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3 Mean but Honest Truths About Reading Nonfiction (and One App to Help You Get Smarter)

My favorite app for deciding which books are worth my time 👉

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Have you ever read a 382-page book only to realize on the last page, Wow, that sucked?

The book wasted your time. It also made you feel like if someone gave you $10 to watch film flops like Green Lantern or Speed 2, you’d rather say yes than spend another minute on that book.

Fine, fine. I’m exaggerating.

But when you choose to read a book over an episode of White Lotus or The Crown, you can’t help but expect something in return. Is it too much to ask that a book be worth your golden time?

Over the last decade, I’ve become obsessed with nonfiction. I devoured books on self-help, business, personal finance, creativity, writing…anything that could help me become happier, healthier, and richer.

But as I delighted in the written word, I realized three (3) things:

📚 A lot of nonfiction books are fluff

Why are some books 250 pages long when they can be a 500-word blog post? Why do some recycle the same ideas in every chapter? And worst, why do some…