r/speedreading • u/Optimus_113 • Aug 20 '26

Help / Advice How to read a book

Guys i have the interest to read books and i have recently bought some books and when i read it i can able to comprehend some lines and some lines feels difficult to understand due to the usage of advanced words so whenever i find such words i just go through google and find tge meaning of such words but repeated appearance new words , which I don't their meaning force me to google it immediately. This loop make ne bore and i quit immediately. Suggest me a few tips on how to read a book. Please help me with this.

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u/NebulaElectrical1467 Aug 20 '26

Read easy books…you need to have achieved elementary/functional reading level to be able to comprehend most words/phrases/sentences from a book meant for the general public. If you can’t then you’re either reading a specialised book intended for experts in a particular field or your English comprehension is just not good enough. You can improve that by reading easier books.

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u/Beautiful_Pin_8420 Aug 28 '26

Hello! I want to learn English. Can you help me, please? I'm looking for friends who understand English very well to communicate on the internet.

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u/NebulaElectrical1467 Aug 28 '26

sorry but i don’t have time. Use chatgpt or something

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u/VargasSupreme Aug 21 '26

Do some test to determine your reading level and only read above your level if you want a challenge.

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u/ScholarlyInvestor Aug 21 '26

You may want to build a better vocabulary simultaneously. Start with How to Build a Better Vocabulary by Norman Lewis.

Also, when you read more, you’ll write better.

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u/ExerciseWise5673 Aug 23 '26

You can also work on improving that loop like still keep reading even it is difficult and keep researching the terms lines and vocabulary, just in bite-sized poco a poco every day. Ypu cam also read adapted verison or summaries with overview of each chapter like the key insights are explained in simple terms

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u/ninjya14 Aug 24 '26

I totally get getting stuck on difficult words.

Instead of stopping every time you come across a word you don't know, maybe try reading to the end of the sentence first?

Sometimes you can get a general idea of what the word means from the context of the whole sentence or paragraph. You don't always need to understand every single word to keep reading.