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How to read more books

People who read a lot are rarely more disciplined than people who do not. They have usually just removed more friction.

Stop finishing books you dislike

The single most common reason people stop reading is that they are stuck in a book they are not enjoying and feel obliged to finish. Abandoning it is not failure. A book you never open again costs you every evening it sits there.

Read in the gaps

Most people have far more small pockets of time than long quiet evenings — a queue, a commute, ten minutes before sleep. Books are usually lost to the fact that starting feels like it requires a proper session. It does not, if picking up costs nothing.

This is the practical case for reading on a phone: it is the device you already have. Wordema keeps your place in every book automatically, so opening it costs one tap and you are back exactly where you stopped.

Start with something short

Momentum matters more than ambition. Finishing three short books does more for a reading habit than not finishing one long one. Short classics and easy reads are good places to begin.

Make the reading itself easier

If you drift off, re-read the same line, or surface from a page with no memory of it, that is usually a navigation problem rather than a comprehension one. RSVP removes the navigation by holding every word in one place. How it works.

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Common questions

How can I read more books?
Abandon books you are not enjoying, read in short pockets of time rather than waiting for long sessions, start with shorter works to build momentum, and remove anything that makes picking up a book feel like effort.
Is reading on a phone worse than reading a paper book?
It depends on the reader and the setting. A phone is the device most people have with them, so it captures time that would otherwise not be spent reading at all.

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