세상을 지배하는 자들은 예외 없이 책을 읽는다. 사람들은 자아실현을 위해서는 독서를 해야 한다는 것을 무의식적으로 안다. 하지만, 독서에 관한 법칙들이 너무나 많아서 어떻게 읽어야 할지 모를 때가 많다. 독서에 대한 흥미가 떨어지면서 읽다가 중도에 포기해버린다. 하지만 독서법을 알면 독서가 재미있어진다. 이 책에는 세상에 존재하는 모든 독서법을 정리해서 한 번에 쉽게 자신에게 맞는 독서법을 고르도록 했다. 독서를 할 수 있는 여러 방법이 있기에 고를 수 있다.

기존에 자신의 독서법만 고집하면서 독서를 포기했던 의욕을 다시 고취시킨다. 한 가지 독서법으로만 책을 읽는 게 아니라 세상을 지배하는 사람들이 시간이 없어도 독서를 할 수 밖에 없는 방법으로 책을 읽으면 여러분은 책을 100권도 읽을 수도 있고 1,000권 혹은 일만 권도 읽을 수 있다.

이 책의 저자가 평범한 직장인에서 책을 1,000권을 읽을 수 있는 노하우가 망라되어 있다. 이 책을 읽고 나면 여러분은 독서 계획을 세우고 책을 의식적으로 읽거나 서점에 정기적으로 가야하겠다는 생각이 들 것이다. 집안에 있었던, 있는 줄 몰랐던 구석에 있던 책이 다시 손에 들어와 읽히기 시작할 것이다.

어느 하나의 독서법에도 구애받지 않고 새롭고 즐겁게 책을 하루에 5권도 읽을 수 있을 것이다. 이 책을 읽기만 하면 여러분은 13가지 독서법을 통해서 성공한 사람들이 책을 읽을 때 한 가지 독서법을 고수하지 않는다는 것을 알게 될 것이다. 독서 고수를 만들어주는 8가지 비법을 생활에 적용해 보자. 책을 나만의 방법으로 읽어서 책에서 주는 한 가지 메시지만 실생활에 적용한다면 여러분은 어마한 독서가가 되어있을 것이다.

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PART 1 왜 책을 읽어야 하는가?
01 책 읽기는 성공 습관의 모든 것이다 ·············································· 20
02 1년 100권, 누구나 1년으로 100권 독서를 할 수 있다 ····················· 27
03 좋은 책을 읽은 사람은 인생이 변한다 ··········································· 35
04 학교의 제도권 교육은 한계가 있기에 박사와 고졸의 지력 차이는 없다 ··42
05 독서를 하는 지금이 성장하는 시간이므로 내 인생의 황금기다 ··········· 49
06 독서를 하면 사고력과 창의력이 폭발한다 ······································ 56
07 책읽기를 하는 사람은 거인의 어깨에 올라타 인생을 살게 된다 ·········· 63
08 독서는 취미가 아닌 치열하게 읽어야 한다 ····································· 70
09 뇌가 선정적인 사람 책을 읽으면 뇌가 젊어진다 ······························ 77

PART 2 독서로 인생을 바꾼 사람들
01 미래에셋 박현주 회장 : 독서를 성공의 도구로 활용하다 ··················· 85
02 노무현 대통령 : 다방면의 방대한 독서로 정치 능력을 키우다 ············ 92
03 카이스트 정재승 교수 : 어렸을 때부터 책에 파묻혀 살며
융합형 과학자가 되다 ································································ 99
04 이덕무 실학자 : 신분사회였던 조선시대에서 책을 통해
서자 신분을 뛰어넘는다 ····························································· 106
05 세계적 투자가 짐 로저스 : 어렸을 때부터 책을 자주 봄으로써
전설적 투자가가 되다 ································································ 113
06 켈리델리 회장 켈리 최 : 독서 100권을 읽고 초밥 회사로
영국 100대 부자 안에 들다 ························································ 121
07 이랜드 박성수 회장: 독서경영으로 중소기업을 대기업으로
변화시킨다 ·············································································· 129

PART 3 우리가 실천하면 좋아질 모든 독서법
01 속독(速讀)하는 방법과 장단점······················································ 137
02 정독(精讀)하는 방법과 장단점······················································ 144
03 다독하는 방법과 장단점 ····························································· 151
04 낭독 독서 방법과 장단점 ···························································· 158
16 목차 17
05 슬로 리딩(Slow Reading)하는 방법과 장단점 ································ 165
06 필사(筆寫) 독서 방법과 장단점····················································· 172
07 포인트 독서 방법과 장단점 ························································· 179
08 꼬리 물기 독서법과 장단점 ························································· 186
09 기록독서법과 장단점 ································································· 194
10 병렬식 독서법과 장단점 ····························································· 201
11 질문독서법의 장단점 ································································· 208
12 몰입독서법과 장단점 ································································· 214
13 묵독 독서법과 장단점 ································································ 221

PART 4 독서의 고수가 되는 법
01 정리, 내가 읽을 책의 목록을 작성한다 ·········································· 229
02 재독(再讀), 울림이 있는 책은 다시 읽는다 ····································· 236
03 환경조성, 자기만의 서재를 만들어라 ············································ 243
04 습관, 주말마다 책 쇼핑하여서 책을 산다 ······································· 250
05 도서관, 집 근처 도서관을 내 집처럼 드나든다 ································ 257
06 용기, 난독(難讀)을 두려워하지 말아야 한다 ··································· 264
07 연인, 항상 가방에 책을 넣어 다니며 읽는다 ··································· 271
08 변화, 내 인생이 변화되는 임계치에 이르러야 한다 ·························· 278

PART 5 책을 내 것으로 만드는 방법
01 메모, 책을 읽을 때는 메모를 잘해야 한다 ······································ 286
02 밑줄, 책을 읽을 때는 밑줄을 효과적으로 쳐야 한다 ························· 293
03 쓰기, 책을 읽을 때 혹은 읽고 나서 내 생각을 바로 적어보아야 한다 ···300
04 속도, 완급을 조절하며 읽어야 한다 ··················································307
05 부자, 책으로 부자가 되는 방법을 배우고 익혀야 한다 ······················ 314
06 저자가 돈, 시간, 에너지를 투입해서 쓴 책에서 지혜를 훔쳐라 ··········· 321
07 독서의 최종 결과물은 책 쓰기다 ·················································· 328