How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
Part I: The Dimensions of Reading
Chapter 1: The Activity and Art of Reading
Chapter 2: The Levels of Reading
Chapter 3: The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading
Chapter 4: The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading
Chapter 5: How to Be a Demanding Reader
Part II: The Third Level of Reading: Analytical Reading
Chapter 6: Pigeonholing a Book
Chapter 7: X-raying a Book
Chapter 8: Coming to Terms with an Author
Chapter 9: Determining an Author's Message
Chapter 10: Criticizing a Book Fairly
Chapter 11: Agreeing or Disagreeing with an Author
Chapter 12: Aids to Reading
Part III: Approaches to Different Kinds of Reading Matter
Chapter 13: How to Read Practical Books
Chapter 14: How to Read Imaginative Literature
Chapter 15: Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems
Chapter 16: How to Read History
Chapter 17: How to Read Science and Mathematics
Chapter 18: How to Read Philosophy
Chapter 19: How to Read Social Science
Part IV: The Ultimate Goals of Reading
Chapter 20: The Fourth Level of Reading: Syntopical Reading
Chapter 21: Reading and the Growth of the Mind
Chapter 1: The Activity and Art of Reading
Chapter 2: The Levels of Reading
Chapter 3: The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading
Chapter 4: The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading
Chapter 5: How to Be a Demanding Reader
Part II: The Third Level of Reading: Analytical Reading
Chapter 6: Pigeonholing a Book
Chapter 7: X-raying a Book
Chapter 8: Coming to Terms with an Author
Chapter 9: Determining an Author's Message
Chapter 10: Criticizing a Book Fairly
Chapter 11: Agreeing or Disagreeing with an Author
Chapter 12: Aids to Reading
Part III: Approaches to Different Kinds of Reading Matter
Chapter 13: How to Read Practical Books
Chapter 14: How to Read Imaginative Literature
Chapter 15: Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems
Chapter 16: How to Read History
Chapter 17: How to Read Science and Mathematics
Chapter 18: How to Read Philosophy
Chapter 19: How to Read Social Science
Part IV: The Ultimate Goals of Reading
Chapter 20: The Fourth Level of Reading: Syntopical Reading
Chapter 21: Reading and the Growth of the Mind