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Rule of Three for Books

Published: 2025-10-19
Tags: reading

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I recently learned a specific advice for reading books from a reddit comment.

It says that you should have three book in a rotation:

  1. One easy
  2. One moderately difficult
  3. One stiff

This way, you always have one to match your interest and energy.

Examples for the three may be:

  1. A fiction novel
  2. A non-fiction book like an autobiography
  3. Something hard or conceptual, like a philosophy book

A final tip for effective reading is taking down notes on the most important parts of the book.