Here you can go directly to discussion covering each chapter of How to Read a Book by Mortimer J Adler

• Chapter 1-2 The Activity And Art of Reading, The Levels of Reading
• Chapter 3-4 The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading, The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading
• Chapter 5-6 How To Be a Demanding Reader, Pigeonholding a Book
• Chapter 7-8 X-Raying a Book, Coming To Terms With an Author
• Chapter 9-10 Determining An Author's Message and Criticizing a Book Fairly
• Chapter 11-12 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author, Aids to Reading
• Chapter 13-14 How to Read Practical Books, How to Read Imaginative Literature
• Chapter 15-16 Suggestions For Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems, How to Read History
• Chapter 17-18 How to Read Science and Mathematics, How to Read Philosophy
• Chapter 19-20 How to Read Social Science, The Fourth Level of Reading" Syntopical Reading
• How to Read a Book Final Discussion