I also love Why didn’t they ask Evans- Tommy and tuppence mystery. Man in the brown suit is an underrated book too, though not a murder mystery

Try 'And Then There Were None'. You won't be disappointed for sure

i do mean borrow! where i’m from, we just refer to it as renting, but there’s no money involved lol. may edit that for clarification. an at home library sounds wonderful though!

This is a nice suggestion and reminder on how to keep takeaways from not just non-fic books but everything we read, in general. Thank you for sharing this one!

Very memorable, lol.

what books have you read?

library all the way. contributes to stronger community, your taxes already fund it, and (having moved a half dozen times) end up in heavy box you lug around to every new address and eventually stop unpacking lol

Never rented a book, hopefully you meant borrow as in for free. That allows you to read and then decide which ones are worthy of buying for long term, and re-reading

I prefer renting and then buying. Would rent books, and if I really liked them then I would buy them for collecting and rereading. It does limit you to books you can rent though. Unless you want to take the risk of buying something and then not liking it.

I really hope you mean borrow. I've never had to pay to take books out of a library.

I much prefer to buy. My wife and I are building a home library. When she moved in with me after the wedding she brought 15 bankers boxes of books with her. Even if we buy a book and don't like it somebody else probably will, so onto the shelf it goes.

I love Mysterious Mr Quin! So underappreciated IMO!

Crooked House is an underrated gem. One of those books where if you reread it, it seems so obvious but on the first read there’s no way

Look up a summary online. Usually, someone has already condensed the crucial ideas into a streamlined summary. I do this for skill/self-improvement books. Some search-bar examples would be "How to Win Friends and Influence People summary" and "Never Split the Difference summary". You could read the book once without taking notes to get a good understanding of the ideas within, and for the experience, but then look at the online summaries to study. If you want to really remember these ideas, get a journal, and copy the ideas from the summary. Over and over, until you have it memorized well. Then, apply the ideas in your life. Good luck!

I read almost all the Poirot books in 2022. You might also like peril at end house & evil under the sun.

I love Agatha Christie books so much! Of the Poirot books I particularly liked Five Little Pigs, I think it was so interesting to solve a mystery decades later. Murder on the Orient Express is great too, a classic for a reason.

Of course the Poirot books are excellent, but if you’re ever in the mood for some good non-poirot Agatha christies, Murder is Easy is one of my favorites! And Crooked House - one of my favorite twists tbh.

And I don’t know if these are mysteries exactly, but The Mysterious Mr. Quin is a really interesting collection of short stories that I wish got more attention.

There are several different components to being able to read. One of which is comprehension, which is what you are struggling with.

I met the people who created the spell read program, which works directly with issues pertaining to literacy. Digging around, they seem to have sold out to Kaplan, but I also see some online schools which offer the program: https://www.halifaxlearning.com/theprogram. I do not know if this would be affordable to you, but at least back then it was a very effective program.

All the best.

I'm always puzzled by posts claiming they are unable to read or understand books. You have the knowledge within you to understand anything. Nonfiction especially has to be completely transparent and faithful to the subject. A great recent nonfiction book is The White Devil's Daughters, which covers human trafficking in San Francisco. It's clear, carefully written, features a coherent history and the chapters are punctual. It is telling you the purpose of the book with every word. You could also try a Naomi Klein book - she is very clear, persuasive and in love with everything she writes. And every nonfiction book is describing some shocking or unaccountable discrepancy between what we believe and the truth of the matter. Every book does that, really, but most pointedly nonfiction. I would just get lost in the facts of the book itself. The actual "purpose" and "importance" is something the reader has to decide.

And I don't think there would be much use in taking notes. Most information in a book just serves to frame the narrative overall. Most of the facts in a nonfiction book do not need to be committed to memory. A book should be able to convey a general theme or thesis that you CAN remember and remark on throughout the text.

I have aphantasia and am an avid reader. When I read, it is like having an audiobook in my head.

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“And Then There Were None” is one of my favorites of all time. Even without a typical detective included, it’s one of the most interesting twists and absolutely a great read. Really interesting take about the slasher movie connection, I’d love to see someone research that!

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Oh yeah the prose is harder to read than modern books. Honestly though I find it beautiful!