The book "How to Read a Book" is one of the most important references that laid the foundations for effective reading and how to achieve the maximum benefit from any book or in general. The book was first published in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty, then the writer made some amendments to it with the editor and the American author Charles Van Doren and was published in a new edition that is more accompanying the era in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy -two. Despite the issuance of many similar books later, it still tops the list of everything that is written about positive reading