In 2020, how to list a book that suits you? How to read it? Xia Mianzun, a master of literature, once said this.

? "Reading for a lifetime is actually saving for a lifetime and making progress for a lifetime."

From CCTV's Poetry Conference and a good book, to the acquisition of logical thinking, Tencent's WeChat reading and other platforms, it is found that various cultural variety shows and apps have exploded in recent years, and the book list has become a "sharp weapon" for major cultural platforms to attract users and enhance their popularity.

Many people will refer to the list of books given on various cultural platforms to read, but often after reading it, they find that they have read a book without integrating with their existing knowledge system or improving their skills. After reading it, I read it, sometimes I can't even remember what the basic content of the book is.

Reading is actually a very utilitarian thing. As Mr. Xia Mianzun said in the book Words in Articles: "Reading is not an elegant activity, but a means to improve and enrich life. Books are not a pastime after drinking, but a tool to cultivate knowledge and skills in life. "

In fact, instead of following the crowd and reading so-called "good books" such as "the most popular" and "the best looking" recommended by big data and algorithms, it is better to read some "suitable books" that really help us improve and grow at this stage from our own actual situation and needs.

Mr. Xia Mianzun said: "What books a person should read and what books he should read depends on his own life." In other words, you should choose what books to read according to your stage, identity and needs.

Before we make a list of books, we can take the following four points as reference.

First, about your career;

Second, for reference;

Third, about interest or cultivation;

Fourth, what is most needed at the moment.

About your occupation: For example, if you are a doctor and read professional medical books and periodicals, it is most important to keep abreast of the latest medical research knowledge.

For reference: as a doctor, due to the different professional division of labor, the reading focus is also different, but not limited to one place. Although it is not directly related to your professional post, you can read some books as reference for research and enrich your knowledge. For example, there is nothing wrong with studying surgery and reading some knowledge of internal medicine

About interest or cultivation: Although you are a doctor, you like photography very much, so you might as well read more books about photography when you have a rest.

What you need most at present: this is what you need to know and master according to your current situation. For example, if you are pregnant, parenting books are what you need most at the moment.

Take myself as an example and list the books I will read in 2020.

My job is content operation, so my daily work will involve copywriting and operation. Then, to improve the ability of copywriting, we need to read McKinsey's books on writing, such as Calling My Writing Weapon and The Golden Pagoda Principle. At the same time, how to gain insight into users' psychology and write eye-catching copywriting, positioning and social psychology will be of great help to me.

Reference books are not listed because they are temporary. When you see some books and find that you need to expand, you will have a "theme" in your heart, and you will collect relevant books, articles, videos and so on according to this "theme" for reference. So every time you do "subject reading", reference books appear as auxiliary materials. For example, when I read Biography of Li Hongzhang, I will naturally read books about China's modern history, the Opium War, Chen Xulu's Modern Social Metabolism in China, and Mao Haijian's From the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 to the Hundred Days War of 1898, so as to understand Li Hongzhang's life background as an auxiliary reference. Reference books should not be made in advance, but should be supplemented according to the "topics" listed by yourself.

Books about interest cultivation, this kind of books, to put it bluntly, are for relaxation and pleasure, so it is better to follow your own hobbies completely. Of course, one's tastes will change. For example, if you are interested in photography today, you will concentrate on reading books about photography, and soon you will like writing, so you will read more books about how to improve writing. Sometimes I feel stressed and anxious. Read more books about decompression and anxiety. At the same time, there are not many kinds of such books, but the selection of materials must be fine. This kind of book doesn't need to master any skills and pass any exams, just for enjoyment and freedom, as long as it is beneficial to itself, no matter how long it is. As Mr. Xia Mianzun said, "It is meaningful to read your favorite books forever".

The last point is to read the books that are most needed at the moment. We have a stage goal every year. According to different goals, we need to focus on different things, and so does reading. If you have an exam, then we must focus on reviewing; If you are pregnant and have a baby, you will be in great need of knowledge about pregnancy, childbirth and baby care.

Many people get a book, no matter what type it is, whether it is thick or thin, they read it page by page from the first word in the preface. This method can't be said to be wrong, but it is very inefficient.

Reading is purposeful and utilitarian. You spend a lot of time and energy reading a book. What do you want from this book is what you need to consider before reading this book. Is it to acquire practical skills in real life, or output in the form of text and audio, or just because of the exam? Even if you just want to make your mood happy, it is also a purpose. Because reading purposes are different, then your reading methods will naturally be different.

In order to "seek knowledge", you need to acquire relevant and concentrated knowledge in a certain field. For example, copywriting requires a lot of knowledge in writing and reading; People who do new media operations need to understand new media and operations. You can apply it directly to your work.

When you need to concentrate on reading knowledge related to fields and occupations, you need to do thematic reading. Simply put, theme reading is reading many books according to a specific problem or theme. In How to Read a Book, the author mentioned five steps to carry out thematic reading:

Because your purpose is clear and you need to get some practical knowledge, then you need to focus on the subject, not the books you read. For example, if you want to learn how to take notes, you don't have to read all the books on the book list from beginning to end, just find the chapters in the book that tell you how to take notes and record them. Remember, your main job is not to understand the whole book, but to find out what is helpful to your theme.

When reading a subject, we usually read several related books, but because of different authors, even the same concept will have multiple "expressions", so you must reach a consensus with the authors in your own language.

Before reading, we should first establish our own theme, list the questions that can be explained clearly, build our own framework, and then look for answers from the authors in the book.

If a question is clear, we can be sure that each author will answer it in different ways, then the question is defined. Of course, we must find different answers to questions and different viewpoints. Finally, sort out the thread of controversy.

According to the above collection, answer two questions: Is this true? What does this have to do with me?

Doing things requires a "result-oriented" thinking. In the workplace, we have various KPI assessments, including monthly targets, quarterly targets and annual targets; At school, we have midterm and final exams. Reading, we also need to have a "result-oriented". You read a book simply for pleasure, and the editor gives you a book to write a book review. The way you read, the degree of thinking and the degree of seriousness are definitely completely different.

For example, when preparing for the exam, we need to study around a book or several books and master the knowledge points. Then you need to read in different levels, and complete the reading in four steps: preview (book cover, catalogue, author, article structure, etc. ), skim (mark the main ideas, basic concepts, basic knowledge, etc. Use a pen first), speed reading (focus on reading marked words) and review (review marked paragraphs and notes again to slow down digestion and understanding).

After reading in different levels, you need to write down the key points in an orderly way and organize them into notes. Use linear notes to record all the key concepts mentioned in the book. Think about the concepts in the text first, and then explain them as concisely as possible in your own words. Finally, arrange the notes in the order of theme, subtitle and subtitle, and then add the notes to the whole review context. According to the forgetting law in Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, memory reinforcement training was carried out until the end of the exam.

Studying in order to get a "result" is utilitarian, but it is also a kind of "ability" that we need to practice deliberately in our work and study.

There are also some people who study just to relax and please themselves. Reading is just your own interest, so you can skim it. The purpose of skimming is to understand and get the content. What do you mean, thoughts and feelings? You don't need to study them deliberately. Reading is just reading, increasing knowledge, understanding stories and talking more, all of which are the gains after reading the book.

To put it bluntly, reading is actually a personal matter. Just like you like traveling, playing games and fitness, they are just hobbies, and there is no difference between them. Since it is for fun, there is no way to watch it and see if you like it. Read your favorite books, read them carefully, and even pick up a pen to extract them; If you don't like half of it, you can just throw it away and give it a star on the watercress.

If reading this book can make you feel happy, then your purpose has been achieved.

Finally, as Mr. Xia Mianzun said, "Books are tools to provide knowledge, and reading is a means to improve and enrich life. What books to read depends on life. "