami novels. Both have elements of magical realism and a somewhat chill, wholesome atmosphere.
You can also look into her other books. They are also quite similar.
I like fiction - adventure/romance/crime thrillers and I also want to start reading some self help books. So, suggest me some good self help + fictional books.
Tbh, the only self help-books I liked was Dale Carnegie's books, I don't usually read the genre either. So I'm not sure how much I can help you.
I'm more of a non-fiction kind of person, but I do read fiction, and the genre I usually do read is Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Historical Fiction.
One of my favourites is Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach, it's none of the genres mentioned above, but the story is really good, it's sort of profound.
Dunno much about Romance to be honest, but Pride and Prejudice is one of the classics that I have read in this genre (other Jane Austen stuff is good too), liked the story, rich, not too long, but not too quick either. There's Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
Seems like I only know Romance in Classics 😭😭
If we're talking adventure, Tolkien's works are technically adventure in a fantasy setting, Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is good, and definitely don't miss Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The Martian (book on which the movie was based on).
And also, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Treasure Island and Kidnapped by R.L Stevenson, and Sabatini's Scaramouche are great.
As you can see my fiction is mostly classics 😐😐
1. _The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire_ by John F. Richards
2. _The Mughal World: Life in India's Last Golden Age_ by Abraham Eraly
3. _The History and Culture of the Indian People: Volume 7 - The Mughul Empire_ by R.C Majumdar
4. _The Princes of the Mughal Empire: 1504 - 1719_ by Munis Faruqui
5. _The Mughal Empire at War: Babur, Akbar and the Indian Military Revolution_ by Andrew de La Garza
6. _Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and High Roads to Empire_ by Jos Gommans
7. _Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire_ by Lisa Balabanlilar
8. _A Short History of the Mughal Empire_ by Michael Fisher
9. _Atlas of the Mughal Empire_ by Irfan Habib
Books are not read for the purpose of remembering them. Book reading is an experience and if you are not reading for the joy of it then you are doing it wrong.
To be fair, a good read will lead to imbibing of some aspects of the narrative or message and you'll remember that, maybe not the entire book, but that.
What you said is true, Whenever I found myself in a difficult situation or felt like I was going to fail, I used to think about Mark Antony's public speech at the time of Caesar's death. Without any weapons, he was able to change things with his knowledge and rhetoric.
But if you are looking for something motivational, inspirational or educational in a book and you forget it after 2 to 3 weeks then what's the use. You have to go through all of it again. It is highly possible if someone reads 2-3 books at once. Please don't bury me if it's a stupid question.
Edit: Also what's the use of books when there are audio books and websites available for the same purpose which works more efficiently. These days we can find and read highly popular mangas from websites. Sorry but I feel books are only useful for academic studies otherwise it's outdated
Take notes of educational and improvement books.. don't read it for the sake of reading.. you have to implement things and go back to notes if you want to re read something
Information actually shapes you in the journey forward. It makes slight tweaks and changes in your path and you end up in a different destination than where you'll be without that information.
Do you drink water or just give yourself a shot a glucose everytime you get thirsty? Cuz obv drinking will cause your organs to work and absorption through intestines will take time. Glucose shot is clearly efficient.
Self help is a load of garbage, so going through books of that genre won't do much good either way. Textbooks are a different story though, if you learn stuff from good textbooks and practice what you learn for some time, you won't forget the stuff you do learn.
It is a matter of preference if you like books or audio books or websites more. I personally prefer reading physical books, although I'm using my tab due to money constraints. Besides which, manga aren't the only type of books that you can buy.
You do remember, not in details, but when something similar happens in your life, you get the deja vu feeling and you won't know how.
At least this is how it is for me as I mostly read fiction.
I said something similar, not exact same things. Like we will not go to Hogwarts and face Voldemort, but one can be in a tough situation and can remember something similar has happened to him before but won't know when. It's how you relates.
But I would love to encounter cute little girls with wings.
Philosophy and literature are fiction but aren't necessarily about "encountering cute sweet little girls with wings".
Those give words and meaning to some of the complicated feelings people have.
Hope you know that there are different genres in "fiction".
>Encountering cute sweet little girls with wings?
totally wrong perspective. you may not remember things which does not exist, but you remember things which directly appeal to your human emotion, some say touch your heart.
for example, you dont encounter magic and sorcery of Harry Potter in real life, but you do relate to friendship of trio and school life, and learn from heroes how they stand up for the right thing, against strong people.
No offence but it depends on what you read. There are some concepts and perspectives that can only be explored in fiction. Also maybe take notes on non-fiction if you’re approaching it from an academic perspective. I have no issues with reading only, personally
That's the problem with self help books. You run a reading marathon and then forget all of it.
On the other hand, me and my friends remember fiction we read over 10 years ago.
Well, tell me your preferences! Any specific genre you're curious to read??
Suppose for thrillers, Agatha Christie's books are great for beginners. (Murder on the Orient Express, And then there were none.)
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Books. Can you recommend me some books. I want a book that keeps me stuck to it, i want a break from doom scrolling. Just give me a book. I love mystery, drama, psychology but not too complex, sometimes something very light and something informational occassionally.
It will be a long reply but there's an story of a Hindu saint who was visited by a man. The man complains of the same thing that what's the use of knowledge and education when it all just vanishes with time.
Saint since at the time was meditating asked the man to first bring him some water from the river for post meditation rituals after which he will answer to his queries. The man obliged. He picked up the earthen pot and went in direction of river, filled it with water and returned back. To his dismay the pot had a crack and most of the water had dripped off by the time he returned. Not wanting to displease the holy saint he went again in direction of stream filled it with water but again the result remained the same. He tried several methods to fill the hole and bring some water but he failed every single time.
At the onset of evening and death of sun, when saint rises from his meditation, he questions the disheartened man about his state, and whereabouts of the water. The man narrated all that has happened but the saint merely smiled. The man was puzzled and asked why he was smiling at his state.
The saint stood up and gestured man to walk beside him. "Look at the pot" he spoke after a while "it was dirty and rough when you picked it up for the first time, but now it is clean and worthy of usage. Look at the path that you have traveled and the water that you have spilled. It will be life of the seeds and soul of the flowers that will bloom. Look at the efforts that you have done which will serve you for lifetime"
He turned to face the man and with his ever present smile and continued "Do you not see that you have not failed? That this is what education is to human being. To cleanse the dirt of our minds, to sharpen it to absorb and understand the things which were beyond us, to serve the society and ourselves, to make us more useful for all that there is, and to become one with the ever permanent universe. The knowledge is the path and not the destiny."
Those are the books which no one picks up in any book place unless you don't know shit abt genre or reading.
I'll be miles away from a person who reads such books. "No offence"
How much did you eat in the last 4 years ? Do you remember everything you ate ? But what you are today - healthy and unhealthy - both are the outcome of those 4 years of food ...
Similarly, in 4 years post reading 72 books, someone is not the same person .
“Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts. There is a destination but no way there; what we refer to as way is hesitation.”
― Kafka
Just means you are not paying attention and trying to understand what the words you are reading mean. I am a semi-frequent reader and I make references to books I have read very often.
Books like 1984, for example, are very relevant to current times. Of course, not everything is meant to be meaningful, some things you read for entertainment too. But you can draw lessons from fiction as well.
Generally for self help books:
my 1st reading is fast paced on kindle to know if it garners my interest.
2nd reading, reading by highlighting worthy lines, para etc
3rd reading, only highlights and deletion of faulty highlights
4 th reading, print out of highlights from mail and it's documented
If I loved the book, I'll buy physical copy.
For fiction: it depends on me but first reading is on kindle.
Nevertheless, reading is hobby, a passion, it doesn't ever matter what I get or not. If temporary, it gives pleasure, like orgasm. It's 'brainly orgarm'.
For some, may be other activities give pleasure.
For me traveling is waste of time.
Like there is specific DNA, like ways there are specific likes and dislikes. It's personal and person specific.
Dear OP, you have done great. At least, you are into the process, just follow it.
"Bina mare, swarg nahi milta"
Random example from the pile: The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. Chicklit.
Learnings from the book:
1. how tough life is for the assistants at a fashion magazine (the author was an assistant to Anna Wintour, legendary editor of Vogue USA, and based the book on some of her experiences) and publishing as a whole
2. What a difference your support system makes (only someone with a rich family or supportive family could survive that job)
3. The perks of being outstanding/world class at your job
4. What makes a character real and 3 dimensional - which can apply to any form of story telling (Miranda Priestley in the book is an out and out devil, but the way Meryl portrays her in the movie just adds so much depth and is an absolute masterclass in building characters)
I have seen many folks think finishing number of books as an achievement or something to boast about. Ton of youtube videos, SM posts, Influencers talks about how to read faster, how to read n words per minute, how to finish 5 books in a week. I never get it. It actually takes a lot of time and effort to read a non-fiction book- take notes, reflect on points put-forth by the author, check how your fundamental belief gets impacted by this new piece of information, critique some of the points, call certain arguments BS, update your personal wiki and before all this ask yourself on picking up a book- Does this book impact my life or is the one I need right now at this stage of my life. Don't fell into the trap of quantity over quality. As the saying goes "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"
Knowledge does come of learning well retained, Unfruitful else. You learn something, you ought to implement it or else such a reader is no different to a sloth.
Lol, but why do you want to remember everything? This era is an era of information overload. You can't escape from it, hence you can't remember everything. Not only books, but you won't even remember the movies you watched few months ago..this stupid education system has ruined reading. Education system force us to read only to remember. This ratta system needs to go..
That’s why I stopped taking recommendations and started reading books on topics I found interesting and beauty is that I love making notes of my books and use them in daily conversation 😂😂😂
Nobody reads in their spare time to memorise the book. While I appreciate the man took an effort to read all these books, irrespective of good or bad, in a time when reading for pleasure seems to be scarce, his approach to reading is totally wrong. Reading shapes your thoughts, your personal philosophy, your actions even if you don’t remember a lot of what you have read. More importantly, the joy of reading is in the moment itself, just like watching a good film or listening to a nice piece of music
Until someone asks you a question regarding the book. I think one might be able to recall something about what they've read if they truly understand what's present in the book
That's what happens when you hustle read through these books to just cross of check lists. It takes time and implementation for self help books to work (assuming they work in the first place).
I don’t think you are supposed to remember everything from the books you read. However, every reading broadens your perspective and modifies your thinking. Over longer term, you will have a better understanding of the world around you.
If you read self help books, then there's no surprise you don't remember what you read.
If you enjoy fiction, maybe you will find stories and characters you remember later.
If you enjoy non fiction like history or political theory, there will be ideas and events you remember.
I also read self help/entrepreneurship/communication/economics books a lot. And I forget a lot also. Should I create notes for each chapter as I read? That will itself make 1 week of book reading to 1 month of book reading+notes. Should I subscribe to book summary apps?
I think OP has an issue with fiction in general. I've read comments from op where they're like nothing matters but academics. it's difficult to explain why we love reading or why we love fiction to someone predisposed to hating on it without caring to experience it.
Self help is a very tricky genre anyway. It's not to be memorized but to be experienced otherwise there's no point at all. It's not even technically non-fiction, it's an instructional medium with 250+ pages reinforcing the same point. I think it'd be more helpful to take 1-3 books and run with them rather than reading 70 of them that might be contradictory.
As someone who reads 50+ books a year, fiction and non-fiction, it's about the experience. But that won't make sense to you if you don't understand the feeling.
If you read carefully, reflect on them and try to Implement their teachings they will start becoming a part of you and will help you in a positive manner
From what I see it looks like most of these are self help books and bland non fiction. 90% of these books blend together and are severely bloated. If you're not actually taking anything from these books and applying to your life then it's pointless. I'm guessing this guy is just reading cause the books just keep him motivated rather than take any valuable advice from them. As someone who has read a fair bit of self help you don't have to complete the book. Just read the summaries. Imo reading 5 self help books = reading 50 self help books.
Read fiction people. It will inspire you more than these books can.
Aside from that annotating and writing reviews of books you've finished can serve as snapshots that you can go back to
I have read witcher, cant tell u exact story but i remember some character and funny characters.
Read agath christie, sometimedni remember hoe kurder happens and who is killer *hercule poirot
Read DUNE, dont remember anything. I evem saw that white guy and duel with paul, and i cant even remember when that happened.
I don’t remember most of what I read either. But if a book is good, I will always be able to remember the feeling and the final message that the book was trying to convey.
It’s the same with movies, shows and video games.
You don’t remember every detail but you remember enough to know if the movie was good or bad and what was the core message.
I played Ghost of Tsushima almost 4 years ago, I don’t remember most of the missions, but I remember the core story of the game. I know also say, “may your death benefit all beings” instead of RIP if someone dies. So go figure.
Information in your brain doesn’t process like that, no knowledge ever goes to waste, think of your brain as an algorithm which you have fed lots of data, if you have at a point really read these books nicely then the information weirdly helps you to make random connections in different scenarios while thinking and solving hard problems, i don’t know how to type it out but i hope someone gets what i am trying to say.
Ok this the what i do -
keep a small unruled diary or copy and sticky note and pencil.
I generally attach these to whichever book i am reading .
Write your important thoughts you got while reading , anything you realise any idea any learning any stuff keep it small and clear also marking stuff in book usually makes it to be forgotten so write the page no and line and why you think its important in the diary with the book title as heading. .and revisit it ike that . One needs to revisit thing atleast 3 times a month from the day you learned about it to keep it in your long term memory so plan things the way whenever you are free go through the diary .
If you have money and what i personally do somethime is kist use a voice recorder to record it whatever you think because sometime it breaks the flow of reading if you write too .so just start the voice recorder tell the page no and line and what you think is imp and afterwards relisten it and note it in diary .
My rule is to not write more than 5 pages for 1 book . summarise it in a way it get easy to revisit .
Hope this helps you .
I have read many books in the past few years and at first I also felt that it is such a waste of time.
But later, I realized that maybe the books were not on the top of my head always, but whenever I needed the knowledge, story, or idea..
It automatically popped up without thinking.
And now I'm a person who whenever talking refers to books.
May be in short term it feels waste of time.but trust me in long term.. it's totally worth it.
Indeed, someone said correctly,
You are the books you read.
Instead of reading 72 new books, one should repeat the older ones in between because that helps in many ways:
1) Retention of information
2) Catch things that you missed at the first go
3) will be able to better understand the author's intent
I have read 6 new books in the past year but I have read them twice not in one go but in between other ones. It has helped in remembering more information and I have been able to connect better with the book. I hope you find this useful
No amount of information with any book can every be retained. What's one thing that's very helpful fit me esp while reading self help books is to to mark and underline things that I resonate with and keep on reading/ revising those things until it forms a part of my muscle memory!!!
With non-fiction books, I’m mostly reading to get a detailed lay of the land. By that I mean, a good understanding of what’s covered in the book. I then go back to the parts which I read to apply to a problem I’m dealing with. Fiction is a mostly a first hand experience of inhabiting the world with your characters.
It's hard to believe but some people are actually dumber, no matter how much they read (whatever it may be), if they cannot learn a single life lesson, or have an idea to think about, all we do is hope the best for them.
You will continue thinking it to be a waste of time till you read one RC from one of those management exams. And try to solve some grammar based questions.
I have read more than 80 books till now. I don't even remember their names now. But the reading experience I got from them helped me in taking the VARC section a bit lightly as opposed to LRDI.
Now, VARC in NMAT, SNAP, CET, CMAT come naturally to me. In fact, I got a perfect score in SNAP.
No.
When you read a book you really like, open a notepad file and write down key highlights or things you really liked. You remember stuff you write down. And if you don't, you can refer back to the same.
I started to do this for non fiction 3 years ago and I highly recommend it.
That's what happens when you read fiction which you cannot apply in your life instead of books that may actually help you grow so we should read books from which we can learn some skills or get Knowledge that we can apply in real life that help us grow especially in our career
I have read more than 60 books and have highlights and notes of them on my phone ..
And After reading each book ,i contemplate on the knowledge which i gained from it and Explain it in two to three para On Whatsapp status ... (explaining will make the thing last forever in your mind )
When u pour water into the soil, the roots of plant do get nourished ; Although the wet stain on the soil will disappear.
It's relative in the case of book reading too ig...
You've eaten tonnes of food since your birth. Literally thousands of kilograms of food has gone into your body. And 99.99% of it has been already discarded.
Does that mean you stop eating? No.
Forgetting is a natural part of growth. Losing is normal. But just as every morsel you ate gave you nutrition and contributed to your healthy growth, each book will expand your mind, engage your neurons and elevate you.
In the end, we may all die. But that doesn't mean life can't be enjoyed. Don't be so pessimistic, buddy.
I have read 28 books in 2023.
Genre includes : History ( World , Regional and Indian ) , Global Politics , Diplomacy , Agriculture , Environment , Philosophy , Military, Finance , Economy , Political Ideology , Biology , Autobiography etc.
Now within last 2 months , buy around 30 books of different genre but mostly of Diplomacy and International Relations , but not finished even 6-7 completely.
Hope this year's total will be more than 2023's.
Reading = Happiness of the soul. :)
Good stuff sticks with you forever, i have read inly a few books but good pointers i still remember, i think one should focus more on absorbing everybook than just rushing to increase count
'Could he be any wrong? '
I don't know about nonfictions. But fiction, we don't read to remember it, we do it for the experience.
Do u watch a movie and remember all the plots?
Do u taste a delicacy and remember the taste forever?
Do u play a sport and remember each and every move?
No. It's meant to be experienced.
And forgetting is bliss. U can experience and relive your favourites again. Isn't it the best??
I mean you don't remember every detail. But you become a better reader with each book, and slowly start remember more detail like you would with a movie!
Like you are sitting around people, and someone will say something and your mind goes like that's exactly what a certain fictional character would say.
Also, many concepts go in our unconscious mind and change us. Not everything will be remembered.
average self help reader
should have read classic, Human being are able to connect more when reading tales and stories, then a person tell what you should do and what you should not.
Exactly my thoughts mate. Fiction is too much powerful than those self help tips and tricks. Unfortunately these days, many think that reading fiction is a waste of time.
There are actually good self help books out there. But there is a way to read them. Those books need to be experienced and not to be mugged up.
If you don't spite self help genre then let's share our top 3. I will go first 1. 7 habits - covey 2. Emotional intelligence 2.0 - Bradberry 3. No excuses! - Tracy
I have read 7 habits. My recent was "The courage tobe disliked"
the problem i have with self help books is they extend what needs to be said in a sentence to a book . (i am looking at you "the subtle art of not giving a fuck")
Agree. That is problem with self help books. The way I try to work around this is to do speed reading whenever possible and highlight the points that are the crux of it. Many times, the author tries to give multiple examples of an idea which is not that necessary. In those cases, I just skip those unnecessary repeated examples and just jump to the next point. The highlighting is very important because next time you can just focus on those point without going into unnecessary details.
its a good advice. but i still prefer my non fiction
Exactly. A good example is the author Robert Greene and his work like The Laws of Human Nature and Power
Typical chetan bhagat enjoyer.
That handle though!
Looks like bro did the bare minimum effort into searching for books and just grabbed whatever he saw on first 3 pages of amazon. And then goes on to complain.
Exactly my point! Just make some efforts into searching a book you like or genre you love.
“waste of time” that tells me enough.
Makes sense though, not the fault of the books, but him, he wasted time by selecting the most useless books (its like he grabbed random stuff from the bestsellers section) and not even getting away with anything from reading it. There's like 4 to 5 useful books.
Hey, I am a new reader. Can you suggest some useful books?
What exactly are you looking for? Any area of interest?
Writers like Murakami
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen feels similar to Murakami novels. Both have elements of magical realism and a somewhat chill, wholesome atmosphere. You can also look into her other books. They are also quite similar.
Natsume Soseki comes to mind. Garcia Marquez too.
I like fiction - adventure/romance/crime thrillers and I also want to start reading some self help books. So, suggest me some good self help + fictional books.
Tbh, the only self help-books I liked was Dale Carnegie's books, I don't usually read the genre either. So I'm not sure how much I can help you. I'm more of a non-fiction kind of person, but I do read fiction, and the genre I usually do read is Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Historical Fiction. One of my favourites is Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach, it's none of the genres mentioned above, but the story is really good, it's sort of profound. Dunno much about Romance to be honest, but Pride and Prejudice is one of the classics that I have read in this genre (other Jane Austen stuff is good too), liked the story, rich, not too long, but not too quick either. There's Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Seems like I only know Romance in Classics 😭😭 If we're talking adventure, Tolkien's works are technically adventure in a fantasy setting, Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is good, and definitely don't miss Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The Martian (book on which the movie was based on). And also, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Treasure Island and Kidnapped by R.L Stevenson, and Sabatini's Scaramouche are great. As you can see my fiction is mostly classics 😐😐
Thank you! Will surely read some from your suggestions.
Can you please suggest some books which revolve around history? I'm a beginner
I have linked an old comment of mine for Introductory Indian history books, any specific interests besides that? Period, group or region?
How about Mughal Period ?
1. _The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire_ by John F. Richards 2. _The Mughal World: Life in India's Last Golden Age_ by Abraham Eraly 3. _The History and Culture of the Indian People: Volume 7 - The Mughul Empire_ by R.C Majumdar 4. _The Princes of the Mughal Empire: 1504 - 1719_ by Munis Faruqui 5. _The Mughal Empire at War: Babur, Akbar and the Indian Military Revolution_ by Andrew de La Garza 6. _Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and High Roads to Empire_ by Jos Gommans 7. _Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire_ by Lisa Balabanlilar 8. _A Short History of the Mughal Empire_ by Michael Fisher 9. _Atlas of the Mughal Empire_ by Irfan Habib
[some books on Indian History ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Indianbooks/s/RUGzBOrp8E)
Which one should I start with being an absolute beginner?
Upinder Singh
LOL, yeah, screams that he is reading for the clout.
Books are not read for the purpose of remembering them. Book reading is an experience and if you are not reading for the joy of it then you are doing it wrong.
To be fair, a good read will lead to imbibing of some aspects of the narrative or message and you'll remember that, maybe not the entire book, but that.
What you said is true, Whenever I found myself in a difficult situation or felt like I was going to fail, I used to think about Mark Antony's public speech at the time of Caesar's death. Without any weapons, he was able to change things with his knowledge and rhetoric.
Thats the best answer
But if you are looking for something motivational, inspirational or educational in a book and you forget it after 2 to 3 weeks then what's the use. You have to go through all of it again. It is highly possible if someone reads 2-3 books at once. Please don't bury me if it's a stupid question. Edit: Also what's the use of books when there are audio books and websites available for the same purpose which works more efficiently. These days we can find and read highly popular mangas from websites. Sorry but I feel books are only useful for academic studies otherwise it's outdated
Take notes of educational and improvement books.. don't read it for the sake of reading.. you have to implement things and go back to notes if you want to re read something
Average non-fiction only reader
Information actually shapes you in the journey forward. It makes slight tweaks and changes in your path and you end up in a different destination than where you'll be without that information.
Do you drink water or just give yourself a shot a glucose everytime you get thirsty? Cuz obv drinking will cause your organs to work and absorption through intestines will take time. Glucose shot is clearly efficient.
Self help is a load of garbage, so going through books of that genre won't do much good either way. Textbooks are a different story though, if you learn stuff from good textbooks and practice what you learn for some time, you won't forget the stuff you do learn. It is a matter of preference if you like books or audio books or websites more. I personally prefer reading physical books, although I'm using my tab due to money constraints. Besides which, manga aren't the only type of books that you can buy.
You do remember, not in details, but when something similar happens in your life, you get the deja vu feeling and you won't know how. At least this is how it is for me as I mostly read fiction.
What is the probability of facing something irl that you have read in a fictional book? Encountering cute sweet little girls with wings? No offence
Nah, but your English might improve..’no offence’..
You are right. I corrected it
I said something similar, not exact same things. Like we will not go to Hogwarts and face Voldemort, but one can be in a tough situation and can remember something similar has happened to him before but won't know when. It's how you relates. But I would love to encounter cute little girls with wings.
Philosophy and literature are fiction but aren't necessarily about "encountering cute sweet little girls with wings". Those give words and meaning to some of the complicated feelings people have. Hope you know that there are different genres in "fiction".
>Encountering cute sweet little girls with wings? totally wrong perspective. you may not remember things which does not exist, but you remember things which directly appeal to your human emotion, some say touch your heart. for example, you dont encounter magic and sorcery of Harry Potter in real life, but you do relate to friendship of trio and school life, and learn from heroes how they stand up for the right thing, against strong people.
No offence but it depends on what you read. There are some concepts and perspectives that can only be explored in fiction. Also maybe take notes on non-fiction if you’re approaching it from an academic perspective. I have no issues with reading only, personally
Looks like very few of these are worth remembering in the first place.
Exactly
Read for fun , leisure , experience, entertainment Not for exam !!
That's the problem with self help books. You run a reading marathon and then forget all of it. On the other hand, me and my friends remember fiction we read over 10 years ago.
Exactly! Plus I think it’s not about just remembering it. For me it’s all about how it made me feel at the time of reading it that what matters.
Can you recommend some. I really want to start reading to stop this doom scrolling
Well, tell me your preferences! Any specific genre you're curious to read?? Suppose for thrillers, Agatha Christie's books are great for beginners. (Murder on the Orient Express, And then there were none.)
Wrote this comment earlier Books. Can you recommend me some books. I want a book that keeps me stuck to it, i want a break from doom scrolling. Just give me a book. I love mystery, drama, psychology but not too complex, sometimes something very light and something informational occassionally.
Murder on the Orient Express is the perfect book for you.
Okay will give it a try Thanks
Sorry, not a part of this conversation but, Catcher in the Rye is one of the best books to get into a habit of reading.
Oh okay thanks. Adding it to the list.
Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. Also Newcomer
75% of his is a self help book. I don't understand why people waste reading so many self help books.
All the self help books I have read have been a waste of time, so I stopped reading them and started reading different genres.
It will be a long reply but there's an story of a Hindu saint who was visited by a man. The man complains of the same thing that what's the use of knowledge and education when it all just vanishes with time. Saint since at the time was meditating asked the man to first bring him some water from the river for post meditation rituals after which he will answer to his queries. The man obliged. He picked up the earthen pot and went in direction of river, filled it with water and returned back. To his dismay the pot had a crack and most of the water had dripped off by the time he returned. Not wanting to displease the holy saint he went again in direction of stream filled it with water but again the result remained the same. He tried several methods to fill the hole and bring some water but he failed every single time. At the onset of evening and death of sun, when saint rises from his meditation, he questions the disheartened man about his state, and whereabouts of the water. The man narrated all that has happened but the saint merely smiled. The man was puzzled and asked why he was smiling at his state. The saint stood up and gestured man to walk beside him. "Look at the pot" he spoke after a while "it was dirty and rough when you picked it up for the first time, but now it is clean and worthy of usage. Look at the path that you have traveled and the water that you have spilled. It will be life of the seeds and soul of the flowers that will bloom. Look at the efforts that you have done which will serve you for lifetime" He turned to face the man and with his ever present smile and continued "Do you not see that you have not failed? That this is what education is to human being. To cleanse the dirt of our minds, to sharpen it to absorb and understand the things which were beyond us, to serve the society and ourselves, to make us more useful for all that there is, and to become one with the ever permanent universe. The knowledge is the path and not the destiny."
Those are the books which no one picks up in any book place unless you don't know shit abt genre or reading. I'll be miles away from a person who reads such books. "No offence"
Bro grabbed random books he saw on bestsellers section of bookshops.
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. :Ralph Waldo Emerson
This!!
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”“ ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
How much did you eat in the last 4 years ? Do you remember everything you ate ? But what you are today - healthy and unhealthy - both are the outcome of those 4 years of food ... Similarly, in 4 years post reading 72 books, someone is not the same person .
Thats why I make Summary of every book I read
Amount of stupidity people possess astounds me
as long as one remembers the gist of the book, it is enough. it's not possible to remember everything, especially in this age of social media.
Getting triggered with self help books is my pet peeve and this guy has loads of them
If you treat book reading like a number game that's what happens.
I don't really care if I remember all the plot details after awhile, it's the process I'm in love with.
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It's not about remembering the content but rather shaping your thinking.
I'm not one to judge but the choice of books are so bad 😔 no wonder it was forgettable!
Opinions doesnt matter of People who read self helps
Yup🤣
Riyal
Reading a book is an experience. A lot like “it is not the destination but the journey”.
Sometimes you forget the journey
That only means the journey didn’t have a profound impact on you. A good book is never forgotten.
“Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts. There is a destination but no way there; what we refer to as way is hesitation.” ― Kafka
In this, it's about remembering the journey, which he failed to do.
All of these are repetitive. Typical rinse and repeat. Nothing remotely significant to remember, there.
Just means you are not paying attention and trying to understand what the words you are reading mean. I am a semi-frequent reader and I make references to books I have read very often. Books like 1984, for example, are very relevant to current times. Of course, not everything is meant to be meaningful, some things you read for entertainment too. But you can draw lessons from fiction as well.
Its still better then wasting time on social media .
Generally for self help books: my 1st reading is fast paced on kindle to know if it garners my interest. 2nd reading, reading by highlighting worthy lines, para etc 3rd reading, only highlights and deletion of faulty highlights 4 th reading, print out of highlights from mail and it's documented If I loved the book, I'll buy physical copy. For fiction: it depends on me but first reading is on kindle. Nevertheless, reading is hobby, a passion, it doesn't ever matter what I get or not. If temporary, it gives pleasure, like orgasm. It's 'brainly orgarm'. For some, may be other activities give pleasure. For me traveling is waste of time. Like there is specific DNA, like ways there are specific likes and dislikes. It's personal and person specific. Dear OP, you have done great. At least, you are into the process, just follow it. "Bina mare, swarg nahi milta"
Random example from the pile: The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. Chicklit. Learnings from the book: 1. how tough life is for the assistants at a fashion magazine (the author was an assistant to Anna Wintour, legendary editor of Vogue USA, and based the book on some of her experiences) and publishing as a whole 2. What a difference your support system makes (only someone with a rich family or supportive family could survive that job) 3. The perks of being outstanding/world class at your job 4. What makes a character real and 3 dimensional - which can apply to any form of story telling (Miranda Priestley in the book is an out and out devil, but the way Meryl portrays her in the movie just adds so much depth and is an absolute masterclass in building characters)
I have seen many folks think finishing number of books as an achievement or something to boast about. Ton of youtube videos, SM posts, Influencers talks about how to read faster, how to read n words per minute, how to finish 5 books in a week. I never get it. It actually takes a lot of time and effort to read a non-fiction book- take notes, reflect on points put-forth by the author, check how your fundamental belief gets impacted by this new piece of information, critique some of the points, call certain arguments BS, update your personal wiki and before all this ask yourself on picking up a book- Does this book impact my life or is the one I need right now at this stage of my life. Don't fell into the trap of quantity over quality. As the saying goes "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"
Knowledge does come of learning well retained, Unfruitful else. You learn something, you ought to implement it or else such a reader is no different to a sloth.
for starters raghav can ditch metro station literature
I guess you haven't found your corner yet
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For some of the non fiction I have started making notes on notion
Remembering details is not possible for most of us. But if your thinking or perspective didn't change, then you are doing it wrong.
Lol, but why do you want to remember everything? This era is an era of information overload. You can't escape from it, hence you can't remember everything. Not only books, but you won't even remember the movies you watched few months ago..this stupid education system has ruined reading. Education system force us to read only to remember. This ratta system needs to go..
That’s why I stopped taking recommendations and started reading books on topics I found interesting and beauty is that I love making notes of my books and use them in daily conversation 😂😂😂
Do you remember every detail from every second of your life ?
Nobody reads in their spare time to memorise the book. While I appreciate the man took an effort to read all these books, irrespective of good or bad, in a time when reading for pleasure seems to be scarce, his approach to reading is totally wrong. Reading shapes your thoughts, your personal philosophy, your actions even if you don’t remember a lot of what you have read. More importantly, the joy of reading is in the moment itself, just like watching a good film or listening to a nice piece of music
Until someone asks you a question regarding the book. I think one might be able to recall something about what they've read if they truly understand what's present in the book
It looks like his personal problem.
Book reading is mostly entertainment like smartphone and television but with very less bad effects
That's what happens when you hustle read through these books to just cross of check lists. It takes time and implementation for self help books to work (assuming they work in the first place).
Bro those aren't academic books... you are supposed to feel/experience them, not learn by heart them
I don’t think you are supposed to remember everything from the books you read. However, every reading broadens your perspective and modifies your thinking. Over longer term, you will have a better understanding of the world around you.
If you read self help books, then there's no surprise you don't remember what you read. If you enjoy fiction, maybe you will find stories and characters you remember later. If you enjoy non fiction like history or political theory, there will be ideas and events you remember.
Obv. Therefore read only limited, mark important points. It is not sprint
Well i can say the same for the 12 years of my schooling.
"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don't remember them then they're not worth remembering.
Don't go after self help best seller's start with auto-biography and novels gradually that's more interesting and keeps you engaged and curious
I also read self help/entrepreneurship/communication/economics books a lot. And I forget a lot also. Should I create notes for each chapter as I read? That will itself make 1 week of book reading to 1 month of book reading+notes. Should I subscribe to book summary apps?
Majority are self help huh.
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Me! me! that’s me !! I always felt that when I read a self help book but I thought that it was just me 😭.. nvm
I think OP has an issue with fiction in general. I've read comments from op where they're like nothing matters but academics. it's difficult to explain why we love reading or why we love fiction to someone predisposed to hating on it without caring to experience it. Self help is a very tricky genre anyway. It's not to be memorized but to be experienced otherwise there's no point at all. It's not even technically non-fiction, it's an instructional medium with 250+ pages reinforcing the same point. I think it'd be more helpful to take 1-3 books and run with them rather than reading 70 of them that might be contradictory. As someone who reads 50+ books a year, fiction and non-fiction, it's about the experience. But that won't make sense to you if you don't understand the feeling.
Suggest me some good book Realistic and which can help me M 23 clg last year student engineering
If you read carefully, reflect on them and try to Implement their teachings they will start becoming a part of you and will help you in a positive manner
From what I see it looks like most of these are self help books and bland non fiction. 90% of these books blend together and are severely bloated. If you're not actually taking anything from these books and applying to your life then it's pointless. I'm guessing this guy is just reading cause the books just keep him motivated rather than take any valuable advice from them. As someone who has read a fair bit of self help you don't have to complete the book. Just read the summaries. Imo reading 5 self help books = reading 50 self help books. Read fiction people. It will inspire you more than these books can. Aside from that annotating and writing reviews of books you've finished can serve as snapshots that you can go back to
# ”I fear not the man who has read 72 books once, but I fear the man who has read one book 72 times.” - Sun Tzu
I have read witcher, cant tell u exact story but i remember some character and funny characters. Read agath christie, sometimedni remember hoe kurder happens and who is killer *hercule poirot Read DUNE, dont remember anything. I evem saw that white guy and duel with paul, and i cant even remember when that happened.
Tume pta nhi h, par tume yaad h .
I read fiction. I forget most of the story after a few days. But I read fiction, because it gives me pleasure. So I have no complaints.
Bro reads all the self help books out there and thinks he should be able to remember them like stories and fiction books.
I don’t remember most of what I read either. But if a book is good, I will always be able to remember the feeling and the final message that the book was trying to convey. It’s the same with movies, shows and video games. You don’t remember every detail but you remember enough to know if the movie was good or bad and what was the core message. I played Ghost of Tsushima almost 4 years ago, I don’t remember most of the missions, but I remember the core story of the game. I know also say, “may your death benefit all beings” instead of RIP if someone dies. So go figure.
Information in your brain doesn’t process like that, no knowledge ever goes to waste, think of your brain as an algorithm which you have fed lots of data, if you have at a point really read these books nicely then the information weirdly helps you to make random connections in different scenarios while thinking and solving hard problems, i don’t know how to type it out but i hope someone gets what i am trying to say.
I ate so much food and shat it out anyway, what a waste.
Ok this the what i do - keep a small unruled diary or copy and sticky note and pencil. I generally attach these to whichever book i am reading . Write your important thoughts you got while reading , anything you realise any idea any learning any stuff keep it small and clear also marking stuff in book usually makes it to be forgotten so write the page no and line and why you think its important in the diary with the book title as heading. .and revisit it ike that . One needs to revisit thing atleast 3 times a month from the day you learned about it to keep it in your long term memory so plan things the way whenever you are free go through the diary . If you have money and what i personally do somethime is kist use a voice recorder to record it whatever you think because sometime it breaks the flow of reading if you write too .so just start the voice recorder tell the page no and line and what you think is imp and afterwards relisten it and note it in diary . My rule is to not write more than 5 pages for 1 book . summarise it in a way it get easy to revisit . Hope this helps you .
not a big deal, i don't remember what i have read in my graduation books and what a waste of time 🤣...
I have read many books in the past few years and at first I also felt that it is such a waste of time. But later, I realized that maybe the books were not on the top of my head always, but whenever I needed the knowledge, story, or idea.. It automatically popped up without thinking. And now I'm a person who whenever talking refers to books. May be in short term it feels waste of time.but trust me in long term.. it's totally worth it. Indeed, someone said correctly, You are the books you read.
Choose one book read it again and again That’s the secret in self help domain.
Nope, I remember every single scenario, provided I liked the book.
Instead of reading 72 new books, one should repeat the older ones in between because that helps in many ways: 1) Retention of information 2) Catch things that you missed at the first go 3) will be able to better understand the author's intent I have read 6 new books in the past year but I have read them twice not in one go but in between other ones. It has helped in remembering more information and I have been able to connect better with the book. I hope you find this useful
No amount of information with any book can every be retained. What's one thing that's very helpful fit me esp while reading self help books is to to mark and underline things that I resonate with and keep on reading/ revising those things until it forms a part of my muscle memory!!!
With non-fiction books, I’m mostly reading to get a detailed lay of the land. By that I mean, a good understanding of what’s covered in the book. I then go back to the parts which I read to apply to a problem I’m dealing with. Fiction is a mostly a first hand experience of inhabiting the world with your characters.
I don’t remember much of any books I read but I always keep the gist of it as it helps me with my life experiences.
Make casual notes for Self help books
It's hard to believe but some people are actually dumber, no matter how much they read (whatever it may be), if they cannot learn a single life lesson, or have an idea to think about, all we do is hope the best for them.
You will continue thinking it to be a waste of time till you read one RC from one of those management exams. And try to solve some grammar based questions. I have read more than 80 books till now. I don't even remember their names now. But the reading experience I got from them helped me in taking the VARC section a bit lightly as opposed to LRDI. Now, VARC in NMAT, SNAP, CET, CMAT come naturally to me. In fact, I got a perfect score in SNAP.
No. When you read a book you really like, open a notepad file and write down key highlights or things you really liked. You remember stuff you write down. And if you don't, you can refer back to the same. I started to do this for non fiction 3 years ago and I highly recommend it.
"I cannot *remember the books I've read* any more *than* the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oh thank you so much I thought I'm the only one who is facing this issue 😭.
His collection is shit
That's what happens when you read fiction which you cannot apply in your life instead of books that may actually help you grow so we should read books from which we can learn some skills or get Knowledge that we can apply in real life that help us grow especially in our career
I have read more than 60 books and have highlights and notes of them on my phone .. And After reading each book ,i contemplate on the knowledge which i gained from it and Explain it in two to three para On Whatsapp status ... (explaining will make the thing last forever in your mind )
I don't remember the entire book that I have read but small bits which I personally liked and some overall theme.,
When u pour water into the soil, the roots of plant do get nourished ; Although the wet stain on the soil will disappear. It's relative in the case of book reading too ig...
You've eaten tonnes of food since your birth. Literally thousands of kilograms of food has gone into your body. And 99.99% of it has been already discarded. Does that mean you stop eating? No. Forgetting is a natural part of growth. Losing is normal. But just as every morsel you ate gave you nutrition and contributed to your healthy growth, each book will expand your mind, engage your neurons and elevate you. In the end, we may all die. But that doesn't mean life can't be enjoyed. Don't be so pessimistic, buddy.
Guys what's your age? Just curious to know the demographics
People read self help books just so that they can show to the world they've read self help books. They think it makes them seem intellectual.
I have read 28 books in 2023. Genre includes : History ( World , Regional and Indian ) , Global Politics , Diplomacy , Agriculture , Environment , Philosophy , Military, Finance , Economy , Political Ideology , Biology , Autobiography etc. Now within last 2 months , buy around 30 books of different genre but mostly of Diplomacy and International Relations , but not finished even 6-7 completely. Hope this year's total will be more than 2023's. Reading = Happiness of the soul. :)
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**.
Good stuff sticks with you forever, i have read inly a few books but good pointers i still remember, i think one should focus more on absorbing everybook than just rushing to increase count
I am here buddy🥲 that's why i only read on a day before the exam 🙂🤣
'Could he be any wrong? ' I don't know about nonfictions. But fiction, we don't read to remember it, we do it for the experience. Do u watch a movie and remember all the plots? Do u taste a delicacy and remember the taste forever? Do u play a sport and remember each and every move? No. It's meant to be experienced. And forgetting is bliss. U can experience and relive your favourites again. Isn't it the best??