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Future grad student here. Any books recs/suggestions on how to approach reading?

Hello!

I'm a future graduate student, and I really want to learn some new or better ways to approach my reading prior to starting school. When I am reading, I can't help but feel that I'm not getting as much out of the texts as I could be and that I'm not doing it right.

I was just wondering if there are any books, scholarship, or anything else really that anyone on here would suggest on the topic of reading (particularly academic/complex texts). There seems to be a lot of books on how to improve academic writing, but the only one I see commonly suggested for reading is Mortimer J. Adler's "How to Read a Book". While I do intend on picking that up, I would prefer to start with something more recent.

Any general suggestions would be appreciated too!

EDIT: I am beyond happy and grateful for the responses this got! Thank you all so much for all the amazing suggestions. I am definitely going to be a lot better off in grad school now :)
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I teach reading seminars for undergrads and usually assign *How to Read a Book* by Mortimer Adler. You want the c.1970 2nd edition co-written by the infamous Quiz Show contestant Charles Van Doren. The first half of the book teaches active reading strategies in general and the second offers some discipline-specific techniques.

It's old, yes, and it's still the best book on the subject. It's also available all over used for $1. Probably the best investment you can make in preparation for grad school.