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What else to read?

Hey there, this is GKR.
As you all know I read a lot. In times, I get confused about what to read. There is so many options out there that it is definitely a dilemma to select the exact book that suits my taste. For example, when I was in college I had to learn a lot about programming. It is a tough subject for me as I had very little interest in engineering itself. I had to find the right book that could teach me the right stuff to just pass the exams. That is how I realised a harsh truth.

There is no right book for every situation.

It is true. There is no right book for every situation. In fact, statistics say that in a book, only 60% of the content is relatable for the reader. The other 40% is just a general fact which he/she already knows or they don't understand them at all.
Forget about fictions. Fictional books are imaginary and so everything is probably new, hopefully. When it comes to books with information, it is necessary to save time by selecting the right book to read on a particular topic so that we gain more knowledge in a short span of time.

How do you select the right content to read?


It is simple. If you are looking for scientific topics, go ahead with journals and thesis papers. It helps more than books as the topics are new and the thesis papers have so many ideas from reference books that you don't need to read any reference book at all. This also helps with the majority of the fields.
If you are looking for self-help, try reading online reviews of the books. There is no greater review than a reader commenting on a book. By review, I mean the reviews that are real and not the fake ones that publishers usually use for marketing of the book. Those are paid reviews. You can find real reviews in Goodreads, blogs about the book, etc.

Is it necessary to read?


I know most of you like watching youtube videos on various topics. It is good but the information you get out of it might not be real. Books go through tons of review process by the publishers to make sure the content in the book is real and not fake. But for Youtube, it is not the case. Anyone can publish anything. So beware of fake information if you depend on the internet for your knowledge gain.

Try using QUORA and REDDIT

Quora and Reddit are the places where you can interact with people who have knowledge about certain fields. You can ask for doubts that you need the answer for immediately. It works well and you don't have to read an entire book to clarify your doubts. Instead, you can just ask a question in quora and people who have already read the book will answer for it.

I hope you have a great read!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

G.Karthik Raja

 "Every great dream begins with a dreamer" 

Shortly known as GKR, he was born in 1998 January 29. He is an Indian author with a passion for fiction, film and photography. Accomplished writing his first book at the age of 17.  He started out as a rookie in making short films at the age of 15. He has made several short films since then. He is also an engineering graduate!

Published Books:
1) The Strange Hiriak (Available worldwide in all formats)
2) The Crime hunter (Published independently in Amazon.US)
3) The Peregrination (Published independently in Amazon.US)
4) Team Deteqto - Formation of the team
5) Team Deteqto – Code Cracker
6) Team Deteqto – Game of death_1
7) Team Deteqto – Game of death_2
8) Team Deteqto – Game of death_3
9) Team Deteqto – A cryptic vacation
10) Team Deteqto – Phantom Pirates
(Team Deteqto series was published as a box set including all seven books)

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