Best Learning Books

The best learning books on memorizing, studying and speed reading to learn new information and develop new skills faster.

Knowledge and Information

We are surrounded by thousands of books, courses, and lectures that can help us become better learners. The problem is that with so much information, we need specific knowledge and skills to learn how to use information effectively: to find the right information quickly, to learn quickly and productively, to remember and use new information better.

Here I have collected what I consider to be the best books on learning, reading, and remembering information that help me work more effectively with new information.

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  1. Learning to Learn
  2. Books and Reading
  3. Speed Reading
  4. Foreign Languages
  5. Brain and Thinking
  6. Memory Training
  7. Productivity
  8. More Books on Learning

Best Learning Books

So here’s a list of the best books I’ve read about learning that have had the biggest impact on me, my life, and my work. I hope these books help you, too.

Learning to learn

How We Learn

Stanislas Dehaene

eBook | PrintAudiobook

Make It Stick

Peter C. Brown

eBook | PrintAudiobook

Ultralearning

Scott H. Young

eBook | PrintAudiobook

Learn Better

Ulrich Boser

eBook | PrintAudiobook

Peak Mind

Amishi P. Jha

eBook | PrintAudiobook

Books and Reading

Reading in the Brain

Stanislas Dehaene

eBook | Print 

How to Read a Book

Mortimer J. Adler

PrintAudiobook

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Thomas C Foster

eBook | PrintAudiobook

The Role of the Reader

Umberto Eco

Print

Speed Reading

Breakthrough Rapid Reading

Peter Kump

eBook | Print

Speed Reading

Kam Knight

eBook | PrintAudiobook

The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program

Stanley D. Frank

Print

Speed Reading with the Right Brain

David Butler

eBook | Print

Speed Read Anything

Peter Hollins

eBook | PrintAudiobook

Foreign Languages

Polyglot: How I Learn Languages

Kato Lomb

Print 

Fluent Forever

Gabriel Wyner

eBook | Print 

Becoming Fluent

Richard Roberts

eBook | PrintAudiobook

The Language Secret

John Stedman

eBook | Print 

Brain and Thinking

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

eBook Print | Audiobook

The Invisible Gorilla

Christopher F. Chabris

eBook Print | Audiobook

And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ: Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

Genrikh Altshuller

eBook Print 

The Chimp Paradox

Steve Peters

eBook Print | Audiobook

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Daniel G. Amen

eBook Print | Audiobook

Neuro-Discipline

Peter Hollins

eBook Print | Audiobook

Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Ozan Varol

eBook Print | Audiobook

Memory Training

Memory Coach

Gareth Moore

Print 

Boost Your Brain

Majid Fotuhi

eBook Print | Audiobook

How to Decide

Annie Duke

eBook Print | Audiobook

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

eBook Print | Audiobook

Productivity

The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy

Chris Bailey

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eBook Print | Audiobook

The Procrastination Cure

Damon Zahariades

eBook Print | Audiobook

Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day

Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky

eBook Print | Audiobook

More Books on Learning

How to Speak How to Listen

Mortimer J. Adler

eBook | PrintAudiobook

«Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever»

— Mahatma Gandhi

Recommendations

Here are some recommendations to help you be more productive, be happier, make more money, and learn faster.

Books

Breakthrough Rapid Reading. Peter Kump

How to Read a Book. Mortimer J. Adler

Speed Reading. Kam Knight

Articles & Posts

Speed Reading: How to Read Faster and Understand More

Maximize Productivity: 5 Powerful Time Management Principles

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Pomofocus - Simple Pomodoro timer for focused work.

Book Summaries

The Productivity Project

Deep Work

In Search of Excellence

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